Una empresa de matricería recibe un puente grúa de doble viga

Tri-State Overhead Crane in the US has installed a 40-ton, toprunning double girder bridge crane for a tool and die shop.

La grúa incorpora un variador de frecuencia (VFD) de dos etapas. Tiene una envergadura de 51 pies y se desplaza sobre raíles de 180 pies de longitud, mientras que la velocidad del puente es de 100 fpm (pies por minuto).

It also comes equipped with a pair of Detroit electric wire rope hoists – one main and one auxiliary – to help flip parts. A tool and die maker specialises in designing, crafting, and maintaining precision tools, dies, moulds, and fixtures used in manufacturing processes.

El polipasto principal, con una capacidad de 40 toneladas, cuenta con un variador de frecuencia de bucle cerrado y ofrece una altura de elevación de unos 7 metros y una velocidad de elevación de 10 rpm. El polipasto auxiliar, por su parte, tiene una capacidad de 20 toneladas, una altura de elevación de aproximadamente 38 pies y una velocidad de elevación de 15 fpm. También cuenta con un variador de frecuencia de bucle cerrado.

El controlador es un mando a distancia por radio Cattron Patriot.

The crane, meanwhile, gets a Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) ‘C’ classification, which means it’s designed for ‘Moderate Service’ and that the average load is 50% of the rated load.

Tri-State Overhead Crane has been manufacturing and servicing overhead cranes since 1959 and serves clients across the US, as well as Canadá y México. It says that its sales experts, in-house engineers, and fabrication shop all work closely together to develop custom solutions for a customer’s specific material handling needs.

It also works with manufacturers such as R&M, Harrington, Demag, CM and Gorbel as a distributor of both cranes and hoists, and also offers a range of other lifting devices and services.

Its HQ is in St Louis, but the firm has branches in multiple states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, Florida, Iowa and Nebraska. It adds that it also has factory-certified crane technicians ready to provide repairs, inspections, maintenance, parts support, and other services for industrial crane equipment.