IHC Beaver Dredgers is a part of the IHC Merwede Group. It has set up a new department to meet the demand for prefabricated materials. The department has been in operation since January 2009. It is located on Lelystraat in Sliedrecht and it can prefabricate about 400 tons of fitting parts a year.
The prefabricated materials can be broken down into two categories: prefabricated parts for the hull and major structural components, and the prefabricated components for the ship’s fittings. These fitting parts vary widely in terms of sheet thickness, profiles, dimensions and quantities.
The new department consists of four people on location and an employee for support at IHC Beaver Dredgers on Molendijk in Sliedrecht. The department uses a combined plasma/autogenous cutting machine that can cut sheets up to 150 mm thick. There is also a profile line and various overhead travelling cranes.
Picture: The new department has the capacity to prefabricate about 400 tons of fitting parts a year
