Dongqi Crane has always been praised by customers for its high-quality service. Dongqi Crane needs to be able to provide customers with crane solutions under various complex working conditions. In order to continuously improve our work capabilities, learning new knowledge from different crane cases is an essential task. Today, Dongqi Crane will share a case of a new type of rubber tire double beam gantry crane customized by a concrete products company in Tennessee, USA. This double-beam gantry crane will be matched with a single-beam rubber tire gantry crane to jointly improve the work efficiency of the factory and solve the problem of business backlog.
How new gantry cranes improve concrete plant productivity
The double-girder rubber tire
gantry crane is combined with a single-girder gantry crane that has been in use at the Tennessee facility since 2011. The manufacturer of precast and prestressed concrete products – used in bridges, commercial buildings, rail and dock construction – will use the new gantry to move, store and load products at its 50-acre (20.2 hectare) facility.
Rubber tire gantry crane
Due to the ongoing backlog, another gantry crane was needed on site to efficiently cast the product and deliver it to customers on time. “After purchasing a single-girder 50-ton [45.4-ton] from a crane company in 2011, we decided that our next gantry crane purchase would also be from that company,” said Tory Boston, production manager for Concrete Products.
Since the products manufactured at the factory come in a variety of shapes and sizes, the gantry required custom booms to ensure it could handle a variety of configurations. Therefore, the crane company designed a 75-foot (22.9 m) long beam with sliding lifting points to accommodate different pick-up points.
The new double-girder gantry crane also features a wireless remote control, automatic variable throttle (AVT) fuel saver and working and driving lights for night or early morning operations. Wireless remote controls are standard on all gantry cranes, allowing the operator to move freely for better field lines and allowing the operator to assist with the rigging process.
At the same time, AVT’s built-in engine program automatically adjusts engine speed to consume only the power needed to complete the task at hand, significantly reducing fuel consumption and extending component life.
Which concrete products factories are suitable for rubber tire gantry cranes?
Rubber tire gantry cranes are widely used in a variety of concrete products plants due to their flexibility and efficiency. Specifically, it is especially suitable for the following types of concrete products plants:
Large concrete product factories: These manufacturers usually produce large quantities of concrete products, such as wall panels, panels, prefabricated components, etc., which require frequent material handling and stacking. Rubber tire gantry cranes can complete these tasks quickly and accurately, significantly improving production efficiency.
Concrete products factories with high production line automation: For concrete products factories that have realized or are in the process of realizing production line automation, rubber tire gantry cranes can work well with the automated production lines to realize automatic handling and stacking of materials, further improving the automation of the production lines. and efficiency.
Concrete products factories with complex site conditions: The rubber tire gantry crane is highly mobile and can operate on different sites and terrains, which makes it particularly suitable for concrete products factories with complex site conditions and limited space.
Concrete products factories with high requirements for logistics efficiency: For those concrete products factories that need to respond quickly to market demand and have high requirements for logistics efficiency, the efficient and flexible operation methods of rubber tire gantry cranes can significantly improve their logistics processing efficiency and meet the market demand. need.
What can we learn from this
Crane companies need to help customers design the most efficient crane products based on customer needs. In this case, by analyzing the needs of the concrete products factory for working conditions, Dongqi Crane can design a gantry crane with higher working efficiency, and a gantry crane that can adapt to the working conditions will play an important role in the concrete products factory. From this case, we can summarize the needs of the concrete products factory as follows:
U.S. Concrete Products Plant Customizes New Rubber-Tired Gantry Crane To Improve Work Efficiency