The EOT crane was primarily used for lifting and disassembling the heavier machinery, although it remains in place to service the heat treatment furnace, which is still in the original part of the building.
The initiative to relocate was driven by the commercial objectives of streamlining production, reducing energy consumption and trimming costs, the whole process eventually taking around six months to complete.
DavyMarkham has a long history of building single and double drum winders for the global mining industry, although in North America these are referred to as mining hoists. Typically, these large units, up to 6.6m in diameter and beyond, are fabricated in more manageable sections, so that they can be easily handled by on-site EOTs in the mining headframe or even deep underground.
