IAE has recently completed a £3m investment, which included the building of a new 5,100 sq m production bay and a reorganisation of its steel storage facility. Demag installed a 5t SWL, 28.8m span overhead travelling crane, equipped with a 5t Demag DR-PRO wire rope hoist.
The crane system is used for movement of steel between various workstations within the flow line production bay. The radio controlled crane features long travel speeds of 10/40m/min, variable cross travel speeds of 5-30m/min and hoisting speeds of 6/1m/min.
The reorganisation of IAE’s steel storage facility included the installation of a 2.5t + 2.5t SWL, 28.9m span overhead travelling crane, equipped with two 2.5t SWL Demag DR wire rope hoists, which may be operated in tandem or independently, via radio control.
The system has long travel speeds of 10/40m/min, variable cross travel speeds of 5-30m/min and hoisting speeds of 6/1m/min. The new crane increases capacity within the steel store, complementing two similar Demag systems installed previously. The system includes a fast to slow optical anti collision system for adjacent cranes.
Demag also installed four 3.2t SWL, 6m span outreach electric wall travelling cranes, all equipped with 3.2t SWL Demag DR-PRO wire rope hoists. The cranes are designed to facilitate efficient one man loading of steel batches into high volume production machinery.
IAE manufactures agricultural feed handling equipment, industrial fencing and equestrian stabling at its 105,000 sq m site, processing over 20,000t of mild steel per year.