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Cementing the benefits of specialist services from Hoist & Winch
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The varied and specialist services available from Hoist & Winch Ltd have come to the rescue of a cement industry customer that was looking to replace a large rotor used in its production process. Thanks to the design, manufacturing, test, certification and installation services offered by Hoist & Winch, the cement works was able to avoid the long lead times associated with buying original OEM equipment, and successfully complete a highly complex and challenging lifting operation. In essence, 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. Hoist & Winch had to design and arrange manufacture of equipment that would help to lift the worn and replacement rotors in and out of position in a precise manner without damaging any adjacent equipment, including the main drive motor and gearbox. The cement works 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 programme. With a total design weight of 80T, rotor lifting was courtesy of a pair of tandem-controlled 41T
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 trusted 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 here included accurate 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.
Don’t miss the Combilift experience at IMHX
Combilift IMHX preview - Stands 5F40-5F33
Combilift’s presence at this year’s IMHX will be hard to overlook. Around 16 models will be exhibited across a number of stands, which show the increasingly diverse range of the company’s products. Exhibits range from small pedestrian stacker trucks to the Combi-SC Straddle Carrier which can lift loads of over 100t. So whether you need to move a 1t pallet around the warehouse, or handle long and bulky modular buildings in and out of production facilities, Combilift has a suitable solution, designed and engineered to the company’s ethos of safe, space saving and productive handling.
The majority of models at IMHX are electric powered, which reflects the move towards more sustainable and emission-free materials handling across many industry sectors. Combilift CEO and Co-Founder Martin McVicar: “Over 60% of the trucks we manufacture are now electric, with availability in almost all models across our range, and we are seeing more and more of our customers switching to electric power.”
Some of the exhibits were launched virtually when Covid restrictions made it impossible
for live events, but visitors will now have the first chance to have a close up view of the new models such as the extraordinary manouevrability of the new Combi-MR4. This 4-wheel electric powered multidirectional reach truck features Combilift’s new Dynamic 360° ™ steering, enabling seamless directional change while on the move, allowing forward, sideward and crab steer mode for speedy operation. For maximum use of low level space in racking systems, the two drive wheels at the rear and two sets of smaller dual front wheels enables a platform height of just 380mm.
The new Combi-FSE 4-wheeled, two directional sideloader also incorporates innovative
technology in the form of the patented Electronic Traction Control, Combilift’s most advanced steering system on its four wheeled trucks to date. This ensures optimum performance in all weather conditions, improved steering control for the operator, better truck turning radius and reduced tyre wear.
As to be expected from Combilift there will be plenty of action on the stands, with live demos
throughout the three days, as well as in the dedicated demo area. Martin McVicar: “After the enforced break due to the pandemic, we are really looking forward to finally being able to catch up with our dealers and customers as well as making new contacts. And as our designers have been very busy since the last IMHX we have a host of new models and innovations to show them.”
Hoist and Winch Ltd 08450 171126
sales@hoistandwinch.co.uk www.hoistandwinch.co.uk
Combilift
www.combilift.com
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