(LPG) Loading- and unloading facilities

Loading- and unloading facilities of liquid hydrocarbons into special
railcars and tank cars in automated operation.


Dipl.-Ing. Scherzer GmbH plans and designs storage and handling facilities custom-tailored to the individual needs in compliance with the applicable national norms and directives.


The facilities are configured as specified by the customer or based on our long years’ experience. 

  • Design of loading and rail car positioning systems 
  • Degree of automation (electrical/instrumentation) 
  • PC systems (loading computer, visualization computer, tank management systems)
  • • Data logging systems weighing scale/meter (mass, volume) 
  • Safety equipment
    (fire fighting, emergency and signalling systems) 
  • Storage capacities (tanks, tank equipment)
  • Ancillary systems (pumps, recovery systems  VRU)
  • Construction services (for turn-key plants) 
  • Supervision of construction (for non-turnkey plants) 
  •  Commissioning of plants
  • Training of plant operatives


Dipl.-Ing. Scherzer GmbH is specialized in loading and unloading systems for special rail cars with its highest requirements to the facilities.

The concept of facilities handling liquid hydrocarbons and mixtures thereof meets the highest requirements in terms of fire protection and operational safety and user-friendliness of the complete automated plant.

Design pressure:

4.0 MPa PN40

Design temperature:

 + 40°C / - 60°C

High operational safety:

 operability guarantee  with specified design  data

Plant performance:

guarantee of required  daily and annual  capacities

Quality assurance:

when handling more  than one liquid  hydrocarbon via
 product distributor.