NEWS | OCTOBER 2022
HOIST & WINCH DESIGN 2 SWL ROTOR LIFTING LUGS FOR CEMENT PLANT
production process. Thanks to the design, manufacturing,
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test, certification and installation services offered by Hoist & Winch, the cement plant was able to avoid the long lead times associated with buying original OEM equipment, and successfully completed a highly complex and challenging lifting operation. The objective was to lift and replace
a large rotor fitted with pivot-mounted hammers that break down the media as part of the cement manufacturing process. Located at the base of a very large production enclosure, a pair of bearing journals provides support for each end of the rotor. “This project demonstrates how our
diverse and comprehensive portfolio of services can come to the aid of almost any lifting requirement, Our professional team has decades of experience in lifting equipment services, for all applications. If your plant has any kind of lifting demand that would benefit from the input of industry experts, our team can help, beginning with a no-obligation discussion about the task in hand,” said Andy Allen, director, Hoist & Winch. Hoist & Winch designed and arranged
manufacture of equipment that would lift the worn and replacement rotors in and out of position in a precise
oist & Winch has partnered with a cement manufacturer, which was looking to replace a large rotor used in its
manner without damaging any adjacent equipment, including the main drive motor and gearbox. The cement manufacturer last
performed this particular maintenance lift to replace a worn rotor in 2010 using a pair of lifting lugs that had since been disposed of. New replacement lugs were only available from the original supplier of the cement production process equipment on a very long lead time, which did not meet the requirements of the customer’s timeframe. With a total design weight of 80 tons,
rotor lifting was courtesy of a pair of tandem-controlled 41 ton SWL (Safe Working Load) wire rope hoists located on monorail beams arranged at 90° to the rotor bearing journal stub shafts. Kicking off the scope of work and
working closely with a long standing sub contractor, Hoist & Winch set about designing two 41t SWL rotor lifting lugs. As the basis for this task, the company used the customer’s drawing of the 600mm diameter rotor stub shaft profile and site photographs of the original lifting lugs. Other assignments included surveys of the existing hoist runway beam centres and the hoist unit hook profile. Hoist & Winch then produced general assembly drawings for a final dimensional check on site and customer approval of the design concept. As well as manufacturing the rotor lifting lugs, the scope included design and manufacture of a special mandrel
R One of the 41t SWL rotor lifting lugs
that would allow proof load testing of the lifting lugs prior to delivery to site. Each 41t SWL rotor lifting lug had
to undergo a test rig mounted, 200% static proof load test. Hoist & Winch also performed Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) involving visual, X-ray and magnetic particle inspection (MPI) procedures, while dynamic load testing of the rotor lifting lugs took place at the customer’s site using the new replacement rotor as the test load in advance of the lifting operation. After passing all testing requirements,
Hoist & Winch issued a LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) Thorough Examination Report and Proof Load Test Certificate for the new rotor lifting lugs, along with a 3.1b Material Certification for all the materials used. To see the project to its conclusion,
R Tandem-controlled SWL wire rope hoists on monorail beams at 90° to the rotor bearing journal stub shafts.
Hoist & Winch witnessed the customer’s use of the rotor lugs during a planned plant shutdown for the lifting operation to take place. In so doing, the company also provided standby breakdown cover for the pair of tandem-controlled 41t SWL wire rope hoists. ●
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