A TRAVELLING TELESCOPIC GANTRY CRANE FOR SIEMENS - A GUEST POST BY GLEN HICKMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT PELLOBY LTD.

The facility, which is responsible for the overhaul of compressors for the oil and gas industry, required a method of unloading heavy duty equipment from wagons at an external location and then transporting these items into an adjacent warehouse. While this might sound simple enough, the requirement becomes more complex due to the building’s limited height which meant the new crane needed to be able to pass under a low-lying door and then extend to a greater height once outside in order to access the equipment from above. Our solution was a bespoke travelling telescopic gantry crane, which stood at 5.7 metres when retracted to pass underneath the doorframe, but could extend to just over 7.5 metres in order to unload goods from the wagon. Supporting safe working loads of up to 20 tonnes, the upper crane structure can be raised into position by a rack and pinon system where it is then locked in place before hoisting can begin.

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