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Bang Kransysteme has delivered a trio of cranes for Lucid Motors.
hree high-performance Bang Kransysteme cranes have been commissioned for US electric vehicle company Lucid Motors.
Based in Casa Grande, Arizona, Lucid Motors selected the German company to come up with a trio of state-of-the-art tool handling cranes. The project has been handled in tandem with Orbit Industrial, Bang Kransysteme's very first certified partner in North America. Prior to work beginning on the Lucid Motors project, the Orbit industrial services and maintenance team undertook crane training at the Bang Kransysteme German headquarters, with a successful outcome of a full qualification to service and maintain the company's process cranes. The load test and commissioning phase at Lucid Motors was completed in three and a half days. Christoph Bang, CEO of Bang Kransysteme,
r Lucid Motors has commissioned Bang Kransysteme to produce three high-performance cranes.
explains the background and origins of this project: “Porsche AG together with Schuler AG (a manufacturer of presses), has established a huge showroom-factory (see
www.smartpress.shop) to showcase the most modern press shop automation solution worldwide. We won the Porsche-Schuler
tender four years ago and it's working really nicely and is showcased around the world to all automotive production facilities. It’s a great reference. “Lucid Motors liked that concept and also aimed
to have a quick change-over of dies and for that they required a system with two fully automatic indoor overhead travelling cranes.“ Taking these requirements into consideration, Lucid
Motors expressed an interest in buying from Bang Kransysteme. “They said OK, yes, we want that press and those cranes for their business. So they bought the whole package for the new plant in Casa Grande, Arizona. So that's how it came about,” says Bang. He says that the project has provided another “very nice” marketing opportunity. “The cranes are state of the art with their load-handling devices, automated gripper, anti-sway systems, straight running systems and full automation. And also, the cranes include people recognition systems, so that the crane can actually interact in the production environment without being fenced off as it used to be.” The cranes belong to a greenfield project, having been fitted in a new factory. The package consists
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