Lifting Businesses"

OFFERING FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY OUR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY AT YOUR SERVICE By choosing Konecranes, you can apply our extensive knowledge to improve your productivity and lift not only your steel, but your entire business as well. Lifting through every process in the mill We work with you to lift heavy and dangerous items throughout your operation, from moving iron ore and recycled steel to pouring hot metal and shaping products in the rolling mill. In-house analysis and engineering Our own expertise and experience are available to you. We do not outsource our skill. Many of our engineers have...

WE KNOW THE STEEL MAKING PROCESS OVER SERVICE LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE OVER HEAVY-DUTY PROCESS CRANE INSTALLATIONS THE RESOURCES TO DELIVER, INSTALL, AND MAINTAIN CRANES ON EVERY CONTINENT OVER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH STEEL CUSTOMERS

OFFERING FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY SAFETY FIRST, LAST AND EVERYWHERE At Konecranes there is no job so important and no service so urgent that we cannot take the time to perform our work safely and correctly. Safety in a steel works Open flame, molten steel, severe heat, dust, continuous production, huge and potentially dangerous loads. Scrapyard, melt shop, rolling mill, storage areas. In each environment and every process, safety must be built into the design, operation, and maintenance of your cranes. Safety in design Does your crane provider adhere to the international and local standards applicable...

OFFERING FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY WE KNOW THE STEEL MAKING PROCESS In the pages that follow, you will see Konecranes at work through the various stages of the steel making process. Let the journey begin. 2 2 1 Scrap handling crane 2 Double-girder ladle handling cranes 3 Maintenance, slab and billet handling cranes 4 Coil and plate handling cranes 5 Jib cranes 6 Fork lift truck 7 Service

TRASH AND TREASURE The scrapyard Scrap metal can arrive at a steel mill by sea, rail or road. A crane is needed that can reach into the delivery vehicle and unload it. Speed is vital: the faster the vehicle is unloaded, the sooner it can depart. We recommend unloading attachments that can be changed easily. Unloading is then continuous, with little sway and side movement, keeping each duty cycle short. Scrap is a difficult material, with no defined shape for a hook or tong to fit onto. A claw grab picks up anything it can work its teeth around. A magnet pulls complete pieces of metal onto its...

SOME LIKE IT HOT The melt shop Steel-making is a continuous process. The melt shop is a hazardous environment of extreme heat, choking dust, hot metal, and naked flame. Melt shop cranes must be able to lift and carry buckets of liquid metal safely. The ingredients for steel come from two main sources: raw materials and scrap. Because they are different substances, they are treated separately. Iron ore and coking coal are combined in a direct reduction process to produce solid metallic iron. A ladle crane lifts the melted iron for mixing with scrap to create molten steel. The scrap coming from...

KEEP ON ROLLING Rolling area The slabs and billets that come out of the melt shop are whitehot and malleable. They can be put through rolling presses and turned into any shape required. Sometimes this is done immediately. Sometimes they are placed in a storage area to be processed later. Because the melt shop environment is so hazardous, the presses are usually some distance away from it. Cranes are needed to move the cooling, yet still hot, malleable shapes from casting to the rolling mill. A billet or slab crane is usually an Electric Overhead Traveling (EOT) crane that is very maneuverable....

STAYING IN AND MOVING OUT Storage area When steel products come off the production line, some of them might be shipped immediately. Others must be taken to a storage facility. Cranes in the warehouse are usually Electric Overhead Traveling (EOT) cranes installed above the main storage areas. These areas are not very hot or dusty, but some heat protection is still required. A smaller facility, without the room for a gantry or bridge crane, might use wall console cranes instead. In a very big operation, these are also handy as auxiliary cranes. Fork lift trucks give the ability to move steel products...

“KONECRANES TECHNOLOGY IS VERY GOOD FOR SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US ALSO IS THEIR LOCAL TEAM BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGY.” SATISFIED CUSTOMERS Here are some examples of how steel-makers around the world are using our lifting equipment in their own unique ways. “THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY IS THAT THE CRANES ARE RELIABLE. WITH THE RELIABILITY OF THE CRANES BEING SO HIGH, WE’RE NOT ON THE CRANES NEARLY AS MUCH.” Piya Chairat Chief Engineer Assistant Project Manager Siam Yamato Steel “I AM TRULY HAPPY ABOUT THE PRODUCT, SERVICE AND EXPERTISE PROVIDED. THE...

OFFERING FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY EXPERT SERVICE CLOSE TO YOU Through a network of more than 600 service locations in almost 50 countries Konecranes brings you highly skilled and localized service wherever your steel facility is located. And the cost? By investing in regular inspections, routine maintenance and timely repairs, you should save money in the long run. Well maintained equipment breaks down less frequently and produces more steel. What does an inspection entail? Periodic inspections, from condition checks to lifetime inspections, follow standardized procedures right down to the component...

OFFERING FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY KONECRANES REMOTE SERVICES Crane Portal TRUCONNECT® Remote Monitoring and Reporting Receive actual usage information to help make better decisions regarding safe and productive use of your equipment, as well as operator training and maintenance planning. You are provided with access to periodic equipment usage reports, online, on demand or emailed on a predetermined schedule. • Actual hoist usage information (work cycles, starts, running hours). • Safety related issues (attempted overloads, E-stops and hoist over-temperature). Konecranes Remote Data Center • Estimation...