The cranes are used to transport heavy and bulky materials from one place to another. There are many types of cranes who have the specialization of doing different types of tasks. Among that, one of the cranes is foundry crane. Foundry Crane is also called as ladle crane. These cranes are used for lifting and discarding the molten material in a steel factory. These types of cranes are mostly used in the high temperature, immense dust and harsh environment. The cranes are designed with a highly advanced level of equipment so that it doesn’t get affected while working in the high temperature also.

Specifications of the Foundry Crane

• The capacity of Foundry Crane is from 20 to 25 ton
• Cranes span is 6 to 100 m
• Lifting height is 6 to 100 meter
• Lifting speed is 8/min
• Travelling speed is 20/30 min
• The cranes need the power supply of 380v, 50 Hz, 3 phrases
• The working grade of the foundry crane is A3 to A8

Advantages of Foundry crane

Safety

As you all know that Foundry cranes are used to lift and discard the molten materials, so for this, safety is the first thing that comes. Foundry cranes do the work of lifting in a safer manner so that no other workers get hurt from it. Special types of safety features are being designed in the Foundry cranes that are used to control very dangerous and molten elements. The crane is designed with the double girder that improves the efficiency and safety of the crane.

Easily accessible

Foundry cranes' equipment is designed in such a way that they can be easily accessible. The maintenance, adjustment, lubrication and repairing can easily be done. If at any time, the part of the crane gets destroyed then without any time taking you can easily change the parts.

Works smoothly

The work of lifting done by the Foundry cranes is smooth. One of the best advantages of these cranes is that it works smoothly without or less noise. That means it doesn’t create any noise pollution.

Time efficient

The main feature of the Foundry crane is that it can perform work easily and quickly. The setup of the crane can also be done quickly without taking any time. In other words, the Foundry cranes are the time efficient cranes.

Reasonable prices

The price of the Foundry Cranes is very reasonable. They are in accordance with the work that these cranes do. They perform very productive work.

Easy controlling

The controlling of the crane can easily be done. But for that, you have to know the speed of the crane. Once you know this, you can easily control the crane. The Foundry Crane can lift weight starting from 20 to 600 tons.

What are the other types of cranes used in the steel industries?

The followings are the types of cranes that are used in the steel industries, and they are:

• Billet cranes
• Charging cranes
• Scrap cranes
• Slab cranes
• Tundish cranes
• Coil, bar and plate handling cranes