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Safety First

Automation, collision avoidance and scale systems are a few add on items that increase equipment operation safety.

Manufacturers of cranes for the metals distribution sector are designing their technologies to provide greater levels of safety for operators, and offering improved data analysis.

Cranes and handling systems used in the metals distribution category have to be able to withstand the rigours of lifting extremely heavy materials, as well as the ebbs and flows of production which result in intense, peak periods of demand.

As a result, suppliers are increasingly offering equipment with enhanced safety features, plus the addition of monitoring tools that ensure operators can keep track of the safe working period (SWP) of their machines.

Customers are becoming more aware of the need to monitor how much of the design life or SWP of a crane has been used up, and how much remains.

IMPROVING RELIABILITY

Dovetailing with operator safety, reliability is also seen as a crucial demand from the metals distribution sector.

“Technology has to be designed for the peak use period during the day, which may often be three to four hours of intense production. Averages don’t really work in this sector!”

Juan Agirre, Special Solutions Business Unit Sales Director at GH Cranes and Components, notes that customers are increasingly looking for reliability, as well as robustness, high speeds, sway control, plus accurate load positioning and identification.

Projects GH been involved with in recent months include for steel manufacturer Acerinox, which was supplied with five cranes and a motorised hook to handle stainless steel coils with tong.

In addition, the company sold one automatic crane for handling steel sheets with an electromagnet to a steel service centre in northern Spain, as well as ten cranes for handling steel coils for the automotive industry for Gonvvama in China.

Source: http://www.hoistmagazine.com

CoreBox is the next generation of electronic limiters

CoreBox is the next generation of electronic limiters that helps you manage and control your cranes wherever you are.

CoreBox is the new technological challenge for control and communication with every included by GH.

CoreBox GH is an integral standard solution for your lifting equipment’s remote monitoring.

CoreBox gives you control of the information you need to work safely, efficiently and productively with your GH lifting equipment. All in a world connected by 3G / GPRS, Wi-Fi or USB.

CoreBox DFB (data feedback) monitors information through the screen integrated in the wireless controller, such as suspended load weight. It also monitors the state of engine temperature and the state of preventive maintenance by date and / or SWP, all in real time.

CoreBox App, the new tool for GH lifting equipment users. With direct connection via WI-FI or GPRS, the app monitors via smartphone and tablet premium features like SWP, number of overhead crane operations and working hours.

The app also shows the status of different alarms such as engine temperature, preventive maintenance reviews, SWP…

CoreBox App in the latest version adds the most relevant information of frequency inverters installed for overhead crane operations. It includes real-time access to information and records of the lifted weight.

CoreBox Service: the easiest way for GH Service specialists to take care of your lifting equipment. We provide the most complete information through the CoreBox Service platform. All according to the working cycles as indicated by the UNE EN 13001-1 standard.

Any unfore seen problem, and you’ll be connected to our central software maintenance. We will detect any faults and help you solve them without any unexpected charges or travel costs.

Move your world, wherever you are. That is the GH commitment.

For more information: https://www.ghcranes.com/en/information/videos/gh-cranes-components-presents-the-corebox/