Hydropower Pipeline has been operating for 22 years

The customer Stefan Schenker runs with his 60 employees 1400 hectares of wood area and produces in his sawmill 4000 m wood p.a. Starting from 1902, his grand-uncle ran a wood grinding shop. Already at this time they used the water power from the river nearby to produce energy for the propulsion of the grinding machinery. On the tide of a fire in 1953, where the mechanical equipment and also parts of the buildings were destroyed, the water power plant was converted to produce electric power till its shutdown in 1975. At these times, a wooden pipeline was used to transport water to the power station. The old hydro power plant was rebuilt in 1982. Having checked several alternatives for the Hydro Power Pipe Systems the experts chose HOBAS® CC-GRP Pipes of DN 800 and SN 5000, also because of their ease of handling. The 570 m of HOBAS® CC-GRP Hydro Power Pipe Systems were installed with only small expenses within a period of 6 weeks, which is, considering the steep surroundings and the lack of roads leading to the site, an outstanding achievement. The unique benefit towards competition materials was the light weight of HOBAS® CC-GRP Hydro Power Pipe Systems, as a handpulled transport vehicle was used on site.