Solutions for
shunting processes
Solutions for
shunting processes
Solutions for
shunting processes
Solutions for
shunting processes

Shunting with experts

As an innovator and leading technology partner for highly versatile industrial and application solutions, Vollert is engaged in the development of highly economic shunting systems for connecting and secondary railway systems. We combine our passion and expertise with future-oriented ideas to efficiently and reliably structure logistics processes in the areas of cargo loading in refineries, mining operations, ports and cement factories – today and also in future.

Through this you will not merely receive our standard solution. For our customers, we will also develop a tailormade shunting and loading concept according to the track conditions, the type of goods and the necessary traction force.

Emission-free loading of hollow-core slabs with road-rail vehicle
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Emission-free loading of hollow-core slabs with road-rail vehicle

Austrian building company HABAU GROUP invested 11 million euros into expansion of its hollow-core slab production in its Perg factory site, increasing capacity by nearly 30% per annum. Just like the entire preliminary planning of their new plant technology, loading and removal processes also rely on sustainable technology, such as an emission-free…

Rapid train loading in the Bogatyr open-cast mine
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Rapid train loading in the Bogatyr open-cast mine

Five new tandem shunting robots by Vollert automate and accelerate train loading in the Bogatyr open-cast coal mine in Kazakhstan. The Wi-Fi-controlled shunting machines move trains with lengths of about a kilometer and a total weight of up to 6,900 tons. Their rolling use warrants failsafe operation on four tracks in parallel around the clock.

Road-Rail Robot VLEX at Fret SNCF in the French Alps
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Road-Rail Robot VLEX at Fret SNCF in the French Alps

Shunting expert Vollert deploys its VLEX robot vehicle for rail and road at Fret SNCF's maintenance site in Modane. The compact road-rail robot moves locomotives weighing up to 120 tons effortlessly into their maintenance boxes.

Scrap Transport with Smart Road-Rail Solution
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Scrap Transport with Smart Road-Rail Solution

Heavy masses and efficient bulk material loading without endangering people – the transport of scrap and metal presents many challenges. The shunting specialists from Vollert meet this requirement with the robustly designed shunting vehicle for road and rail. VLEX 40 and VLEX 20, the compact product lines equipped with articulated steering are used…

State-of-the-art shunting technology speeds up soybean and corn handling at ADM do Brasil
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State-of-the-art shunting technology speeds up soybean and corn handling at ADM do Brasil

The agricultural group Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) relies on two cable-powered shunting robots STANDARD KR 70 and two diesel-electric shunting robots PRO DER 240 from the German shunting specialist Vollert for handling soy and corn at its modernized shipping terminal in Santos, Brazil. In perfect interplay, the shunting machines handle the…

Road-rail Robot VLEX now up to 600 t tensile load
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Road-rail Robot VLEX now up to 600 t tensile load

With a new model of the road-rail robot VLEX, Vollert extends its compact solution to shunting operations up to 600 tons. Twice as strong, but only 500 mm larger, the new VLEX 40 is also suitable for fast track changes in confined spaces. A swing axle guarantees permanent ground or rail contact of all four wheels, even on uneven ground. And thanks…

Environmentally friendly coal loading at the new terminal in Riga
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Environmentally friendly coal loading at the new terminal in Riga

New terminals on the island of Krievu in Latvia form the modern infrastructure for loading coal in the port of Riga. Vollert supplied a DER 100 shunting robot to the terminal operator SIA STREK.

Loading gravel fully automatically and environmentally friendly
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Loading gravel fully automatically and environmentally friendly

In the quarry of the French building materials specialist Eqiom in the Bar-sur-Aube district, an energy-efficient fully automatic loading station ensures economical processes. For loading gravel, the wagons are constantly pulled through the filling station by an electrically operated KR 100 shunting robot.

Tip and go: Loading by the cargo specialist Innofreight with shunting technology from Vollert
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Tip and go: Loading by the cargo specialist Innofreight with shunting technology from Vollert

Innofreight Solutions GmbH from Austria has developed an innovative unloading station for the paper and packaging specialist, Mondi. As with voestalpine in Donawitz and at the Chvaletice power plant, Vollert's robust and energy-efficient shunting technology ensures reliable processes.

Real endurance runners
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Real endurance runners

Experience says otherwise - and yet, here is the fact: The 1,000-meter-long special ropes used in the two shunting systems with standard gauge pusher trucks from Vollert at the Russian refinery Slavneft-Yanos have done their job for 13 years - in spite of almost non-stop use and extreme temperature differences.

Compact with a smart steering
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Compact with a smart steering

With the newly developed VLEX road-rail robot, Vollert offers the finest solution for light shunting operation up to 300 tons: Extremely compact and flexible, battery-driven and exhaust-free, the small VLEX is suitable to change tracks fast in a very confined space.

Your contact

Jürgen Schiemer

Vice President

Telephone: +49 7134 52 232

E-Mail: juergen.schiemervollert.de