Travelling cranes
EKKE single-girder overhead travelling cranes
The benefits at a glance:
High stability and design rigidity
- Torsionally rigid, enclosed box-section profile with reinforced connection (welded diaphragm plates)
- Engineering tolerances in the crane girder connection area
- End carriages of torsionally rigid, welded box-section design
- Favourable travel characteristics and minimum wear thanks to low-maintenance drives
- Travel wheels of highly wear-resistant GGG 70 spheroidal-graphite cast iron with self-lubricating properties
- Optomum travel characteristics with minimum wear of crane runway and travel wheels
Highly cost-effective
- Low deadweight reduces investment layout – crane girders made of computer-optimised box sections
- Increased efficiency thanks to rope hoist with extended service life due to Demag 2m+ classification (1,900 hours of service at full load)
- Reliable monitoring and preventive maintenance thanks to CAN Bus technology to meet tomorrow's demands for high data transmission reliability (category 3 to DIN/EN 954)
- Optimum utilisation of the available height and space thanks to compact travelling hoist design and large hook path
- Reduced construction and operating costs thanks to optimised designs
Efficiency and performance
- Minimum wear of crane runway and travel wheels thanks to low-maintenance drives
- Control pendant suspended for separate travel on the crane girder with display for installation monitoring
- Power supply to the crab by means of highly flexible flat cable with protective earth conductor
- Optional radio control with power and signal transmission via energy chain system
- Optional radio control with display and proportional pushbuttons
EPKE single-girder overhead travelling cranes
The benefits at a glance:
High efficiency
- Reduced construction and operating costs thanks to optimised designs
- Travel wheels of highly wear-resistant GGG 70 spheroidal-graphite cast iron with self-lubricating properties
- Favourable travel characteristics and minimum wear of the crane runway and travel wheels thanks to low-maintenance drives
- Crane components selected for a long service life guarantee high operating reliability
Consistent performance
- Rigid standard I-beam girders for optimum load distribution
- Compact travelling hoist design with minimum approach dimensions and large hook path facilitate optimum utilisation of the available height and space
- Control pendant suspended for separate travel on the crane girder with display for installation monitoring
- Efficient and fatigue-free load handling thanks to higher cross-travel speed and optimised ergonomic control pendant
- Low-sway travel motions for smooth handling and exact positioning of loads (included as standard when variable-speed cross-travel drives are supplied)
Individual configuration
- Optimum integration into existing and new buildings
- Control pendant suspended for separate travel on the crane girder with display for installation monitoring
- Radio control with display and proportional pushbuttons possible (optional)
- Optional radio control with power and signal transmission via energy chain system
- Power supply to the crab by means of highly flexible flat cable with protective earth conductor
EPKE-O – single-girder overhead travelling cranes
The benefits at a glance:
- EPKE-O both as complete cranes or as crane sets (which do not include a crane bridge)
- Excellent value as an alternative to cranes that have box-section girders
- Additional safety thanks to derailment guard fitted as standard
- High operating reliability thanks to components that have a long service life
- Safe, reliable and rugged control system, either with an intelligent CAN bus processor system or with contactor control
- Simple installation saves time on site thanks to prepared assemblies
ZKKE double-girder overhead travelling cranes
The benefits at a glance:
Highly cost-effective
- Low deadweight reduces investment layout – crane girders made of computer-optimised box sections
- Connections between the main girder and end carriages manufactured to mechanical engineering tolerances for minimum wear
- Increased efficiency thanks to DR rope hoist with extended service life due to Demag 2m+ classification (1,900 hours of service at full load)
- Favourable travel characteristics and minimum wear of the crane runway and travel wheels thanks to low-maintenance drives
- Travel wheels of highly wear-resistant GGG 70 spheroidal-graphite cast iron with self-lubricating properties
- Reduced construction and operating costs thanks to optimised designs
Strong performance
- Particularly high performance thanks to double-girder design for high long and cross-travel speeds
