Loads coils more quickly
April 1st 2008 Thames Reinforcements has
cut its loading time by 75%
using a Kaup coil handling
attachment supplied
through B&B Attachments.
The Kaup 6T416B-H can
handle the coils of
reinforcement bar (rebar) in
horizontal or vertical
positions.
"Prior to purchasing the
Kaup attachment from B&B,
we had to offload coils of
rebar using the forks of a
forklift truck," explains Ian
Jeffries, MD of Thames
Reinforcements. "When the
bundles were required from
store, they were lifted out
using the forks and then had
to be upended so that the
chains could be attached for
lifting, which was a twoman
operation. Now, using
the attachment the process
is extremely efficient and
takes a quarter of the time."
The Kaup 6T416B-2H
handles coils of rebar
weighing 1500kg,
measuring 800mm high x
900mm diameter. The
operator can use it to place
the coil in the required
position on the decoiling
machine for production,
using the 180° forward
rotation with the sideshift.
The attachment has also
been supplied with
1600mm high contact pads
to cover the handling of
Wild Coils measuring
1200mm in diameter by
1600mm long. These coils
have limited banding
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