FEBRUARY 2022 | NEWS
CRS CRANESYSTEMS COAL TERMINAL PROJECT
expansion at a coal terminal in Canada. The project took a total of two years to complete, from bid stage to completion, according to Chris Roots, VP sales, New Equipment, CRS CraneSystems Canada. “As a very congested site it limited
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the size of the building so the crane had to be customized to ensure the crane hooks could reach all of the process equipment that needed to be lifted by
RS CraneSystems has installed a 65/15 ton hazardous Class 2, Division 2, Group F rated bridge crane for a facility
the crane for maintenance,” said Roots. The crane was installed into a
hazardous Class 2, Division 1 Group F coal dust environment and the client also needed maintenance access to all of the crane components (motors, panels, etc.), as there was no space for man-lifts below the cranes. “The main trolley unit was customized
to include all of the hazardous-rated electrical controls mounted on the trolley, instead of the crane girder mounted service platform. This helped to improve the hook approaches at the end of the runway. The trolley was fully decked with handrails around the perimeter for safe maintenance access to all controls and hoist components. “CRS added a 15 ton pneumatically
operated auxiliary hoist instead of an electric unit due to its smaller physical size to meet a 350mm hook approach towards the runway rail. The pneumatic hoist was incorporated into the crane electrical control system via a radio remote controlled air solenoid. Due to the space, CRS provided IGUS Energy chain systems for electrical power and air supply along the 60m length of the runway and across the crane bridge.
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www.hoistmagazine.com “Our client was impressed with
our solution-oriented thinking, to custom design the crane to meet their dimensional restrictions as well as the operational requirements.” Roots added, advances in technology
will change the type of projects and the industries it will be supplying cranes to in the future and it has received orders for cranes to be installed into facilities working on emerging technologies. “We see advances in technology as a
benefit, whether it is technical advances of equipment and components, which make cranes safer to operate and easier to maintain, or advances in software, which helps to streamline our own internal processes. With our abilities to build customized solutions, we see technology as an opportunity to supply cranes into new industries that we have not typically seen as a target market,” he said. “Our capabilities and experience grow after each project we complete, we use the experience and knowledge we have gained to develop new solutions to meet our clients evolving material handling requirements.” ● See our interview with Roots on Hoist Magazine TV at
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