Turbine building cranes

Overview

Turbine building cranes from Konecranes are described as versatile, reliable and ergonomic units with good hook approaches, low weight, compact and robust design. Konecranes has supplied more than 100 large turbine hall cranes to nuclear power plants as well as hundreds of these types of cranes to non-nuclear power plants. The cranes support manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic operation modes and offer a range of design and control features. Features include: Manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic options; High rope drum/rope ratio; Optional Smart features; Advanced crane controls system; Fail-safe operator controls; Overload protection system; Optional single failure proof design is available; User-friendly operator controls; Optimized hook approaches. Additional equipment and design attributes noted are weight optimization to reduce overall cost, electrical enclosure designed for easy access and quick maintainability, smooth travel and variable speeds, and direct access to maintenance points. Innovative design solutions allow short approach dimensions from all directions and enable low built crane structures with a low crane dead load. These cranes are used in turbine halls of modern nuclear plants and in non-nuclear power plants, reflecting Konecranes’ supply record to both markets. They can operate in manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic modes to match different operational preferences. The design enables effective tooling movement around the building through short approach dimensions from all directions and optimizes load distribution on the building by using low built crane structures and a low crane dead load.