Kiruna Wagon

Kiruna Wagon AB

Industry	Rail-based ore transport solutions
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Kiruna , Sweden
Products	Ore wagons
Website	www.kirunawagon.com

Kiruna Wagon AB is a Swedish company specialised in the custom design and manufacture of a new generation ore wagons. Kiruna Wagon was established in 2004 and is owned by mechanical engineering companies Nybergs Mekaniska Verkstad and Rönnqvist & Wettainen. The company headquarters and workshop are in Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden.

Products

FAMMOORR⁰⁵⁰

Kiruna Wagon’s first order was the manufacturing of ore freight wagon FAMMOORR⁰⁵⁰ for Swedish mining company LKAB. This order constitutes Sweden’s largest wagon project to date with a total order value of SEK 800 million. The short-coupled FAMMOORR⁰⁵⁰ carries up to 100 tonnes, which is 25 per cent more than the previous generation wagons.

FAMMOORR⁰⁵⁰ is manufactured in collaboration with Kockums Industrier in Malmö that builds the chassis. Kiruna Wagon is responsible for manufacturing the basket and hatch system, and for the final assembly of the wagon. In September 2012, Kiruna Wagon delivered the 1000th wagon to LKAB.

TAIMN⁰⁹¹

In 2009 Kiruna Wagon received an order to manufacture 25 ore concentrate wagons for the Swedish mining and smelting company Boliden AB. Concentrate Wagon TAIMN⁰⁹¹ is a closed container wagon for the transport of ore concentrate in an environmentally sustainable way. The 4-axle bogie wagon measures a little over twelve metres and has a capacity of carrying 73 metric tonnes, or 40.5 m3. The wagon is equipped with a roof for environmental reasons and is constructed for both left and right-side tipping. The subarctic climate influences the choice of materials and the wagon is made mainly of advanced high-strength steels.

FAMMRR¹²¹

In April 2012, Kiruna Wagon entered into an agreement with international mining company Northland Resources S.A. to produce 150 iron ore wagons for the transport of ore concentrate from Northland’s transhipment terminal in Pitkäjärvi in Sweden, to the ice-free port of Narvik in Norway. Constructed mainly of high-strength steels, with yield strength of 700 MPa, the FAMMRR¹²¹ designed for Northland has a low tare weight to maximize payload and is designed with a basket turning solution for optimized discharge.

NO-RG Fanoo

In May 2013, Kiruna Wagon received an order to manufacture 40 ore wagons for Norwegian mining company no:Rana Gruber AS. The NO-RG Fanoo, which is built for 30-tonne axle load, is a so-called Bottom Dumper (BD) which empties its load through a large bottom door. The wagon is a further development of the wagon built for LKAB and designed to deliver low tare weight and high payload advantage and enable more environmentally friendly transportation. The NO-RG Fanoo will be used to transport raw goods from Rana Gruber’s underground mine and open pit in Ørtfjell to the processing plant and port in Mo i Rana.

Other products & services

Besides building wagons, Kiruna Wagon provides logistics solutions for loading and unloading ore, under and above ground.

Qualifications & methods of manufacturing

In the Kiruna workshop Kiruna Wagon carries out manual fusion welding controlled by more than 80 welding standards, among them quality requirements according to SS-EN ISO 3834, specifications and qualifications of welding procedures according to SS-EN ISO 15614-1 and welder approval SS-EN ISO 9606. The company’s main welding robot has a work area of 4×4×20 metres.

References

/lkab_utokar_vagnsorder_hos_kiruna_wagon#.VGUHGcnpvIw LKAB utökar vagnsorder hos Kiruna Wagon, Metal Supply, 10 Oktober, 2014

1000:e malmvagnen klar, Norrbottens Kuriren, 4 September, 2012

Kiruna wagon levererar Northlands vagnar, NSD, 12 April, 2012

External links

• Kiruna Wagon