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Konecranes UK awarded Narec’s FUJIN Project Phase II
crane supply contract
Shepherd Construction has
commissioned the Industrial Crane Division of Konecranes
UK to supply two SMT and two CXTD cranes for phase II of
the Narec FUJIN project at Blyth in NE England. This
follows the previous order of cranes for phase I of this
project last year.
Narec is the UK’s national
translational research centre for accelerating grid
integration of renewable energy systems and catalysing
the development and deployment of offshore renewables -
wind, wave and tidal energy generation technologies.
Project Fujin will be the world's largest offshore wind
drive train test facility rated at 15MW. It will
provide land based development and testing of whole
‘power systems’ in conditions representative of the
in-field environment.
The two x 250 tonne SMT cranes will
operate on a 21.2mt span and each have 30t auxiliary
hoists. The CXTD cranes are 30t and 15t on 10.6mt and
8.4mt spans. The SMT cranes will be fitted with
KONECRANES renowned technology components including
KONECRANES DynA Invertor variable speed control on all
motions with the added feature of ESR (Extended Speed
Range) on the main hoist and KONECRANES REMOX radio
control with back up pendant. All hoists feature
KONECRANES ControlPro Monitors where the unit monitors
the hoist operation, providing overload detection, brake
wear monitoring, and calculates the crane hoist duty
allowing 100% planning of maintenance activities to suit
the actual duty. The unit also stores and records the
number of cycles, overload attempts and temperature
trips.
The cranes will also be fitted with
travel and traverse limit switches, along with girder
and trolley platforms, festoon cables, floodlights,
panel lighting, motor and panel heating. A special
feature will be the ability for remote monitoring of all
the crane functions which will enable any developing
problems to be diagnosed and dealt with in advance of
causing any operational problems.
The latest contract is valued at
£1.14m and delivery will be made in August |
Konecranes UK to supply specialist Waste Cranes for new
Staffordshire Energy Recovery facility
Konecranes UK’s Industrial Crane Division, has been
awarded the contract to supply two specialist waste
handling cranes to operate at the new Staffordshire
County Council’s waste management site at Four Ashes in
the County.
The site will be managed by Veolia Environmental
Services who have appointed CNIM Clugston for the site’s
construction. It was CNIM La Seyne-sur-Mer, France who
placed the crane contract with Konecranes.
The contract for Konecranes from CNIM is to supply two
12t grabbing cranes rated FOER A8/M8 duty and using
Konecranes range of DynA Invertor variable speed control
on all motions. The cranes will be fully automated, but
also capable of manual or semi automatic control.
Working on a 23.4 metre span, the cranes will have
Konecranes DynaPilot Anti-Sway system which will
automatically dampen sway and reduce operator fatigue,
stress in structures and mechanical components, this
also allows the bunker walls to be avoided, even with a
grab that could be swinging where by the swing is taken
out of the operation and thus avoiding grab damage
through pit wall collision as this is the biggest source
of downtime if collisions occur.
The cranes feature galvanised mesh platforms and
handrails, festooned long and cross travel power
supplies, condition monitoring, PLC control, operators
chair and back up radio control for mounting in the
clients control room.
The cranes will have waste handling 'orange peel' grabs
and will be delivered July 2012 |
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Konecranes UK wins contract to supply cranes to Entsorga
SpA for Wiltshire’s first MBT plant
Konecranes UK Industrial Crane Division
has won the contract to supply two waste handling cranes
to a new £20 million resource recovery centre in
Westbury, Wiltshire. The
site, known as Northacre RRC, is owned and operated by
Hills Waste Solutions under an agreement with Wiltshire
Council for treatment of Wiltshire’s waste.
Northacre RRC will use mechanical biological treatment
(MBT) technology to process 60,000 tonnes of household
waste per year and reduce the proportion of
Wiltshire’s municipal waste sent to landfill from 37% to
less than 20% The
automated 8 tonne cranes, operating on a 20.73 metre
span, will be integrated with the project’s own
automated system for waste processing. The process,
developed by Entsorga Italy, treats municipal solid
waste, carrying out recycling and producing a solid
recovered fuel
The biological treatment harnesses the bio-energy within
the organic fraction of the waste by triggering an
aerobic fermentation that generates heat used for waste
drying and reduces the weight by 30%.
Further mechanical refinement removes
inert material, metals and undesired plastics.
The cranes to be supplied by Konecranes
will use specialized grabs to be mounted on the cranes,
which have been designed in conjunction with Entsorga
Italy. When fitted to the cranes the grabs will
automatically lift and carry the waste to its varying
treatment and separation stations. The cranes will be
fitted with KONECRANES own DynA range of Inverter
controls on all motions and will have KONECRANES
DynAPilot Anti-Sway system which will automatically
dampen sway and reduce operator fatigue, stress in
structures and mechanical components. As well as fully
automated control the cranes have KONECRANES Remox radio
control for manual operation and maintenance duties.
The cranes will have advanced condition
monitoring of all functions, ensuring proper and
correctly planned maintenance activities to suit the
crane operation and provide alarms to the control room
of any malfunction or stoppage that may occur in this
demanding environment.
The cranes are designed to operate side
by side on a common runway, 24/7 and will feature
ESP/CPR cabling, KONECRANES own GL waste handling
trolley which features a unique design where the grab
control and power cables are fed via the rope drum and
not from a cable reeling drum, thus eliminating a source
of possible failure in years to come. The GL trolley has
true vertical lift, IP65 enclosures, motor and brake
protection covers, totally enclosed machinery and
gearing, and by having a direct rope connected grab the
use of pulleys is eliminated. The trolley features upper
and lower limit switches, cross travel limit switches
(magnetic type), ultimate hoist limit switch and rope to
drum protection by a pressure roller that is running
above the rope. The cranes have as standard, overload
protection, slack rope detection, magnetic type limit
switches on travel, disc brakes on all motions, girder
and trolley galvanised platforms, painting to C5M
specification on the structure, festooned rubber cables
with stainless steel support trolleys on cross and long
travel festoons, buffers on cross and long travel
motions. As is standard on all KONECRANES waste handling
cranes, they have KONECRANES own DynAReg braking control
where the cranes during lowering and deceleration
operations regenerates electrical power which is fed
back into the network, thus reducing operational costs
and removes the need for external braking resistors.
The control panels for each crane will be
mounted in two client supplied E-rooms, with air
conditioning, where the equipment is protected from the
waste environment.
The cranes will be delivered in April
2012. Construction of the MBT plant is due to be
completed at the end of 2012. This will be followed by
several months of testing and commissioning, with the
plant being operational from late summer 2013.
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SSI UK orders new crane for Redcar blast furnace
Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI),
the Thai firm that bought the former Redcar steel plant,
has placed an order for a 40 tonne outrigger crane for
the blast furnace from the Industrial Crane Division of
Konecranes UK in East Kilbride.
The blast furnace at Redcar is the
second largest blast furnace in Europe and is linked to
a modern steel making facility, which has an annual
steel slab production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes.
The Konecrane outrigger crane will operate on a 12 metre
span and is to have a 61 mt lifting ability. The crane
will be fitted with KONECRANES renowned technology
components including KONECRANES DynA Invertor variable
speed control on all motions with the added feature of
ESR (Extended Speed Range) and DynAC closed loop
inverter variable speed control systems and girder
platforms. It is to be radio controlled and will
operate with a ramshorn hook.
As it will be operating in the open
in all weathers, there will be rain covers on the motors
and these along with panels will be heated. This one
speed crane with an anemometer and double hoist breaks
will have ControlPro condition monitoring.
Delivery is planned for April 2012. |
