Scrap Handling – E-Crane

Nucor General Recycling

2012-09-13

Description of the E-Crane Nucor General Recycling installed a 700 Series E-Crane® for feeding auto bodies into a shredder at their Flowood, Mississippi facility near Jackson. The shredder was previously fed by older material handler which was replaced with the new E-Crane®. E-Crane® engineers worked with Nucor to develop a turn-key solution for removing the old crane and erecting the E-Crane® in its place. The E-Crane® is mounted on a 4-legged pedestal, with custom stairways to accommodate the infrastructure that had previously been surrounding the old crane. Complete assembly and installation,...

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...

IÇDAŞ

2009-11-09

Description of the E-Crane In 2007 IÇDAŞ set out to look for an alternative for their fleet of hydraulic material handlers. While they recognized the advantages a hydraulic material handler offers compared to rope cranes, the limited machine life in combination with high operating cost made them look for a suitable alternative. This is why they got in touch with E-Crane® who could offer an alternative with both a much longer life as well as lower operating cost. In 2008 the first E-Crane® was delivered to IÇDAŞ’ Biga steel mill soon followed by an identical unit in 2009. The...

Van Heyghen Recycling 3

2009-04-11

This is the third successful installation of an E-Crane® for Van Heyghen Recycling, part of the group Galloo. There are now seven E-Crane® balanced cranes operational at the different Galloo sites in Belgium and France. The new 2000 Series E-Crane® has greatly reduced operating time and costs in loading Handymax vessels and in receiving, handling and stocking scrap in the yard. The E-Crane® is used for stockpiling the scrap to a height of over 25 meters, necessary to ensure there is enough scrap ready for the loading of Handymax ships. Since the arrival of the new E-Crane®, unloading barges...

Tisco

2008-01-08

Description of the E-Crane The successful installation of the second 1000 Series E-Crane® at the Tisco steel mill is the closing stone of the new scrap yard and confirmation of E-Crane’s leading position in supplying solutions to the steel industry. For this Tisco-project, E-Crane® provided a proven scrap yard layout and the material handling equipment for improved performance. E-Crane® scrap handling solutions utilize specially designed E-Crane® material handling equipment and state-of-the-art communications to improve the logistics and reduce operating costs. We are very excited...

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...

River Metals

2007-06-08

Description of the E-Crane End 2007, River Metals Recycling replaced several conventional material handlers by the 1000 Series E-Crane®, that is now feeding the world’s largest shear: the 3000 ton Henschel scrap shear. This brought a lot more flexibility to RMR’s operations: in between shear cycles the E-Crane® unloads trucks, sorts and stockpiles sheared material and in addition to a 4 tine scrap grab, the E-Crane® is also magnet equipped for greater versatility. RMR believes in protecting the environment and it was with this goal in mind they opted for the E-Crane®. The E-Crane® is...

Harsco Metals – Carinox

2005-11-08

Description of the E-Crane For Harsco Metals’ scrap management project at Arcelor’s new stainless steel mill, two 1000 Series E-Cranes have been working simultaneously at the Ugine & ALZ Carinox site since 2005. A 24/24 – 7/7 hour operation of the scrap yard is required to satisfy the melt shop’s scrap requirements. E-Crane® Worldwide has a 24/7/365 maintenance and service contract for the E-Cranes on the Carinox site. On July 4th 2007, a third 1000 Series E-Crane® was succesfully installed and is since assisting both in unloading inbound scrap and filling...

Galloo France

2001-11-08

Description of the E-Crane During the last phase of an ambitious expansion program, the Galloo Group has put a second E-Crane® into service at their Menen/Halluin scrap yard. The integration of this machine was carefully considered. At the end of 1999, a unit became available and the decision was taken to put a second E-Crane® into service. The crane is used to feed a shear. In close cooperation with E-Crane® Worldwide, the crane was dismantled, transported and carefully erected. A new overload system was mounted and a new scrap grab was delivered. This scrap grab was built according...

B.V. ZeeHavenbedrijf Dordrecht

2000-08-29

Description of the E-Crane When the need for additional material handling capacity arose, Zeehavenbedrijf Dordrecht (ZHD) selected an E-Crane®. The new crane’s primary duty is in the processing of stainless steel scrap but it will also be used for loading and unloading of both inner waterway and sea going vessels. The E-Crane® went into service in September 2000 and now provides significant additional material handling and lifting abilities for ZHD. Because of the need to cover the entire yard and have the ability to travel with the load attached, ZHD opted for the E-Crane® on crawlers....

Work Tag: Scrap Handling