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Precise, Reliable Drive Technology Components for Furnace Transfer Cars
Transfer cars play a critical role in transporting materials within industrial furnace operations, found in steel mills, foundries, and heat treatment facilities. These cars are designed to transport heavy loads, withstand high temperatures, and operate reliably in harsh environments. Accuracy and positioning are key aspects when designing a transfer car that travels along a guideway system. The design of transfer cars for industrial furnace applications requires careful consideration of the overall layout and space constraints of the production facility, including the size and shape of the transfer car itself.
There is a Demag Hoist to Meet Your Lifting Requirements
Overhead lifting devices like wire rope hoists, chain hoists, and balancers can help your workforce do the job safely and efficiently. Demag has been a leader in overhead lifting for more than 200 years and has a complete hoist offering for capacities up to 100 Tons. Recently, we introduced a new rope hoist, the DVR rope hoist, to our overhead lifting offering. Find the hoist to meet your requirements with Demag.
Latest Overhead Handling Technologies Enhance Safety And Productivity
This is the twelfth in a series of posts detailing 13 reasons why overhead lifting and handling technologies — specifically cranes, hoists, and monorails — can improve a manufacturing or distribution operation’s efficiency, productivity, safety, and sustainability. Read more in the free Overhead Alliance publication, “Expand Your Possibilities. Discover the Potential. Choose Overhead Lifting.”
Overhead Alliance Members Offer Guidance On Overhead Handling System Selection, Safety
This is the thirteenth in a series of posts detailing 13 reasons why overhead lifting and handling technologies — specifically cranes, hoists, and monorails — can improve a manufacturing or distribution operation’s efficiency, productivity, safety, and sustainability. Read more in the free Overhead Alliance publication, “Expand Your Possibilities. Discover the Potential. Choose Overhead Lifting.”
Crane Electrification Options: Learn About Conductor Bars, Festoons, And Cable Reels
A Guest Post from the Members of the Electrification and Controls Manufacturers Association (ECMA).
How Overhead Lifting Equipment Enhances Workplace Safety
This article previously appeared in the February 2023 issue of Workplace Material Handling & Safety magazine.
Overhead Load Sway Control Technology Improves Safety, Productivity
When an overhead crane and hoist system transports a load, the laws of physics dictate that the suspended load will naturally sway when the travel motion starts or stops. Similar to a pendulum on a grandfather clock, the farther the load is from the hoist, the more pronounced the swing. Because a swinging load may potentially come into contact with personnel, equipment, materials, or facility structures it could become a hazard. Moreover, it can be challenging and time consuming for an operator to manually compensate for load sway. For both reasons, adding overhead load sway control technology to a crane can improve safety and productivity.
Overhead Safety Promoted By The Overhead Alliance
To help owners design, install, and operate the most reliable, dependable, and safest equipment possible, the industry groups of the Overhead Alliance of MHI routinely release new and updated standards and specifications. The publications cover overhead cranes, monorails, hoists, and workstation cranes and are the leading resource for the safe construction and utilization of overhead lifting systems. Comprised of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America Inc. (CMAA), the Monorail Manufacturers Association Inc. (MMA), and the Hoist Manufacturers Institute Inc. (HMI), the Overhead Alliance works together to promote overhead safety.
Five Overhead Crane Specifications And Standards You Should Know
The members of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) produces engineering and technical standards and specifications for the safe design, engineering, manufacturing, operation, and service of overhead cranes. The standards, produced by the CMAA Engineering Committee, cover a broad range of crane types. CMAA standards are the leading global resource for the safe construction and utilization of overhead lifting systems. They are also part of CMAA’s full library of technical publications, which also includes guidelines and checklists for safety, maintenance, and use. To ensure the safest equipment and operation, here are five overhead crane specifications and standards you should know.
Why It’s Important To Buy Cranes Built To CMAA Specifications
Not all crane manufacturers build their overhead handling products to the same standards. In the U.S., however, the most commonly used engineering and technical standards come from the members of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA). CMAA specifications provide a common design standard for crane builders to use. This ensures that their products meet a set of minimum design standards for the intended application. There are other standards and specifications produced domestically and overseas. Still other standards cover highly specialized applications — such as nuclear facilities. This post explains why it’s important to buy overhead cranes built to CMAA specifications.