Konecranes recently carried out successful installations at a number of sites of Western Australia’s premier steel products supplier Midalia Steel, a subsidiary of OneSteel.
Following expansion to new purpose-built premises, Konecranes installed a CXTS radio-controlled tandem hoist crane with a 23 metre span and capacity of 3.2 tonne per hoist at Midalia Steel Bunbury.
Konecranes also installed two CXTS radio-controlled tandem hoist cranes, each with a 26 metre span and capacity of 5 tonne per hoist in the commercial centre of Welshpool. These cranes were fitted into Midalia Steel‘s new Welshpool branch warehouse extension.
Konecranes installed a CXTS tandem hoist crane with an 18 metre span and capacity of 2.5 tonne per hoist, also radio controlled at Midalia Steel Esperance. The crane replaced an old unit that had reached the end of its service life.
CXT cranes with individual hoist capacities up to 80 tons and complementary CXT wire rope hoists are designed to be industry benchmarks of safety and ergonomics. The cranes feature easy and effective load handling and optimum dimensions for space saving solutions.
CXT cranes have hook approaches at both ends of the crane and the headroom requirement is minimal. CXT cranes are designed to eliminate unused or under-utilised square meters because the crane can operate closer to the walls and lift the load higher.
Inverter controls deliver smooth starts, acceleration and deceleration, which minimises load swing and enables fast and accurate load positioning. Konecranes Dynafamily inverter controls and pole changing controls are standard options for crane and trolley travelling on CXT cranes.
CXT cranes also feature:
- High performance hoisting motors with 60 per cent ED rating, which combine extra power with superior cooling characteristics
- Inverter control as standard in crane and trolley travels, for easy and effective load control
- Built-in durability and performance is combined with gears of extreme accuracy, with hardened and ground helical gearwheels with semi-fluid great lubrication and corrosion-proof housing, which means trouble-free operation even after years of intensive use
- Fast and accurate load positioning with True Lift as standard, which means the hook moves horizontally only 5mm during a one-metre lift.
- Ergonomic hook design, which makes rigging of the load safer, while the rope drum to rope diameter ratio is more than double that of conventional designs. The innovative design of CXT hoists, with a large rope drum diameter, reduces the stress and wear of the lifting rope. Lifting ropes of CXT cranes have multiple lifetimes compared with conventional cranes.
- Durable adjustment-free and dust-proof high performance brakes for safety and bottom-line reliability.
To meet specific load handling capacity and factory size requirements, CXT cranes are available in single and double girder construction with profile or box girder design. Top connections and underhung main girder connections are available for different building heights and constructions. Duty classification, speeds, control methods and a wide range of available additional features are used to tailor the CXT crane to meet exact operational and environmental application requirements.