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Technical Equipment

Clearance platoon

A clearance platoon at Leipzig/Halle Airport consists of 10 vehicles with heavy snowploughs, sweepers, and snow blowers as well as a surface de-icing vehicle and a group leader. The clearance platoon operates e.g. on the take-off and landing runways or other taxiways in order to clear the snow from the middle to the edges. The clearance platoon is led by the runway group leader. The necessity for bringing out the surface de-icing material follows, either as a preventive measure, or in direct connection with the clearance activities.

Compact Jet Sweeper CJS 914

This vehicle was developed to rapidly clear snow from flight operation areas. Clearance, sweeping and blowing as a compact unit in one vehicle means high mobility and high clearance performance. On the front is mounted a trip edge plow with an effective working width of 6.10m and a clearance width of 3.35m. Between the front and rear axles there is a cylindrical brush (moveable left/right). A well-placed blower delivering cold air at approx. 530m³/min is mounted at the rear.

Technical Data

Brush working width	4.20 m
Brush width at 32° tilt setting	3.60 m
Brush diameter	914 mm
Vehicle power	372 PS
Additional motor power	326 PS
Snowplough width	5.60 m

Towed jet sweeper

The clearance vehicle pictured is employed mainly on the taxiways and aprons of the take-off and landing runways.

Technical Data

Towed vehicle	250 PS
Snowplough width	5.60 m
Spreader for solids	4.00 m³
Brush diameter	720 mm
Brush cylinder	4.20 m
Sweeper drive motor	325 PS
Blower jets	ca. 500 m³/ min

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Jet sweeper – TJS 630

This jet sweeper was developed as a high-performance device for the rapid disposal of snow on take-off and landing runways. Clearing, sweeping and blowing as a compact unit in one vehicle means high mobility and high clearance performance. a trip edge plow with an effective working width of 6.10m is mounted on the front. The vehicle is fitted with a standard drive head and a special sweeper attachment. In the centre of the vehicle, operating in front of the cylindrical brush is a blower facility which delivers approx. 530 m3/min of cold air and deals with the last remnants of snow on the runway surface. With a clearance speed of 45 km/h, this vehicle, in this form, is, until now, unique.

Technical Data

Brush working width	5.80 m
Brush width at 32° tilt	5.40 m
Brush diameter	1.10 m
Hydrostatic drive with traction motor	430 PS
Clearance speed	45 km/h
Additional drive motor	326 PS
Working width snowplough folded	6.10 m
Rear blower jets and in front of brush	ca. 540 m³/min

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Jet sweeper – TJS 420

The TJS 420 was also developed to rapidly clear snow from take-off and landing runways, as well as for aprons with limited space. With an effective working width of 4.20m and a clearance speed of 45 km/h, this vehicle, in this version is, like the TJS 630, until now, unique.

Technical data

Brush working width	4.20 m
Brush width at 32° tilt	3.60 m
Brush diameter	1.10 m
Hydrostatic drive with traction motor	430 PS
Clearance speed	45 km/ h
Additional drive motor	326 PS
Working width snowplough	4.20 m
Rear blower jets and in front of brush approx.	ca. 540 m³/min

Surface de-icing vehicle 45/13

Zur Flächenenteisung wird für großflächigen Einsatz ein speziell geeignetes For de-icing of large surface areas a specially suited de-icing vehicle is employed. This vehicle was constructed to bring de-icing materials rapidly to areas such as take-off and landing runways or open aprons. The swivelling spray bar can deliver a spray volume from 5 g/m2 up to 50 g/m2 as selected, at a previously chosen width of up to 45m.

Technical data

Basic vehicle	35t truck
Assembly	Frame construction
Grit container	13.7m³ liquid
Pump capacity	1.000 l
Output width	3 – 20 – 40 – 45 m

Surface de-icing vehicle 35/15

Similarly a specially suited spraying vehicle is employed for de-icing large surface areas. The spray bar, which can swivel left and right, at the rear of the vehicle, can spray, as required, a quantity from 15 g/m2 to as much as 45 g/m2, at a constant speed of 35 km/h at a pre-selected width of 18 or 35 metres.

Technical data

Basic vehicle	25 t tractor truck
Assembly	Frame construction semi-trailer tank
Spray container	15m³ liquid
Separate motor	60 PS
Spreader width	18 – 35 m

Snow clearing and loading machine

The actual vehicle description of this machine is »Snow thrower« and is used as such at Leipzig/Halle Airport. In addition this machine is fitted with a telescopic loading chute which increases its applicability enormously. The loading of an 8 x 8 tipper truck of up to 40t can be completed in approx. 30 secs.

Squad leader vehicle

In order to carry out necessary inspections, the leader of the clearance platoon as well as the duty team leader of the winter road clearance service are equipped with a 4–wheel-drive vehicle. These vehicles are fitted with the necessary communications systems, such as a telephone, trunk radio as well as with a light bar highly visible to aircraft and other operators.

Technical data

Type	Toyota, 2.400 cm³
Motor power	approx. 100 PS
Communication	2 x airport trunk radio 1 x telephone

Friction testing vehicle

The conditions for arriving and departing aircraft change during the winter months due to rain, snow or other precipitation. In order to determine the prevailing friction coefficient, a special vehicle with the name »Friction Tester« was created on a basic Sharan chassis. The vehicle travels at a pre-selected speed (up to 92 km/h) on the critical surfaces. At the same time, a measurement wheel built into the rear axle presses down on the road surface and thereby simulates the actual conditions of an aircraft in the take-off or landing phase.

Technical data

Type	VW Sharan, 130 PS
Cubic capacity	2.300 cm³
Transmission	Automatic
Communication	Airport trunk radio
Other	Measurement computer, printer, data communication to third party, signalling equipment

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