- Optimum utilisation of the available height and space thanks to compact travelling hoist design (minimum approach dimensions and large hook path)
- Particularly high lifting height, as the load hook can be raised between the two crane girders
- End carriages of torsionally rigid, welded box-section design
- Power supply to the crab by means of highly flexible flat cable with protective earth conductor
- Reliable monitoring and preventive maintenance thanks to CAN Bus technology to meet tomorrow's demands for high data transmission reliability (category 3 to DIN/EN 954)
- Control pendant suspended for separate travel on the crane girder with display for installation monitoring
Great versatility
- Optional maintenance platform and accessible crab – for even easier crane maintenance as well as fast and safe access to building interior fittings (lights, radiators, supply lines)
- Optional radio control with display and proportional pushbuttons
- Optional radio control with power and signal transmission via energy chain system
- Large number of fittings can be installed
- Cab control
Components for Process Cranes
MPW open winch units
The benefits at a glance:
Convenient operation
- Matching modular components
- Motor, brake and gearbox in a compact arrangement offering simple replacement
- Clear interfaces for ease of assembly and maintenance
Strong performance
- Multi-groove rope drums for rope-stabilised systems
- Load capacities: 5 – 235 t
- Classification: M3 – M8 FEM
- Lifting capacity: up to 360 kW
- Reeving arrangements: 4/2, 8/2, 12/2, 16/2, 20/2, 24/2
- Designed and equipped for transport
High operating reliability
- For transporting molten masses
- Rope drum brake
- Second hoist brake: disc or double-jaw design
- Safety brake (acting on the rope drum)
MPW open winch crabs
The benefits at a glance:
Engineering excellence
- Few connection interfaces (drum, gearbox, motor and brake form a unit)
- Crab frame of welded steel design
- Optimum weight and torsionally rigid design
- Travel wheels largely wear-free
- Proven travel unit design used in our crane end carriages
- Bolted crossbeam connection
- Modular design
Simple assembly, convenient maintenance
- Fully equipped
- Minimum assembly requirement
- Jig-built, accessible crab frame with foot rails and railing
Great flexibility
- Ability to combine sub-assemblies from different types
- Just-in-time delivery
- Simple shipping in a container
Reliable operation
- Detailed function check of all motors and components
- Elimination of unnecessary interface connections
KTL corner-bearing end carriages
The benefits at a glance:
Outstanding performance
- Travel wheels made of high-quality spheroidal-graphite cast iron for low operating noise
- High resistance to wear
- Design to DIN 5018 (H2B3 – H4B6)
- Buffer options (hydraulic buffers, cellular plastic buffers)
- Tandem end carriages with connecting elements
Individual solutions
- Drive option with one, two or four driven travel wheels
- Corner-bearing wheel sets with diameters from 250 to 630 mm
Convenient assembly
- Direct connection to the crane girder – with one or two machined connection surfaces depending on the design
- Simple, time-saving handling
- Simple maintenance and adjustment thanks to corner-bearing wheel sets that can be rolled out of the girder
- No additional components need to be removed
Low-maintenance drives
- No special tools required
- Compact, matching ZBA motors and AU gearboxes
- Direct splined-profile connection to the travel wheel shaft (easy to remove)
- Flexible torque-load connection to the end carriage thanks to elastic torque arm
- Low-noise operation thanks to ground helical gear wheels running in an oil bath
Pillar and wall-mounted slewing jibs
The benefits at a glance:
Comprehensive crane product range
- Finely graded jib lengths and load capacities for precisely implementing specific requirements
- Slewing range limit stops for exact adjustment of the working radius
- Large selection of Demag hoist units
- Control to meet specific needs: via cable connection or by radio
- Delivery including complete electrical equipment
- Weather protection accessories for cranes installed outdoors
KBK portal cranes
The benefits at a glance:
Three variants
- EVP-KBK single-girder full-portal crane – KBK II or KBK II-H crane girder
- ZVP-KBK double-girder full-portal crane – KBK II or KBK II-H crane girders
- D-IVP single-girder full-portal crane – I-beam section crane girder (with optional telescopic height adjustment)
Practical applications
- Easy to manoeuvre
- Can be simply dismantled for transport
- Quickly re-erected at a new operating site