Research & Development Centre

Developing technologies

Research & Development (R&D) has played a vital force in Cargomaxx continuous growth and presence in the market. This growth has attributed to the R&D highly skilled field experience engineers whom have successfully tailored the product offerings to each customer type specific demands. Through total commitment in each project Cargomaxx has managed to assure a competitive edge.

The R&D which centers in Dordrecht, The Netherlands continues to refine the product offering by working at delivering sustainable state-of-the-art performing machineries and equipment that require less complicated maintenance cycles. With this in focus, the R&D center constantly monitors its active machineries and liquid and dry cargo systems, striving continuously at optimizing the production performance and endurance in harsh arctic environmental conditions, whilst reducing each product TCO to its minimum. The R&D center has invested in life size equipment and technology to conducts studies in five specific elements in the pneumatic transport of liquid and dry cargoes, such as drill cuttings, liquid mud, cement and other powder like products:

1. Vacuum air convey performance,
2. Pumpability of fluids,
3. Compressed air convey performance,
4. Fluidizing performance,
5. Product analyses of non-standard materials,
6. Detailed and Custom made designs.

The R&D centers extensive product research measures and determines the different characteristics of cement and other non-standard products behavior on the pneumatic system. This research project has resulted in the development of full size vacuum pressure systems of variable length of 25-250 meter pipeline, and a 35 meter elevation capable of simulating endless combinations of cement discharge line and other distinct products behaving similar to cement. The accomplishment has further improved onboard and off board controlling systems, allowing more flexibility and optimum reach of discharge rate, with zero occurring incidence of blockage during the discharging process.