10 Ton Overhead Crane: Bridge Crane System for Outdoor Use
16 Feb, 2022
Our customer is from a family business that has stood for professional competence, reliability and flexibility since its foundation in 1968. Their focus is on plant construction, as well as industrial and commercial construction.
Crane systems were already being used in their plant since 2006 for the handling of steel. Recently there is a project was the modernization of a crane system in new warehouse. Up to 5,000 tons of steel are processed there every year, with steel profiles being stored outside. To create more capacity, the external warehouse was expanded by a third in 2018.
According to the client's requirement, with a span of 19 meters and lifting height of 7 metres, the new overhead crane should allow for the efficient transportation of material over the entire outside area and with a load capacity of 10 tons should allow the heaviest of work to be carried out.
Being specialists in steel construction the client took on the corresponding adjustments to the crane tracks. So we only had to replace the crane girders on the shed side and built a new, longer crane track 24m on new foundations on the ground.
The entire crane construction, including crane bridge, was specially designed by our engineers to be particularly rigid. Further features of the crane are the additional drives, wind protection and safety devices, to keep crane operation safe and reliable.
Outdoor cranes in particular always have large areas for wind to affect and also have to withstand strong wind forces. This is even more the case when heavy loads hang on the hook. Dongqi outdoor crane has four drives instead of two, so that safe operation is possible even at wind force 7, i.e.,. And even if the crane system is not in operation, it must be secured against strong winds and even storms despite the trolley brakes being closed. Wind protection with electrically adjusted safety bolts is therefore located between the drives.
Customer’s feedback: “We are saving a lot of time and costs when loading and unloading and transporting profiles over the outside areas. In addition, the new 10 ton overhead crane has made us much more flexible in many respects. Thanks to the Dongqi Cranes, we got a reliable crane system which increased flexibility and enhanced safety when loading and transporting material."
