{"id":7237,"date":"2021-04-15T07:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.condra.co.za\/?p=7237"},"modified":"2021-04-15T07:22:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:22:28","slug":"super-span-maintenance-crane-for-platinum-concentrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/super-span-maintenance-crane-for-platinum-concentrator\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPER-SPAN MAINTENANCE CRANE FOR PLATINUM CONCENTRATOR"},"content":{"rendered":"Condra has followed deliveries of customised cranes for injection-moulding and shipboard maintenance applications with a third overhead machine of unusual design, this one sporting an exceptionally wide span of no less than 35 metres.\r\n\r\nA span of this magnitude is more than double the average of fifteen metres, and approaches the manufacturer\u2019s record of 42 metres.\r\n\r\nNot only is Condra\u2019s newly completed crane unusually wide, but it is also large from an overall perspective, with box girders the height of an average man, and a 20 ton two-speed hoist mounted on a seven metre-wide crab with a wheel base of six metres. A working platform of open-grid walkway and solid-forge handrail runs the full length of the machine.\r\n\r\nThe crane will be delivered to a platinum concentrator for maintenance duty. Weighing in at 33,3 tons, it has a lifting height of 18,7 metres and is controlled remotely by radio. There is a pendant back up.\r\n\r\nDuring the crane\u2019s design phase, the very large size of this machine dictated careful consideration of wind loading. Condra\u2019s engineers included the company\u2019s patented storm brake to counter wind forces anticipated at the installation site.\r\n\r\n
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Final assembly and testing of the 35m-span Condra double-girder electric overhead travelling crane for the platinum concentrator. This very wide-span crane is fitted with the company\u2019s patented storm brake to counter excessive wind forces.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nThe storm brake is activated by anemometers in two stages, the first sounding a siren when the wind speed reaches 30 km\/h, and the second automatically engaging the brake at a wind speed of 50 km\/h. At this point, any crane operation is de-activated and the machine automatically secured against all movement.\r\n\r\nCondra completed final assembly, alignment and testing of the concentrator maintenance crane in the last week of March. No less than 260m2 of factory floor space was set aside for this phase of manufacture.\r\n\r\nTransport to site will require three specialised vehicles: two horse-and-dolly movers for the two box-girders, and one flat-bed trailer to be loaded with the hoist, crab, end-carriages, bottom-block, panels and ancillary equipment.\r\n\r\nInstallation and commissioning at the concentrator will be undertaken by an independent contractor with Condra engineers in support.\r\n\r\nJohannesburg-based Condra boasts a manufacturing pedigree going back more than 50 years. The company claims the highest local content of any overhead crane supplier in the central and southern African region, allowing it to deliver overhead cranes with the lowest possible lifetime cost, supported by a comprehensive back-up service and rapid spare parts delivery.\r\n\r\nAll Condra products are manufactured to ISO 9000 standard, with the full range of cranes and hoists encompassing capacities from 250 kg to 500 tons. A fully automated option is offered on all machines.\r\n\r\nThe company\u2019s success in securing significant orders against determined competition from other major market participants continues.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Condra has followed deliveries of customised cranes for injection-moulding and shipboard maintenance applications with a third overhead machine of unusual design, this one sporting an exceptionally wide span of no less than 35 metres. A span of this magnitude is…","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7243,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237\/revisions\/7243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}