Components and Structures
New ways to utilise long experience
Composite and steel construction
With our long experience of building ships, Kockums has amassed extensive knowledge of manufacturing, assembling and handling of components and large structures in advanced high-tensile steel as well as carbon/glass-fibre composites.
Composite Superstructure Concept
Composite Superstructure Concept (CSC) is a cooperation between the shipyard Kockums AB (a member of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with more than 35 years experience of design and construction of composite ships), DIAB (a world leader in composite core materials and technology) and Thermal Ceramics (a division of Morgan Crucible that is a significant force in the world of fire protection and insulation systems). All three companies have been heavily involved in the multi-faceted, Swedish government-sponsored LASS project, the aim of which is to improve the efficiency of marine transportation through the usage of lightweight structures.
The group can guide and advise on any aspect of the structure - engineering, manufacturing methodology, fire protection or certification.
Delivery of steel blast furnaces
Blast furnaces and bridge girders in steel
Given our infrastructure and knowledge Kockums is able to undertake manufacturing of components in steel. One examples of delivery is blast furnaces for Swedish Steel AB - SSAB.
In the late 1990s Kockums fabricated eight steel girders for the Öresund-link bridge between Denmark and Sweden. The steel girders form the 1 092 metres-long high-span section, which comprises a main 490-metres section, spanning the 370-metres-wide Flinterenden Channel. The upper deck is for road traffic, the lower deck for rail traffic. The bridge is 7 845 metres long.
Steel girder for Öresund-link bridge.
Page updated Monday, November 23, 2009.
