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Gantry system gets drives
09 June 2016
When SEW Eurodrive wanted to install a crane and hoist infrastructure at its new facility in Normanton, West Yorkshire, it called on the expertise of Konecranes.

In addition to implementing a ‘freestanding’ gantry system approach, SEW Eurodrive also wanted to work with a supplier whose cranes could accommodate its own drives on the two, 10-tonne capacity single girder overhead cranes located within the service and repair workshop area. Spanning 15m and providing a lifting height of 8m, both cranes - equipped with Konecranes CXT electric wire hoists and featuring SEW Eurodrive’s 0.65kW travelling motor – can be operated together under master and slave radio control.
Featuring an integral anti-collision mechanism, the master crane operates via a radio joystick control and the slave a mobile pendant. Further lifting capability within this part of the plant centres on four, one-tonne XMP pillar jib cranes that have been specified with Konecranes XN electric chain hoists. Providing a lifting height of 4m, the jib cranes operate through a 180º radius.
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