Recently, a concrete products company in the United States added a double-girder rubber tire gantry crane to their equipment. This equipment will be matched with another single-girder rubber tire gantry crane to increase the factory's production capacity. Dongqi Crane will share some details of the case today. If you have similar needs, you can contact us. Dongqi Crane can provide various crane solutions to customers around the world.

Concrete products company needs new crane equipment to increase productivity

The double-girder rubber tire gantry crane is combined with a single-girder gantry crane that has been in use at the Tennessee facility since 2011. The manufacturer of precast and prestressed concrete products - used in bridges, commercial buildings, rail and dock construction - will use the new gantry to move, store and load products at its 50-acre (20.2 hectare) facility.

Due to the ongoing backlog, another gantry crane was needed on site to efficiently cast the product and deliver it to customers on time. “After purchasing a single-girder 50-ton [45.4-ton] from a crane company in 2011, we decided that our next gantry crane purchase would also be from that company,” said Tory Boston, production manager for Concrete Products.

Since the products manufactured at the factory come in a variety of shapes and sizes, the gantry required custom booms to ensure it could handle a variety of configurations. Therefore, the crane company designed a 75-foot (22.9 m) long beam with sliding lifting points to accommodate different pick-up points.

The new double-girder gantry crane also features a wireless remote control, automatic variable throttle (AVT) fuel saver and working and driving lights for night or early morning operations. Wireless remote controls are standard on all gantry cranes, allowing the operator to move freely for better field lines and allowing the operator to assist with the rigging process.

At the same time, AVT's built-in engine program automatically adjusts engine speed to consume only the power needed to complete the task at hand, significantly reducing fuel consumption and extending component life.

Which concrete products factories are suitable for rubber tire gantry cranes?

Rubber tire gantry cranes are widely used in a variety of concrete products plants due to their flexibility and efficiency. Specifically, it is especially suitable for the following types of concrete products plants:

• Large concrete product factories: These manufacturers usually produce large quantities of concrete products, such as wall panels, panels, prefabricated components, etc., which require frequent material handling and stacking. Rubber tire gantry cranes can complete these tasks quickly and accurately, significantly improving production efficiency.
• Concrete products factories with high production line automation: For concrete products factories that have realized or are in the process of realizing production line automation, rubber tire gantry cranes can work well with the automated production lines to realize automatic handling and stacking of materials, further improving the automation of the production lines. and efficiency.
• Concrete products factories with complex site conditions: The rubber tire gantry crane is highly mobile and can operate on different sites and terrains, which makes it particularly suitable for concrete products factories with complex site conditions and limited space.
• Concrete products factories with high requirements for logistics efficiency: For those concrete products factories that need to respond quickly to market demand and have high requirements for logistics efficiency, the efficient and flexible operation methods of rubber tire gantry cranes can significantly improve their logistics processing efficiency and meet the market demand. need.

Double beam and single beam rubber tire gantry crane are used together in concrete factories