Redditch is a town approximately 15 miles south of Birmingham city centre.
Local crane specialist AG Cranes is supplying and installing the new single girder overhead travelling crane and pillar mounted slewing jib crane. The new overhead crane spans the 18-metre width of the main Redditch manufacturing area. The hook path enables lifts up to 8-metres.
The single crane bridge beam is rated to accept the lifting capacity across the whole of the required span. The hoist is electrically powered, with top running end carriages with long travel motors. The crane features a festoon power supply system and a long travel panel with low voltage crane control pendant.
The hoisting speeds of between 1 and 4 metres per minute, matched with increased cross travel and long travel speeds, meet the improved productivity targets.
The new overhead crane provides additional lift capacity following the growth in demand for larger equipment manufactured at Redditch such as Electro Overband Magnets and Eddy Current Metal Separation Modules.
The pillar mounted slewing jib crane (under-braced, beam design) has a 1-tonne lift capacity. The 4-metre-high crane features an electric chain hoist. The jib crane reduces the demand for larger overhead cranes when lifting lighter and smaller loads and assists in improving manufacturing productivity.
Alison Flower, Bunting’s Redditch general manager, said: “The new cranes improve our manufacturing productivity, enabling us to meet the increasing demand for our equipment, especially for larger magnetic separators.”