Extreme dredging material!
Description
Dredging equipment and its applications.
The Netherlands and Belgium both have substantial dredging fleets, with which dredging works are carried out all over the world. In this presentation, both the standard-type dredgers and their applications are discussed, as well as the special dredgers. The latter are often built and applied for special works.
The type of dredging gear is strongly related to the type of material to be dredged, i.e. silt, sand, clay or rock. The location where dredging is to be carried out also has a great influence on the type of equipment. In a busy waterway, such as the Maasgeul Rotterdam, one will not like to use a stationary dredging tool, as it can block the waterway over a large area. In that case, a self-propelled dredging tool is preferable, as it can usually easily leave its dredging area when required quickly.
In addition to standard dredging methods, the removal of contaminated, submerged soil types will also be discussed. These often require special adaptations of the tools.
Finally, a number of special dredging tools that were built and did not dredge, or hardly dredged, will also be shown.
Programme
10.30 a.m. Reception with coffee
11.00 a.m. Lecture by Prof W.J. Vlasblom
12.00 a.m. Break; coffee
12.20 - 13.20 a.m. Guided tour of the museum provided by volunteers
From 13.00 a.m. Bread roll
14.00 end of visit
Professor Vlasblom was born in Rotterdam in 1941. After secondary school, he studied architecture at the HTS in Rotterdam where he graduated in 1962. He continued his studies in civil engineering at Delft University of Technology, graduating with honours in fluid mechanics in 1968.
Speaker(s)
From 1968 to 1992, he worked for three major dredging companies with a 4-year hiatus at the Provincial Water Supply Company of North Holland. From 1992 to 1994, Professor Vlasblom worked as head of Planning and Production at Airport Platform Marine Contractors JV. and was therefore directly involved in the dredging work for the construction of the Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong.
In 1994, he was appointed professor of Dredging Technology at Delft University of Technology. Apart from dredging technology, this section also carries out teaching and research in the field of tunnel boring machines and bulk transport. In January 2007, he retired from TU Delft due to reaching retirement age.
From the beginning of 2007 until November this year, he was chairman of the CUR committee for writing the "Hydraulic Fill Handbook".
From 2006 until now, he is a member of the government committee "Subsidy Innovative Sea Shipbuilding"
Location
Nationaal Baggermuseum, Molendijk 204,
3361 ER Sliedrecht
Organiser
History of Technology
Histechnica
Name and contact details for information
Further information from L.A. Hissink at the e-mail address below.