WHAT’S NEW? NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER FOR PORTICO Portico, a specialist provider of tailored guest services, has hired a new Business Development Manager to support the company’s growth.
Richard O’Keefe has more than 14 years’ experience in front-of-house and guest services roles.
O’Keefe will be instrumental in supporting director, business development, Amanda Baber explore
FIRST UK INSTALLATION OF KONECRANES’
S-SERIES CRANE Konecranes has supplied a material handling system, incorporating an S-series crane, at ABB Limited’s Drives Service Workshop (DSW) in Coalville, Leicestershire. The contract represents the first installation of the new generation S-series model in the UK.
The system supplied comprises a 16.1 metre span overhead single girder gantry and a 3.29 t SWL S-series electric rope hoist. The crane has cross and long travel speeds of up to 20 metres per minute and a hoisting speed of up to 3.1 metres per minute, with a 4.29 metre height of lift. The crane is operated via a radio remote controller.
ABB is a worldwide leader in the fields of electrification, robotics, automation and motion technology, with an emphasis on energy saving and sustainability. Its UK operation employs 1,800 people, operating from 15 locations and supplies £0.5bn of innovative solutions, products and services to a broad range of market sectors. The DSW provides reconditioning, preventative maintenance, service, repairs, genuine spare parts and cleaning for low voltage variable speed drives and drive modules, which cannot be undertaken in the field. The company identified the need for a material handling system for the safe, ergonomic and efficient movement of drives within the workshop.
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Initially, ABB’s engineers had been considering a lightweight crane system, but the fact that an increasing number of large and heavy drives were being serviced prompted a rethink. The company specified the S-series crane on the grounds that its features are particularly suited to the DSW’s maintenance operations.
The S-series crane uses synthetic rope, which requires no lubrication, eliminating the possibility of delicate electronic components within the drive units being contaminated with oil. Smooth movement and accurate load positioning, which are critical factors for the workshop’s processes, are assured by the crane’s infinite
and stepless speed control. Other features of the crane design are its tilted drum and off-set reeving, which also ensure smooth and accurate load handling, whilst eliminating peak rope forces to reduce the wear on reeving components.
The remote radio control allows the operator to use the crane from anywhere within the workshop for increased safety and operational freedom. The compact nature of the crane met ABB’s requirement for a heavy-duty lifting solution, which did not take up too much room in the workshop.
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new opportunities to aid business growth as the workplace changes as a result of Covid-19.
O’Keefe joins Portico after more than four years at Rapport Guest Services (part of the Compass Group), where he held the position of head of operations for the last 18 months. Previous to this O’Keefe held front of house management roles at the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair, K West Hotel & Spa, Thistle Royal Trafalgar.
Richard O’Keefe, Business Development Manager at Portico said: “I’m delighted to be working with Portico and being part of such a dynamic, forward looking business that keeps people and relationships at the heart. With the corporate office landscape changing, I look forward to being able to use all of my previous operations and workplace change experience to positively influence new opportunities and ways of working to support existing clients and enhance business growth.”
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