
Double lifting gear, more handling
Demag has installed a fully automated paper roll storage system with two process cranes for the Austrian company Laakirchen Papier.
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Demag has installed a fully automated paper roll storage system with two process cranes for the Austrian company Laakirchen Papier.

The logistics and intralogistics industry is full of innovations, and it's time to showcase them: The readers of materialfluss will vote for the materialfluss PRODUCT OF THE YEAR 2020 for the first time in fall and winter.

The 20th anniversary of the Gütegemeinschaft Kranservice e.V. was celebrated on the occasion of the conference of crane experts/service managers of the Gütegemeinschaft Kranservice e.V. in Haiger at the beginning of October.

Some of the test benches manufactured by CFM Schiller consist of up to 250 tons of metal and complicated electronics once they have been assembled on site. In the new welding and cutting center, the company from the Eifel region relies on material flow solutions from ABUS Kransysteme to move steel components.

In Kirchzarten in southern Baden, Stahlbau Schauenberg manufactures systems for refineries, chemical plants and power stations all over the world. Crane systems and wire rope hoists from Stahl Cranesystems are used for the safe handling of the required steel sheets and pipes.

On July 1, Konecranes integrated the Demag Industrial Service division into its maintenance and repair offering. The two service organizations operate under the name Konecranes GmbH.

The Alsatian company Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS manufactures large hydraulic excavators for use in open-cast mining and dredgers for maritime applications. More than 500 employees work in Colmar and guarantee the reliability and performance of the machines.

Lifting technology for jet engines
The GE Aviation division of the General Electrics conglomerate manufactures jet engines for aircraft. In 2018, a new plant with a test laboratory was built in Três Rios, Brazil, for the maintenance of the engines, in which technology from Stahl CraneSystems is used.

Intelligent technology from STAHL CraneSystems for the maintenance of jet engines in Brazil: A case study from the "Cranes and components" section of materialfluss issue 3/19.

Corrugated base paper: Paper machine 6 (PM6) at the Palm paper mill in Wörth am Rhein produces 650,000 tons of the basic packaging material every year. In order to transport the huge paper rolls safely, the double girder overhead cranes must function perfectly. Konecranes has therefore analyzed the gear oil of the cranes in detail - using an endoscope.