Crane gives energy a lift
May 1st 2010 Demag Cranes & Components has
installed a specialist crane system at
Enviropower's energy from waste
plant in Lancing,West Sussex. The
£12.5m facility processes biomass,
typically timber and cardboard waste,
for the generation of electricity.
Demag installed a 10t SWL,
13.25m span, double girder grabbing
crane.Mounted on the crane is a wire
rope hoist with a 10m3 bucket grab on
a 12.4m hook path. The system has
cross travel speeds of 3-30m/min,
long travel speeds of 4-70m/min and
hoisting speeds of 1-16m/min.
The crane system is fully automated
to permit 24hr unmanned,
uninterrupted operation, with radio
remote control also available for
manual operation. The 'intelligent'
system is programmed to lift biomass
from the highest pile of material in
the fuel store and deposit it into two
input feeds, when sensors indicate
that the combustors require
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