Editorial

Preventative Maintenance Program
Our customised preventative maintenance program monitors and prevents equipment failure. By scheduling routine repairs, maintenance work and inspections, we will help to not only prevent equipment safety issues, breakdowns and compliance violations but prevent component failure. This can prevent unnecessary production downtime - saving you time and money!
 
Predictive Maintenance Program
Our customised predictive maintenance program not only maintains your equipment, but also predicts failures. After scheduling routine repairs and inspections to ensure compliance and preventively maintain your equipment, we analyse and prioritise your current and future repair needs. By predicting these needs, you can reduce unexpected repairs and unbudgeted equipment purchases. This predictive maintenance program will help you to reduce emergency repair costs (and downtime) and allows you to budget repairs and upgrades.

Konecranes Service Ltd offers customised inspection programs enhanced by unique maintenance software programs. Our maintenance management software systems capture data on the condition of hundreds of crane components, monitoring every crane in your operation individually. Whether you need compliance inspections or inspections to help you monitor your equipment's productivity and safety levels, Konecranes Service Ltd can help.

Our goal is to achieve maximum Life Cycle Profit of your material handling equipment by increasing the Overall Crane Effectiveness.
 
Periodical Inspection
A Statutory Scheduled Inspection determines whether usage of the crane has caused any changes that impinge on safety, and addresses in particular material fatigue, wear, corrosion and other damage. The Operational Reliability Inspection covers the safety of the user, the persons working within the operating zone of the lifting equipment, and service and repair personnel. The Operational Reliability Inspection also ensures operating reliability of the crane by defining the maintenance status of the equipment and checking the adequacy of preventive maintenance.

Purchasing a crane is a long term investment and we can help protect that investment to ensure peak efficiency throughout your crane's long life. Our personnel will work with your maintenance personal to determine a crane service and hoist maintenance program to fit your specific needs and will maintain your crane with regular lubrication, adjustments as needed, along with the replacement of worn parts.

Ask about:

Standard Preventative Maintenance Programs
Custom Preventative Maintenance Programs
In North America, call toll free 800-933-3001 to contact the Morris Material Handling Center nearest you about our crane service and hoist maintenance.

Moving casks is a routine part of whisky production, from filling through to maturation, disgorging and export. Each stage involves heavy, liquid-filled vessels that must be managed with precision to avoid product loss, damaged stock and safety risks. The right forklift attachment allows teams to move casks securely, reduce manual handling and keep operations running efficiently.

St Clare Engineering supplies drum, barrel and cask handling equipment across the world, including to famous whisky-producing and distribution companies in Scotland, Ireland and the USA. This guide sets out the key handling requirements at each stage of whisky production and explains how different attachments support safe, controlled movement.

You can also view our full range of drum and cask handling equipment for more detail.

Read the full article here 

Heavy lifting and handling specialist, Mechan, has transformed the centre of a busy London rail depot into a multi-purpose maintenance space.

The Sheffield-based manufacturer has designed a bespoke wheel drop for the East Ham Train Depot, operated by South Essex and London rail operator, c2c Trenitalia, which enables roof components to be removed in the same location when it is not in use.

East Ham is located on c2c's London, Tilbury and Southend line and is currently seeing numerous upgrades in preparation for the arrival of a new fleet of Alstom Aventra trains.

Working with principal contractor, Spencer Group, a new wheel drop pit was added to East Ham’s Road 10, which is also equipped with high level gantries and a jib crane. Mechan has modified its wheel drop to incorporate hydraulic trapdoors that cover the pit, enabling heating, ventilation and air conditioning units to be placed onto them for removal by forklift.

A wheel drop allows complete wheelsets to be removed or replaced without lifting the rail vehicle, helping to streamline the process. At East Ham, it will be used to change carriage wheelsets on c2c’s new fleet of five-car Class 720 Aventra trains, due in service later this year. Mechan has also ensured the design is compatible with all other fleets maintained at the depot.

Lindsey Mills, Mechan’s sales director, said: “When we received Spencer Group’s specification, we knew East Ham’s unique space constraints would prove challenging for our engineers. However, by working collaboratively with all parties involved, we have designed a bespoke solution to the potential congestion caused by undertaking two maintenance activities in one place and ensured the depot can work efficiently and effectively when the wheel drop is not in use.”

 

Dan Barrett, c2c’s interim engineering director, added: “This new Mechan wheel drop is an important addition to our depot facilities at East Ham. It will be essential for continued maintenance of our new Aventra units, in addition to being able to support maintenance of our existing Electrostar fleet. The introduction of this equipment will significantly increase our maintenance capability and efficiency.”

For more information about Mechan’s bespoke design and build services, telephone (0114) 257 0563, visit www.mechan.co.uk or follow the firm on Twitter, @mechanuk.

Barloworld Handling is one of the largest dealers of used forklifts in the UK offering unrivalled choice and value for any application or budget. The vast majority of forklift trucks we sell are quality Hyster trucks and come from our own rental fleets giving you real peace of mind that they have been expertly maintained by our own technicians from new.

Our Que and QUE+ used trucks are reburbished to the highest standards possible making them an excellent investment.

This pneumatic hydraulic straddle stacker is suitable to work in a Zone 1 area. The lift is powered by a pneumatic hydraulic pump. The stacker has a stainless back box and stainless clad forks.

Stacker Options

• Manual hydraulic / battery or pneumatic hydraulic
• Different lift heights, fixed mast or telescopic
• Straddle or wrap-over leg configurations
• Choice of steel or stainless construction
• Choice of stainless finish; glass bead blasted or electro polished

Rim Grip Drum Handler is the drum handler to choose for handling drums packed tightly together. Steel jaws gripthe rim (chimb) of the drum, allowing the drums to be picked up or set down without spaces between them. Ideal for stuffing and destuffing containers and suitable for use on rough terrain. May be used with 120 or 210 litre drums of steel, ‘L’ ring or ‘XL’ ring plastic types.

This model of rim grip drum handler is available with a mild steel frame and a zinc plated head as standard, which is suitable for most applications.

                                                             

The heart of the Storage Media Project is six multi-level Pick Towers including a new Tower for the Fine Wine Room.

The pick towers are all configured as three-level structures, with the Ground Level being Carton Flow or flow rack for case picking. For this installation Beaver introduced new full-width roller track carton flow, which allows for complete flexibility and adjustability and fits directly over the front and back beams of the racking structure. The Mississippi ABC uses flowrack accommodating as many as 19 cartons deep.