Hoist was the first to cover this project in a profile piece on Pelloby this February.
Kelvion, a heat transfer product manufacturer, lost a fifth of its facility in a fire in March 2014.
In total, five overhead Pelloby cranes were supplied, all spanning the factory width of approximately 12.5m. The three highest load capacity cranes feature Verlinde electric wire rope hoists. Two Eurobloc VT3 models offering 10t safe working load, 320mm wide flange settings and 6m lifting height were joined by six Eurobloc VT2 low-headroom models with 5t safe working load, 320mm wide flange settings and 9m lifting height.
The two lighter duty Pelloby cranes feature two Verlinde Eurochain VR12 power travel electric chain hoists with 1t safe working load, 5.5m lifting height and a trolley to suit a 356mm x 171mm x 67kg universal beam (UB). Also supplied for use on the lighter duty cranes were six Verlinde Eurochain VR5 power travel electric chain hoists with 500kg safe working load, 5.5m lifting height and a trolley to suit a 305mm x 165mm x 46kg UB.
All of the travelling cranes span across adjacent gantry supports that run the length of the building. The cranes are used to transport Kelvion’s bulky heat transfer products between stations so that further engineering work can be performed.
As the cranes vary in capacity from 500kg to 10t, each of the Verlinde hoists are either remote or pendant controlled, giving operators the utmost in control when handling these items. All the hoists also feature travel limit switches.
