VHV Anlagenbau GmbH, Hörstel, Germany/Deutschland

Still running strong after 20 years

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»1 Always in the best of spirits - the successful management of VHV Anlagenbau: Bernhard Veltmann, Bernhard Verlage und Georg Hagemann with the company’s well-known mascot (from left to right)

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»2 A great deal has been invested at the company’s headquarters in Hörstel, e.g. in a new office building

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Photo/Foto: Anett Fischer, Zi

»3 View of the final assembly at VHV Anlagenbau

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»4 At the VHV test facility, the customers can test conveying of their materials

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»6 left: Typical VHV - modular, flexible, economically efficient; right: Comparison of the space requirement between the inclined belt, cover belt and double-belt conveyors

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>>5 right: Comparison of the space requirement between the inclined belt, cover belt and double-belt conveyors

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»7 With 3-dimensonal planning and project design, critical space conditions can be optimally utilized and complex lines in the plant visualized

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»5 At the 20-year anniversary, as a special honour, the company’s first customer, Karl-Heinz Thele from Klinkerriemchenwerk Feldhaus (second on left), presented the original drawing of the first VHV belt conveyor, which is still working trouble-free today

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»1 Drive station with front-segment scraper

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»2 Angle-adjustable absorbing elements

»3 Drooping belt edges are also cleaned by the articulated plough scraper

»4 New plough scraper with fast change fitting

»5 Generously sized maintenance opening
on each side

»6 Protective grid and inspection openings

On 9 January 1995, Bernhard Veltmann, Georg Hagemann and Bernhard Verlage founded VHV Anlagenbau GmbH. Now, 20 years later, the three managing directors can look back on the successful development of their company. As a specialist for conveying technology, the company has made a name for itself on the national and international markets for the bulk materials and cargo goods industry. One speciality of the company is steep incline conveyor technology. With innovative ideas and tailor-made solutions, VHV Anlagenbau works to meet customer requirements in different industrial sectors.

“We are wherever brick plants are built”

Under this motto, the screen and conveyor system engineering company impresses with its products in all areas of the bulk solids industry. The clay brick and tile industry has always been a major customer. But, over the 20 years since its founding, VHV has continuously developed and opened up new markets. At the beginning, the company supplied 75% of its equipment to the clay brick and tile industry, today the share is still around 30 %. Other markets are the foundry and non-metallic minerals industry, but VHV-systems are also widely used in recycling...