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Veyance Belting Bayswater, Victoria, Australia

55-TON OVERHEAD CRANE FEATURING SWAY

CONTROL SAFETY CHOSEN FOR VEYANCE BELTING

The Challenge

Veyance Belting of Bayswater, Victoria, is

enjoying the benefits of its new 55-ton Double

Girder multi-featured overhead crane from

Konecranes, featuring the safety and precision

of sway control. It replaces a 40 ton crane that

had been giving satisfactory service for many

years.

"Our new overhead crane is typically lifting

32 to 36 tonne loads of coiled conveyor belting

on and off our processing machinery and on to

delivery trucks. The previous 40 ton Konecranes

crane was very good but was due to be

replaced,"said Veyance Belting plant engineer

Hong Koh.

"Konecranes did a fantastic installation job,

taking just four days. They had the two girders

up by the afternoon of the first day and spent

the remainder of the time fitting the electrical

connections, testing and commissioning the

crane,"Mr Koh said.

The Result

Konecranes Project Manager James Alamade

said, "This was a very interesting project to

look after, as the new crane has many high

tech features, namely sway control.

"We had a small window of opportunity for

installation, which was to be during Veyance

Belting's planned shut period. We had to be

in and out within the timeframe that was

given to us. This meant coordinating our

component factory, suppliers, engineering,

and the installation crew to come together to

meet the planned installation date. Thorough

planning was vital for the success of the

project. We also had a very dedicated team

who worked tirelessly to complete the project

on time. Many thanks go to installer Gary

Meale, Konecranes Gippsland Service

Supervisor Matt Kieser, and Melbourne

Senior Technician Gurvinder Singh,"he said.

Veyance Belting Bayswater, Victoria, Australia

55-TON OVERHEAD CRANE FEATURING SWAY CONTROL

SAFETY CHOSEN FOR VEYANCE BELTING

The Solution

Konecranes Industrial Sales- Tony Piggott and

Business Development Officer Ivan Stancik

formally handed over the new crane to Veyance

Belting in November 2011.

The new Konecranes Double Girder crane

comes complete with sway control that

minimises swinging or swaying of the load.

Sway control modifies the crane operator's

speed command so that the requested speed is

reached without end swing. The operator

spends less time worrying about load sway and

adjusting it during the operation. The most

accurate and efficient load positioning is thus

achieved.

"With sway control, the crane movements will

definitely be safer for our operators. Speed isn't

so much a benefit for us, as our crane travel is

small, but we're aware that we can move the

load more quickly with sway control,"Mr Koh

said.

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www.konecranes.com.au

Mr Koh said that all Veyance's

operators learn to use the 55 ton

overhead crane as part of their

standard training. It's company policy

that they be skilled on all the

production machines at the factory.

"We're happy with the functioning of

our new Konecranes overhead crane.

On current experience with it, we

would recommend the crane to other

companies like ours. We also have

some intentions to buy another crane

for the workshop, maybe in 2014."