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More Hybrilift cranes
Finland-based Mantsinen has ex- tended its range of ropeless, hy- draulic cranes using its energy-sav- ing HybriLift drive system. The first Hybrilift model, a 200R, was delivered to the Port of Koverhar in Finland in 2008 and this now has been followed by a crawler- mounted 120R Hybrilift in the Port of Kokkola. A customer for the latest 200R
Hybrilift Heavy Lift is Stevena Oy in the Port of Uusikaupunki. This version is designed to handle even higher loads - up to 40t - with lower engine output and hence less energy (diesel fuel or mains- powered). Up to 35% energy sav- ing is claimed by Mantsinen. Maximum horizontal reach is 26m-34m, depending on configu- ration, and the machine can han- dle steel coils up to 35t. Access to all service points of
engine and pumps is from inside the upper structure, which is en- closed and has separate compart- ments, accessed via a sliding door, for the pumps and engine. A ther- mostat-controlled cooling fan is
Bromma adds load sensing
Bromma has expanded its spreader safety products portfo- lio with a new load sensing sys- tem for the spreader twistlocks, developed in cooperation with Brosa AG, a sensor specialist based in Germany. Bromma spreaders now have
Mantsinen 200R HybriLift unloading steel coils at Uusikaupunki in Finland
located in the engine compart- ment.
The operator’s cab (type N2-
6000) goes to a maximum eye level of 16m, with 9m undercar- riage, and the operator sits at a maximum 11m distance from the swing centre. Mantsinen has also introduced a new machine con- trol system and safety system with two displays in the cab. All Mantsinen hydraulic har-
bour cranes and material handlers can be delivered with wheeled, crawler-, rail-mounted or station- ary carriage, and can be diesel or fully electrically (mains) powered, to suit all requirements. The ca- pacity of the machines goes from 50t to > 230t and they are avail- able with a wide range of attach- ments for various bulk cargoes, long loads, palletised and piece goods.
a “better ability” to identify con- tainer overloads, understatement of container weight, and out-of- balance eccentric loads, all of which pose a well-known safety risk in container terminals. The new load sensing system
joins an expanding portfolio of other safety solutions available from Bromma, such as the TTDS twin twenty detection system, “gap risk” sensors and fully auto- matic overheight frame. It is hoped to provide more informa- tion on the new twistlock-based system in the near future.
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Under its new president, Kang Xue-Zeng, ZPMC is restructur- ing and looking to diversify into other markets and improve the profitability of its port crane busi- ness. ZPMC has a 70% share of the ship-to-shore and yard gantry container crane markets where new orders plunged by around 60% in the financial crisis. In an earnings forecast last year,
ZPMC predicted its net profit would drop by around 70% in 2009. In an interview with WorldCargo News, Kang said the first months of 2009 had seen an improvement in crane orders, but the market situa- tion in 2009 added urgency to ZPMC’s initial moves to diversify. Under former president and
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founder Guan Tongxian, ZPMC experienced phenomenal growth, but Kang said the company now needed to undergo a “second busi- ness development phase.” The key points are: strengthening and ad- justing the organisation to support the new products in wind, steel, off- shore and the components market; and paying more attention to low- ering the carbon footprint of port equipment by promoting automa- tion and electric RTG technology and improving after sales service. The company is also putting
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more effort into the bulk materi- als handling market and is build- ing up a dedicated bulk equip- ment sales team. ZPMC has invested heavily in
its eight manufacturing bases, par- ticularly on Changxing Island and the capital-intensive gearbox fa- cility at Nantong, a highly auto- mated plant that has become a national showpiece for Chinese manufacturing, and needs to lev- erage these across more products. It is targeting supplying gear-
boxes to the rail industry (and the emerging high speed rail market in particular) and the wind power industry. As reported last month,
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The picture typifies two of ZPMC’s new priorities in the port sector - to concentrate on “greener” equipment and to become a major player in the bulk materials handling sector. It shows ZHEN HUA 22 arriving at the Port of Felixstowe earlier this month with the first batch of RTGs for the new Felixstowe South Terminal and a gantry grab unloader with integrated hopper for the ArcelorMitall steel mill in Ghent. The RTGs are all equipped with Siemens Eco-RTG hybrid drives
the spreader plant in Changzhou has begun manufacturing spread- ers for reach stackers and empty container handlers to supply to liftruck OEMs directly. Kang es- timates that ZPMC’s facilities have the ability to support business with a revenue of US$7B, of which the port equipment market (includ- ing bulk material handling) could be worth at most US$1.5B. In the port equipment market,
Kang acknowledged that increas- ing ZPMC’s market share beyond 70% while maintaining profitabil- ity is unrealistic. “We don’t want a price war as this market is very limited,” he said. ZPMC must in- stead focus on moving up the value chain and increase its pres- ence in the high-value areas of crane spreaders, gearboxes and drives where margins are higher. Guan directed considerable
R&D into automation and Kang believes this will ultimately be the course larger terminals take as they focus on efficiency and environ- mental protection, but most have put capital intensive plans on hold until volume growth returns. Kang says terminals are more
focused on energy savings, the environment and efficiency and ZPMC is developing more ad- vanced systems in these areas. Smaller terminals are also look- ing for ways to handle containers at lower cost, and ZPMC is look- ing to meet their demands.
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Sonoco-Alcore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco with 30 tube and core plants and six paper mills in Europe, is using UPM Raflatac “DogBone” RFID tags in its fi- bre-based cores to help custom- ers reduce costs through advanced inventory tracking. RFID technology allows Sonoco-Alcore to provide cus- tomers with the ability to reduce costs associated with lost inven- tory and manual labour many companies currently use for in- ventory tracking. By embedding RFID tags in roll cores, custom- ers of Sonoco-Alcore can follow rolls through the supply chain process with real-time tracking and location information. Sonoco is using the technology to produce its Intellicore engineered carriers. One market already using
Sonoco’s Intellicore carriers is décor paper. RFID tags are em-
bedded in the cores during the winding process and tested to en- sure 100% functionality. “This is value-added technol-
ogy that can provide cost savings to our customers,” said Eddie Smith, VP, Sonoco Europe. “It al- lows for easy tracking and man- agement throughout the product’s life cycle.” Mikko Nikkanen, UPM
Raflatac’s business development director, RFID, added: “Printing houses can benefit in many ways by using RFID technology. Paper roll traceability at core level ena- bles continuous printing through several phases without losing im- portant paper type and quality information of the material. “Material leftovers from the
previous run can be re-used for new printing work and this can result in over 10% savings in ma- terial costs.”
April 2010
CARGO HANDLING NEWS
ZPMC reassesses and refocuses
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