US-based overhead cranes and hoists supplier Tri-State Overhead Crane has unveiled a new gantry crane with a unique magnetic lifting tool for handling steel from a plasma table.
Tri-State Overhead Crane developed the new gantry crane as a double-leg, double-girder gantry with dual motors and anti-collision sensors.
The magnetic lifting device is specifically developed for the new gantry crane by Ergonomic Partners, a division of Tri-State Equipment Company.
It features a pneumatic cylinder equipped with a lifting magnet from Industrial Magnetics, a US-based magnetic equipment provider.
Tri-State Overhead Crane, in a LinkedIn post, said: “This custom gantry crane features a unique magnetic lifting tool for handling steel off a plasma table.
“The magnetic lifting device, custom-developed by Ergonomic Partners, features a pneumatic cylinder with a lifting magnet from Industrial Magnetics, Inc.
“The crane, developed by TSOC, is a double-leg, double-girder gantry with dual motors and anti-collision sensors.”
Last month, Tri-State Overhead Crane dispatched a crane system featuring a 5-ton top-running single girder crane and a 60ft freestanding runway, designed to enhance material handling efficiency.
The crane is equipped with an R&M Materials Handling’s Spacemaster SX low-headroom wire rope hoist and a Magnetek Flex radio system.
Tri-State Overhead Crane also shipped another 35-ton double box girder crane from its facility, which features a 65ft span with a quad motor set-up.
The crane also features an SX double girder wire rope hoist from R&M Materials Handling (RM) and the Flex EX remote control system from Magnetek.
R&M’s Spacemaster SX wire rope hoist comes with a large drum diameter that creates a vertical lift, and its frame design allows closer end approaches than other hoists.
Magnetek’s Flex EX series of radio remote controls provide a cost-effective solution to the restrictive use of hardwired pendants.
