Since October, 23 Smart GigaWood Round & Sawn have been optimizing round trips for Schwaiger Holzindustrie in Germany.

For Innofreight, transporting different goods with one superstructure is the continuation of the modular system. With the Smart GigaWood Round & Sawn, we have developed a timber wagon which, in addition to the most efficient transportation of round wood, also achieves the best payload values when transporting sawn timber.

This development is especially beneficial for the sawmill industry. By using the Round & Sawn-system, empty runs are minimized and the significantly higher payload saves additional train runs. Since this year, 23 of these wagons have been optimizing the timber circulation for our customer Schwaiger Holzindustrie. The wagons are loaded with packages of sawn timber at the plant in Hengersberg, Germany and transport them to the North Sea and Baltic Sea ports for export. On the return journey through Germany, the wagon stops at loading points and picks up round wood again to take it back to the plant. The Smart GigaWood Round & Sawn travels across Germany in one transport loop and is loaded most of the time.

The Round & Sawn system is characterized by 2.5-meter-long stanchions and thus enables efficient log transport. A 2×45 ft InnoWaggon with the Round & Sawn attachment can transport 120 solid cubic meters of logs. This are 25 percent more than conventional wagons. For sawn timber, up to 191 cubic meters fit on a double wagon. The maximum payload of 144 tons is the same as for the Smart GigaWood 5×5 system.

A great project that demonstrates the variety of possibilities offered by Innofreight equipment. But just transporting logs and sawn timber is still not enough for us. The straight stanchions of the Smart GigaWood Round & Sawn make it possible to transport a standard ISO container in one direction instead of timber. We are currently in the test phase of this system, which gives us even more modularity on the rail.