After commissioning, planned for the first quarter of 2014, the two crane stores will run fully automatically in 24/7 operation.
Lutz Dowy, Vice President Sales & Product Management at Terex Material Handling told reporters: "With our automated crane installations, we offer complete solutions for storage area management in the cement industry. Our customers benefit from robust crane technology that, with the highest availability, places the materials into storage and safeguards the production processes."
On behalf of FL Smidth A/S, a supplier of machines and systems for the cement industry, Terex Material Handling is supplying two Demag process cranes for the new construction of an additives store in Mongolia.
The two identical crane installations, with a span of 15.5 m, travel on a crane runway of approx. 78 m in length. Equipped with a 4m3 powered clam-shell grab, the Demag process cranes place the base materials clay, iron ore, sand and gypsum into storage, sorted correctly by type. With the store management system also included in the scope of delivery, the operator will be able to use the cranes independently around the clock.
The installed and completely automated crane installation with 14 t load capacity and 30 m span also features scanner technology. A scanner installed on the crane bridge records the filling height of the materials in the storage area of approximately 2,900 m2 every time the crane travels. From this data the store management computer creates a height profile and steers the grab of the crane exactly over the transfer points in a time-saving manner. The fill levels are also permanently measured using scanner technology and transparent store management is ensured.
