{"id":5517,"date":"2018-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/2018\/condra\/feature-rich-hoists-wide-cranes\/"},"modified":"2018-10-16T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T10:46:10","slug":"feature-rich-hoists-wide-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/feature-rich-hoists-wide-cranes\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE-RICH HOISTS FOR VERY WIDE CRANES"},"content":{"rendered":"Crane and hoist manufacturer Condra is to supply feature-rich lifting equipment for ongoing expansion at Aberdare Cables\u2019 Port Elizabeth facility, South Africa.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\"Delivery

Delivery by road from Condra\u2019s Johannesburg factory begins.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe modernisation and expansion programme calls for two 23-metre-span overhead travelling factory cranes with capacities of 30 tons and 15 tons, and one 20-ton all\u2011weather portal crane with a span of 26 metres.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAn order worth some R5\u00bd\u2011million was placed early in December on Johannesburg headquartered Condra for all three machines to be designed, manufactured and delivered by end February.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe cranes, which will be used to handle newly filled power cable drums, are both robust and feature-rich, sporting hand-held remote controls for operation from factory floor, control cabins for alternative operation from elevated vantage points (open cabins on the factory cranes; closed on the portal machine), variable frequency V\u2011belt drives on the hoists, and load cells to protect design limits and warn operators via LED lights when these limits are being approached.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe portal crane additionally features Condra\u2019s patented storm brake.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThree companies competed for the order.\u00a0 Though prices were similar, lower overall operating costs achieved through rapid spare parts delivery and an effective and efficient maintenance service tipped the scales in Condra\u2019s favour.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCondra holds substantial stocks of locally manufactured spares, routinely delivering these parts to any point in South Africa within 24 hours.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBy contrast, European companies with local representation need several weeks to ship spare parts to South Africa.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAberdare Cables has experience of Condra\u2019s service through Load Mass Crane Services, the Port Elizabeth-based company behind the trouble-free operation of an initial Condra crane installed some years ago, and the company which will also install, commission and maintain the three new machines.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n

\"Aberdare

Aberdare Cables’ 30-ton, 23m span double girder electric overhead crane under test ahead of delivery.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTwo of these cranes will lift completed cable drums coming off the production lines into a covered storage area.\u00a0 Outside, a portal crane will manage the open air storage facility.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe first machine to be delivered, a 30-ton double-girder electric overhead travelling crane with a span of 23 metres, was tested and inspected this week ahead of road delivery by Transcon Haulers, a Condra affiliate.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe remaining two machines, a 15-ton crane of identical span and similar configuration, and a 20-ton double-girder portal crane with a wider span of 26 metres, are at an advanced stage of manufacture.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCommenting on the order, a Condra spokesman noted that a lead time of just six weeks caused by the Christmas shutdown period enjoyed by South Africa\u2019s engineering sector, was made possible by straightforward girder and cabin design, standardised optional features, and a lift height of eight metres on all three cranes.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAsked about incorporated technology, the spokesman pointed to variable frequency drives on all hoists, adapted and set to allow lifting speeds that can be altered at will from very slow to very fast, maximising productivity by minimising handling time.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCondra routinely supplies variable frequencies drives of up to 100Hz across its hoist range, the spokesman explained.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe spokesman additionally pointed out that European crane manufacturers are only this year beginning to introduce V-belt drives such as those incorporated in the Aberdare Cables hoists, whereas Condra has for more than five years offered the reliability and lower maintenance costs afforded by this type of drive.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n

\"Collage

Collage of Aberdare Cables\u2019 double girder crane, with insert of cabin under manufacture for a portal crane for the same company.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCondra is tipped to secure further orders resulting from the Aberdare Cables expansion programme, when open ground is converted into additional factory space.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crane and hoist manufacturer Condra is to supply feature-rich lifting equipment for ongoing expansion at Aberdare Cables\u2019 Port Elizabeth facility, South Africa.     The modernisation and expansion programme calls for two 23-metre-span overhead travelling factory cranes with capacities of…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5560,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions\/5560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condra.co.za\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}