Aggregates for extreme conditions

The design has been done in Ystad, where everything has also been manufactured and assembled. The unit and container consist of almost 1500 components and the work has taken almost 400 hours to complete.

- The work included going through the specifications, making sure the unit and container meet local regulations and can withstand the heat. It can get up to 45 degrees centigrade, and in some cases even hotter when the sun is shining. We had to make a lot of adjustments compared to a standard unit," explains Viktor Johansson Rix.

The container was equipped with openable short sides and an openable long side to make it possible to carry out repairs on site, there is a pull-out crane / winch, lighting, AC unit, interface and control of AC, and fire extinguishing system. Everything is adapted to the conditions prevailing in the southern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

HydX has made modifications to cope with higher ambient temperatures and adapted the layout so that the unit can fit in a 20-foot container, as well as withstand transport by sea and land.

The unit and container left Sweden for shipment to Africa in autumn 2023.