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Easy handling of heavy moulding boxes

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Easy handling of heavy moulding boxes

17/05/2012

The company Fronberg Guss was able to considerably simplify ist handling of heavy moulding boxes. Heavy moulding boxes with a deadweight of up to 50 tonnes - it's hardly imaginable that such monsters can be rotated once around their own axis while hanging freely. Special endless chains are used for the rotating process using the Rotomax load turning device. These are equipped with a driving dog which engages with a trunnion on the moulding boxes, and thereby prevents the chains from slipping through.

However, the Rotomax load turning device is not only used for turning moulding boxes, but also for lifting considerably heavier loads: The load turning device can lift up to 80 tonnes in its function as a lifting beam. For this purpose, different chains are used.

The drive wheel distance of the Rotomax load turning devices is adjustable between 2,500 and 7,200 mm, so that boxes of different sizes can be handled. The load's centre of gravity is automatically compensated by parallel travel of the drive units, so that the load is balanced at all times. A member of staff uses a remote control to operate the impressive process at a safe distance.

"The equipment is a great boon to us, because the working process and safety at work have been considerably improved," concludes Jürgen Rath, Jürgen Rath, production manager at Fronberg Guss.

VETTER Krantechnik GmbH