In operation for 4,000 hours per year, the automated system in Bahr-El-Baqar processes a total of 475,000 metric tons of sludge annually. The project is therefore one of the biggest sludge drying projects in the world. Suitable energy supply systems were needed that could safely and reliably guide the equipment's cables over a long travel even in hot, humid and dirty conditions.
For a dependable power and energy supply for the automatic plant, igus 3500 series energy chains with chainflex cables are used in a steel trough with a travel of 100 metres in 128 units.