r-pedestal – E-Crane

IÇDAŞ 3

2011-08-20

Description of the E-Crane IÇDAŞ, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey had already two E-Cranes® working in the extremely harsh and dusty environment of the steel mill’s harbour and scrap yard when they decided to order a 3000 Series E-Cranes®. The new E-Crane® scrap giant was put into operation at the state-of-the-art IÇDAŞ steel mill in Biga. This impressive 3000 Series E-Crane® has changed the skyline of the steel mill and is now the heart of the scraplogistics between the port and the steel mill. The total weight of this fixed pedestal E-Crane® is 647 tons. A duty cycle capacity...

Harsco Metals – Acindar

2007-11-08

Description of the E-Crane Electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills like Acindar rely on a steady stream of baskets filled with scrap metal to be ready as feedstock every hour of every day that the mill is up and running. Supporting Acindar’s plans to further increase production and efficiency, Harsco Metals ordered two new E-Cranes, to play a key role in their comprehensive on-site scrap management services. In July 2007, the 1000B Series E-Crane® was installed next to the 700 Series E-Crane® at the villa Constitución plant. Both cranes have been designed in close cooperation with...

Cargill Fertilizer Houston

2001-11-09

Description of the E-Crane Cargill Fertilizer has purchased a second new E-Crane® that was installed in April 2001 at its Houston Ship Channel facility. The new grab type E-Crane® is designed for discharging fertilizer and grain from ocean going barges and bulk carriers up to Panamax size. Ricky Carlson, the Cargill Wholesale Fertilizer Manager said, “this second E-Crane® purchase by Cargill is part of our on going commitment to improve customer service and increase fertilizer volume at our facilities”. The Cargill E-Crane® was designed by E-Crane International USA together...

Beelman River Terminals

2001-02-28

Description of the E-Crane In the spring of 2001, Beelman River Terminals began offloading operations at their new terminal in Venice, IL., which is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. The crane was engineered specifically for the Beelman facility and is mounted on a 4-legged pedestal directly to 4 piles. The receiving hopper is barge mounted and captive between dolphins. This design allows for a full range of river levels without effecting the unloading cycle time. Although the complete facility and infrastructure at the Venice facility is not...

Wayne B. Smith

2000-11-09

Description of the E-Crane In keeping with the philosophy of doing things better, Wayne B. Smith, Inc. was looking for ways to provide better service to their customers and gain an advantage over their competitors. Mr. Jerry Smith, General Manger for WBS said the new E-Crane® would be used dockside to unload bulk commodities. It has the potential to increase capacity, but the main reason we went with the E-Crane® was the ease of operation, efficiency and operator friendliness.Mr. Jerry Smith – General Manger, Wayne B. Smith The E-Crane® was commissioned in May of 2000. The...

Cargill Fertilizer

2000-09-08

Description of the E-Crane The Cargill Fertilizer facility in Savage Minnesota needed to reduce operating costs and increase the volume produced by their barge offloading operation. A conventional cable crane and rope operated bucket had been the offloading method at “Port Cargill” facility for years, but increasing safety concerns, repair costs and poor reliability made it clear that a change was needed. Lisa Brickey , Terminal Superintendent said: “The E-Crane design is perfect for an operation such as ours. Its efficient operation is a major step to increasing our...

B&N Coal

1999-11-08

Description of the E-Crane When new emission laws mandated B&N Coal to blend low-sulfur coal at this plant, they explored several options on how to most efficiently meet that requirement. The coal, arriving by barge, had to be offloaded into hoppers feeding the Power Plant. Since the E-Crane’s installation in September 1999, it has met or exceeded all productivity expectations. Situated on fixed cells, the crane with its parallelogram designed boom, effortlessly handles all water fluctuations. Of all the benefits that this E-Crane offers, Carl has most impressed with its...

Lafarge Corporation

1998-11-09

Description of the E-Crane This E-Crane®, installed in the 4th quarter of 1998, was the first barge mounted E-Crane® to be sold in the United States. At the time it was also the largest E-Crane® working on the inland waterways and the first barge mounted crane in the world fully dedicated to bulk material handling. Its task of offloading limestone was previously handled with five self-unloading barges. Productivity is already out-pacing the existing belt feed system. By the time phase 2 of the plan is completed none of those barges will be required and they will eliminate the need for...

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