The Requirement：
Our customer requires an overhead lifting system to load and unload mandrels into the Tube and Core manufacturing machines and installed with minimal disruption to their operation.
The Challenge：
The production machinery, supporting tables and decoilers had already been in place for many years so it was necessary to work around these obstacles to ensure a new overhead monorail could be installed directly above the centreline of the machinery.
Our designs team had to plan working around this existing machinery whilst in some cases the production line was still operating.
Also the shape of the building had to be taken into account to ascertain the best position to place the supporting legs and how they could be anchored.
The Solution:
Our client required an overhead monorail crane system to facilitate the safe and easy maintenance of its machinery, which operated up to 12 hours a day within their processing plant. The system was designed to include electric chain hoists and trolleys.
The design would need to take into consideration the low roof height and the existing portal structure. To mitigate the machinery obstructions, pipework and electrical cabling, the design team proposed a supporting structure comprising of two separate post structures to support the track system.
The supporting structure and monorail track was painted with an impact resistant powder coating to cope with the demanding elements.
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