Examples of successful applications in the crane industry

A P4.1 series roller energy chain is in operation at the port of Rotterdam, one of the largest handling ports for bulk goods in Western Europe.

The Vietnamese manufacturer Tan Cang Gantry relies on completely lubrication-free and maintenance-free TX high-load bearings in the chassis of its new RTG cranes.

With travel distances of more than 400 metres in some cases, 12 ship-to-shore cranes in Antwerp were equipped with robust heavy-duty energy chains.

At the EUROKOMBI terminal in Hamburg, four STS cranes were equipped with pre-assembled energy supply systems including cables and guide troughs.

Increase crane safety and service life with smart plastics condition monitoring (i.Sense) and predictive maintenance (i.Cee).

Fourteen container gantry cranes at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) have been equipped with energy chains to supply the gantry cranes with power and signals.

For the crane boom of this STS crane, e-chain® replaces the previously used festooning system and saves the operator time and money.

By replacing the old cable routing with our P4-energy chain, the crane's downtime has been increased, the chain now runs more quietly and wear has been significantly reduced.

For the high-speed trolley drive, a safe and failure-free roller energy chain was used for energy and data transmission.

Künz is redefining RTG crane efficiency with an innovative charger system that reduces the drive force required for cable guidance by 57%.

As this harbour is located in the immediate vicinity of a residential area, a crane was equipped with the fail-safe and low-noise P4 roller energy chain.

The modern i.Sense condition monitoring system saves Israeli port operator HPC immense maintenance costs and downtime.

Nowy Styl, a Polish manufacturer, is building an automatic wooden panel warehouse in which the indoor crane is equipped with the complete i.Sense package for condition monitoring.

Rope instead of trough guide: an autoglide 5 energy chain enables maximum space savings on this BANG crane.

In Thyssen Krupp's Duisburg hot rolling mill, a slab transport crane from BANG Kransysteme GmbH & Co KG is responsible for handling the slabs at the interface between the steelworks and rolling mill - in heat and dust.

Robust E4-energy chains with built-in maintenance sensors have been in continuous operation at Carpenter for 15 years without a hitch.

This indoor crane had an extremely low clearance height. Our preassembled energy chain solution made it possible to create 50 % more storage space.

In this crane system for storing and retrieving sewage sludge in a cement works, an energy chain proves its worth thanks to its flexibility, variability and space-saving installation.

At the waste incineration plant in Eschweiler, the existing trailing cables were replaced by an energy chain that was developed for use in harsh environmental conditions.

Plastic energy chain systems for supplying energy to the process cranes have been proving their worth in this hot-dip galvanising plant under high acid loads for several years.

These three cranes are used to transport containers of molten metal in a foundry. The hot environment and high levels of contamination placed special demands on the cable routing.

Our e-chain® really comes into its own in this indoor crane application: Even under the heavy load of dust and hot metal chips, there have been no failures in three years.

The motorised cable drums on this coil crane required a great deal of maintenance. They were therefore replaced by our e-spool® system.

This crane transports billets in a steelworks using a magnetic lifting beam. To supply power to the slewing gear, the developers used an e-chain® from the triflex® series instead of the previous conductor rail.

In a waste disposal company in Belgium, the trailing cables in two travelling cranes have been replaced with our e-chain®.

In the harsh environment of concrete processing, energy supply contributes to the stability and reliable operation of indoor cranes.

The manufacturer Piedmont Hoist and Crane in the USA opted for the convenient guidefast modular guide trough system for an overhead crane.

Prevent cable breaks with energy chains in a rotary crane in aluminium extraction.

An energy chain and plastic trough made of chemical-resistant plastic have been used successfully in this hot galvanising plant for years.

For this 900 tonne shipyard crane, the operator previously relied on a cable tender system to guide the cables to the trolleys which led to high maintenance requirements. This was replaced with two heavy-duty roller energy chains.

Two trolleys were fitted with our e-chain® and chainflex® cable rollers for a single-girder Goliath crane. One of the energy chains moves a cable weight of 61 kg/m.

The superlative Goliath crane: Safe cable guidance to 16 trolleys with plastic energy chains

At the Navantia shipyard, the old Goliath cranes had to be repaired after 40 years of operation. The former line rope tender system was replaced with a modern energy chain system.

Specially designed for large-scale projects, the two heavy-duty roller energy chains reliably supply two trolleys with energy - over a travel of 122 metres.

16 crane trolleys travel on this gigantic Goliath crane with a load capacity of 15,000 tonnes. Our roller energy chains ensure safe cable routing.

Three shipyard cranes with our energy chain systems are currently in operation at the southern harbour in the Pudong area of Shanghai.

Energy chain system for shipyards.

Dust is created during the mining and subsequent storage of bauxite, which poses a challenge for moving machine parts. The operator therefore decided to use our e-chains.

In this steel factory, a plastic-energy chain replaces a previously used vulnerable metal chain at the unloading station for raw metal and scrap metal.

As part of the conversion work at the Baltic Sea port of Wismar, a ship loader that was previously used exclusively for loading potash was converted for handling various bulk goods.

In Malaysia, two roller energy chains with a travel distance of 441.3 metres are working for two enormous bulk material cranes for coal transport.

In a taconite mine in the USA, a low-maintenance plastic energy chain was installed on a conveyor system for the rock with a travel distance of 550 metres.

In a Czech lignite-fired power station, the stacker is reliably supplied with energy, data and media along a 615 metre long travel path using a plastic energy chain.

For an international customer, we have realised the world's longest travel distance with a roller energy chain on two bucket wheel excavators.

A robust e-loop® energy supply system is used for the safe and low-maintenance energy supply to the spreader of this bucket wheel excavator for mining chalk.

For coal mining, a bucket wheel device travels a 700m route. The energy supply system, including sensors, guarantees a high level of planning reliability.

In the port of Kehl, a bulk crane for scrap handling was equipped with an energy chain solution, suitable for the harsh operating conditions.

In a huge sludge processing plant in Antwerp, a plastic-energy chain guarantees a high downtime of the plant with a high filling weight.

The railway technology supplier "Corus Rail" has replaced the existing festoonings on the indoor and outdoor cranes in its steelworks with our energy chain.

This crane trolley on a retreaded crane girder travels outdoors. The bearing of the running wheels should therefore be as maintenance-free and weather-resistant as possible.

Pre-assembled e-chain system ensures a fail-safe energy supply at the Memorial Bridge in New Hampshire.