2011 – Page 2 – E-Crane

Shah Cement Ltd. Bangladesh: not just a pioneer in Cement Industry!

2011-09-05

Shah Cement Ltd., already a pioneer in the Cement Industry as Shah also just recently has installed one of the first 1000-Series E-Cranes in Bangladesh. At E-Crane we have the greatest respect for all our visionary customers. This is certainly the case for Shah Cement Ltd., one of the larger cement producing companies in Bangladesh. Recently a 1000 B-Series E-Crane, model 7264, was successfully installed and put into service. Replacing older cable cranes with poor availability and high maintenance cost, Shah Cement has clearly recognized the importance of having state-of-the-art equipment...

E-Crane International USA participated in the COAL-GEN 2011 tradeshow

2011-08-26

COAL-GEN is an important industry conference covering the latest topics affecting design, development, upgrades, operation and maintenance of coal-fueled power plants. This year, the tradeshow and conference was at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. American Electric Power (AEP), headquartered in Columbus, was a major sponsor of the event. As an important client for E-Crane with seven (7) E-Cranes in operation and one more under contract, many AEP employees stopped by our booth to see photos of their E-Crane and chat about plant operations. This is E-Crane’s third...

Erection of two E-Cranes in full swing at the ArcelorMittal Bremen steel mill

2011-08-22

The erection of 2 new E-Cranes at the ArcelorMittal Bremen steel mill is progressing as planned. A brief message from our erection team on-site. After only 3 weeks of assembly and erection in the pre-assembly area, 2 new 1000 Series for the new state-of-the-art scrap yard at the ArcelorMittal steel mill are ready to be lifted onto the crane rails. As always when important infrastructure has to be updated or renewed it takes a lot of careful planning, a knowledgeable crew and perfect teamwork with our client and other contracting parties to safely install two new giant scrap handling cranes. Our...

E-Crane cuts unloading time 50% with floating terminal at PowerSouth’s Lowman Power Plant

2011-08-17

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative has upgraded its Lowman Power Plant on the Tombigbee River near Leroy, Alabama for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and other quality improvements, including a new barge unloader. The company used an old gantry rope crane to unload coal from barges for many years. But since the new FGD process requires limestone, now the company has to handle coal and limestone, creating the need for a faster, more efficient and more versatile barge unloading capacity. In addition, the Tombigbee River level at the Lowman plant fluctuates up to about 35 feet, depending on the...

E-Crane MTB-team finishes the Transrockies Mountainbike Race for the second time

2011-08-14

This year Jan De Smet and Lieven Bauwens defended for the second time the E-Crane colors during the Transrockies MTB-race. This year the TransRockies MTB-race rolled out of Fernie, BC (Canada) bound for Canmore, Alberta (Canada) 7 long and hard riding days away. The spectacular 400km route through the high Canadian Rockies includes mainly single track and crosses the biggest mountains. This is a very serious undertaking for all who is participating as this is the toughest MTB-race on earth! Despite the fact that the preparation for this race was difficult and full of unforeseen obstacles...

ECI-USA 1 Assembly Complete in Galion, OH USA

2011-08-04

The assembly of ECI-USA 1 E-Crane is now complete outside of the workshop in Galion, OH. Steve Suter and crew completed the assembly in 2.5 days. Congratulations to the E-Crane USA Service & Parts Departments: Steve SuterDan ShawBryan BoydJosh MullinsAdam EndersJohn ShutyMark McFannAlex Slandzicki Thanks to Jackie LaRue for all the photos. Thanks to Indusign for the giving us the opportunity to have this crane… we will make the most of it. Thanks to the rest of the ECI-USA staff for all your hard work. This crane is a result of 10+ years of hard work by ECI-USA and we now...

Blockbustermachinist Klaas Smits te horen op de radio

2011-08-03

Blockbustermachinist Klaas Smits is a.s. zondag 7 augustus te horen in het VPRO-radioprogramma Instituut Idzerda. –> Zondag 7 augustus op radio 1 van 18u15 tot 19u. (Klik hier voor een printvriendelijke versie) Blockbustermachinist Klaas Smits is a.s. zondag 7 augustus te horen in het VPRO-radioprogramma Instituut Idzerda. Zondag 7 augustus, Radio 1, 18.15 – 19.00 uur. Thema is die avond landschapsarchitectuur en de alomtegenwoordige menselijke hand inonze leefomgeving. Een korte reportage van Rick Steggerda maakt duidelijk dat de aanleg van de blokkendamrond...

Scrap Metal Giants DVD: Steven Vale takes us to see Europe’s newest and largest cranes at work

2011-07-23

The high value of scrap metal has supported a prosperous international recycling industry with large sites specialising in metals handling and distribution. The major ports and plants employ dedicated machines that year by year become larger and more powerful. At the same time their energy and capital costs have to be minimised. The electrically powered handling machines stand high above the assorted heaps of metal turning 360 degrees to make up loads from different classes of scrap including compressed cans, white goods, cars and heavy girders. They have to be able to work continuously without...

Megakraan werkt non-stop aan blokkendam Maasvlakte 2

2011-07-19

De aanleg van Maasvlakte 2 verloopt volgens planning. (Klik hier voor een printvriendelijke versie) Megakraan werkt non-stop aan blokkendam Maasvlakte 2: Megablokken van steen die elk 40.000 kilo wegen. In totaal 7 miljoen kilo. Daarmee wordt 50 meter uit de kust de blokkendam aangelegd die de Tweede Maasvlakte tegen de golven moet beschermen. Een speciale kraan, de Blockbuster, werkt klokje rond om de enorme blokken op z’n plaats te leggen. Begin volgend jaar moet de harde zeewering klaar zijn, dan liggen 20.000 betonblokken op hun nieuwe plek. Volg de voortgang...

E-Crane® Training for İÇDAŞ Engineers

2011-07-15

E-Crane organized in cooperation with our customer İÇDAŞ (Turkey) a one week technical training program. Four experienced and motivated İÇDAŞ engineers with different technical background came to E-Crane for the Advanced Training Program. E-Crane instructors created a well-balanced program with the necessary variation in training content. A brief overview of the different training modules that were given during this training week is found herewith. Day 1 We started with some general information about the E-Crane concept and different benefits of the product. The second part of the training was...

Blockbuster op Maasvlakte legt eerste 400 meter harde zeewering

2011-07-14

– 20.000 betonblokken– Kades containerterminals– Eerste treinen in 2012– Eerste zeeschip in 2013 (Klik hier voor een printvriendelijke versie) Blockbuster op Maasvlakte 2 legt eerste 400 meter harde zeewering. Blockbuster op Maasvlakte 2 legt eerste 400 meter harde zeewering Sinds de start eind april heeft de Blockbuster 400 meter blokkendam geplaatst. De 3,5 km lange blokkendam vormt een essentieel onderdeel van de harde zeewering die Maasvlakte 2 in het noordwesten beschermt tegen de zee. 20.000 betonblokken Iedere week gaat de productie verder...

Year: 2011