PRESS RELEASE
Improved safety and ease of operation
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Slewing motion limitation for wall-mounted
slewing jib cranes improves safety at the workplace
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Cable slider for power supply lines for ease of
assembly and maintenance
Düsseldorf, July 19 2012.
Demag Cranes has extended its KBK light crane system to include two components.
With immediate effect, adjustable limitation of the slewing motion is available
for wall-mounted slewing jib cranes to protect workers at their workplaces and,
at the same time, to protect material, such as neighbouring machinery. In
addition, a new cable slider is now available to accommodate flat cables. This
offers an outstanding and rugged design to facilitate simple installation and
ensures highly convenient operation.
Limited slewing
motion for wall-mounted slewing jib cranes – improved safety for man and material
The new slewing motion limiter for Demag wall-mounted
slewing jib cranes corresponds to the slewing motion limiting function already
offered for some time for KBK pillar-mounted slewing jib cranes. Demag Cranes
has modified its KBK I and KBK II wall brackets accordingly to employ this
convenient safety device also for wall-mounted slewing jib cranes. This
flexible solution now allows the slewing range of wall-mounted slewing jib
cranes to be adapted to the given operating requirements up to a radius of 270
degrees at any time.
The pre-completed sub-assembly consists of a carrier
plate, mounting bracket, perforated plate and buffer bracket. The perforated
plate used in connection with buffer brackets enables the slewing angle to be
precisely adjusted in increments of 1.5 degrees. Simple adjustment is possible
at any time also if operating requirements change. In the same way as for
pillar-mounted slewing jib cranes, the new slewing motion limiter for Demag
wall-mounted slewing jibs can also be fitted to the crane jib at a later date
if they are equipped with the new wall bracket.
New
cable slider for reliable power supply
The new cable slider features smooth travel and
guarantees ease of operation in daily use. Demag Cranes offers this cable guide
in two sizes for the KBK I and Aluline 120 inside-running profile sections as
well as for the KBK II family and Aluline 180. Compared to the previous
solution, assembly is much simplified and ease of maintenance is improved at
the same time.
The cable can be simply inserted into the side
of the cable slider during assembly. This principle also makes it possible to
adjust cable sag without much effort, since the cable does not need to be
pulled through over its entire length. Made of wear-resistant plastic, the
cable sliders can be quickly and easily introduced into the gap in the rail at
any position along the profile section and removed again. Any twisting movement
of the cable is prevented by a tab, which acts as integrated protection against
twisting.
The new cable slider considerably reduces the
amount of time needed if any maintenance work has to be carried out. The design
offers a further benefit, since the electric cable no longer needs to be
disconnected from the supply if cable sliders have to be replaced.
Additional information:
Demag KBK light crane system
Track
and crane installations from the KBK light crane system by Demag Cranes &
Components have been used all over the world for almost 50 years. KBK
installations are employed as suspension cranes of single or double-girder
design or as suspension monorails in companies of almost all types and sizes
all over the world. Characteristic for the system is its modular design, which
enables the most diverse customer requirements to be met with ease. Thanks to
their high versatility, KBK installations can be easily integrated into
virtually any production infrastructure and added at any time – without the need to utilise the workshop area
for crane runway supports or travel routes. If required, KBK ergo components
can be used to accommodate kick-up or horizontal forces, such as those which
occur on cranes with a large overhang or manipulator arms.
Besides
inside and outside-running profile section for loads weighing up to 3,200 kg,
the Demag KBK light crane system also includes aluminium profile sections. KBK
Aluline is a range of parts from the modular construction kit that can be used
to create installations for the particularly convenient and smooth handling of
loads weighing up to 1,000 kilograms. In addition, Demag Cranes offers pillar
mounted slewing cranes and jibs with I-beam profile jibs for loads weighing up
to 10,000 kilograms.
Demag slewing jib cranes –
efficient support at every workplace
Demag
KBK pillar and wall-mounted jib cranes help to cut setting-up and idle times
and reduce unnecessary waiting times. With a wide range of sizes and designs,
these cranes can be adapted to provide solutions for the most varied
requirements in terms of load capacity, slewing range, outreach and features – even including cranes with two jibs. The main
characteristic of all variants is the low jib deadweight and correspondingly
large outreach and high load capacity. Special hook path dimensions can be
achieved by means of longer masts or pedestals. Sets are also available to
anchor the mast to foundations or existing workshop floors.
About
Demag Cranes
The Demag Cranes Group is one of the world’s
leading suppliers of industrial cranes and crane components, harbour cranes and
terminal automation technology. Services, in particular maintenance and
refurbishment, are another key element of the Group’s business activities. The
Group is divided into the business segments Industrial Cranes, Port Technology
and Services and has strong and well-established Demag and Gottwald brands.
Demag Cranes sees its core competence in the development and construction of
technically sophisticated cranes and hoists as well as automated transport and
logistics systems in ports and terminals, the provision of services for these
products and the manufacture of high-quality components.
As a global supplier, Demag Cranes manufactures
in 16 countries on five continents and operates a worldwide sales and service
network that is present in over 60 countries through its subsidiaries such as
Demag Cranes & Components GmbH and Gottwald Port Technology GmbH, agencies
and a joint venture. In financial year 2010/2011, the Group, with its 6,115
employees, generated revenue of EUR 1,062.3 million. Since August 2011, the
Terex Group in the United
States has held a majority share in the
company.
Demag
Cranes AG. We Can Handle It.
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