Foundry crane

Process cranes for smelting furnaces, foundries & steel mills

Process cranes for hot ladle handling in steel mill, furnace & foundry are heavy duty overhead crane with tailored & processed crane design and process lifting devices to improve working efficiency with exceptional safety and reliability. The ladle handling cranes are also called ladle teeming crane, casting crane, and foundry cranes, which are applicable to the harsh industrial applications where is high temperatures and full of aggressive dusts, etc.

Process cranes for foundries

Overhead bridge cranes are vital equipment in of foundries of gray cast iron and for castings of steel bronze, non-ferrous metals and aluminium. The tailored overhead travelling cranes required in the foundries are including charging crane, ladle crane/ teeming ladle crane/ casting crane, finished products handling crane, and other process cranes for maintenance, and storage and delivery, etc.

• Process Cranes for charging the steel scraps to the smelting furnaces
• Process Cranes for transporting the melt ladle with additional safety devices.
• Process Cranes for handling the finished products with standardized crane designs and customized under-the-hooks devices
• Process Cranes for handling the molds, maintenance of machines and the replacement of tools,etc.

Teeming ladle cranes, Casting crane & Foundry cranes

In foundry, the hot ladle handling is the core material handling cranes, and therefore hot ladle handling crane is also named as teeming ladle crane, casting crane, and foundry crane, etc. The foundry crane is a heavy duty overhead crane with process crane designs, equipped with specialized lifting devices, the ladle hook and ladle beam spreader for lifting and dumping hot liquid ladle in foundry workshop.

LDY foundry crane with designs of single girder overhead crane

The casting cranes with single girder overhead crane configurations, equipped with specialized metallurgic hoists are for lighter ladle handling with capacity no more than 10 tons. The small ladle cranes adopt heat proof and insulation designs on the main beam girder, hoist trolley, cables and other critical crane parts and components to ensure crane safety. The small casting cranes are very cost-effective crane solutions for light ladle handling in small foundries.

QDY foundry crane with double girder overhead crane

QDY ladle cranes are processed double girder overhead bridge crane, with dual braking systems and double safety devices to ensure ladle handling with capacity below 75 ton. Comparing with the single girder foundry cranes, they have larger lifting capacity, higher working efficiency, greater lifting speed and are used in more server applications.

YZ type foundry casting crane with heavy duty overhead crane

YZ overhead foundry cranes with double girder or more girder designs are used for heavier ladle casting, than QDY double girder foundry crane, with lifting capacity from 75 ton up to hundreds of tons to meet heavier and busier working application requirements. The extra heavy duty foundry crane are always provided with process crane designs to meet the particular application conditions and lifting requirements to ensure the safety and reliability of crane operation.

To combat the harsh environment, the foundry cranes are required highly in terms of crane work class, performance and safety.The foundry casting cranes supplied have several crane types including LDY single beam overhead crane, QDY and YZ double beam overhead cranees, etc.

Advantages you should know about foundry cranes

As a highly efficient material handling solution in the metal processing industry, the casting cranes are frequently used to conduct lifting operations in hazardous applications ,which will benefit users a lot due to its high efficiency and safety.

• Process casting cranes are designed with a wide variety of configurations and capacities. The ladle cranes can be designed with single beam, double beam and 4 beam or more beams and the range of capacity are from 1 ton to hundrads of tonnages which can work continuously for 20 - 24 hours with high safety and stability to suit multiple needs.
• The main girders of the casting cranes has large internal space, featured as good sealing, heat proof and dust proof,etc.
• The end beam of the foundry crane also adopts box shape structure which is reliable, durable and are easy for transportation installation and maintenance.
• High safety and reliability is guaranteed by advanced technology, various protection devices and safety designs, strict quality control, scientific management and systematic supervision.
• The process foundry crane greatly improves the working efficiency and productivity and removes obstacles and difficulties resulted from the harsh application environment.
• Easy operation and crane maintenance is realized based on designing concept of Human oriented and Safety oriented of casting crane.
• Cost-effective crane price is achieved by technology innovation and resources development.

Featured foundry crane designs, safe, reliable & stable

Due to a high risk level, special safety features are required for the casting crane designs to ensure safety and continuous productivity. The safety level of the foundry crane is said to be the highest among overhead material handling crane equipment and it takes particular safety features in the crane structure and components.

• Double sets of independent crane brakes are used for the lifting mechanism of casting crane to ensure high safety.
• Heavy hammer and rotary lifting position limiters and down position limiter will be installed when the hoisting height of the casting crane is more than 20 m.
• Insulating layer is installed beneath the main girders of casting crane to prevent deformation and long working life. Thermal insulation layer and air conditioner are installed to the cabin of casting crane.
• Specialized crane parts and components are used to ensure the safety and long working life of the casting cranes such as metallurgy motor, Cast steel pulley, Steel core wire rope, and High temperature resistant cable and others, etc.
• Metallurgy motor with H level insulation class and IP54 protection grade are used to ensure the performance and safety.
• High level protection devices and measurements are installed such as Over speed protection equipment and Fault protection devices including positive and negative contactor and others, etc.

One-stop industrial crane services for metal processing

Various types of process cranes are available for material handling in foundry factory and foundry plants through the process of raw materials handling, machining, fabricating, shaping and finished products handling, transportation and storage, etc.

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Get your process foundry cranes

Customized foundry cranes and complete foundry crane services are available. If you are in need of buying a foundry casting crane, please take the application condition in mind and confirm the following information:

• Working duty of foundry crane - Amount of cycle time needed
• Rated capacity of foundry crane- Total weight of loads and the weight of the specialized below-the-hook devices, which are consisted of the ladle hook and ladle beam spreader and ladle buckets
• Travelling length of the casting cranes - Distance to be moved
• Lifting height of ladle crane-Maximum lift height required

Foundry cranes are processed cranes for hot ladle handling in steel processing industry which are used to improve working efficiency and safety. As a professional and experienced industrial process crane manufacturer and supplier, we can offer you turnkey project services for your foundry crane projects from crane consultation, foundry crane design, manufacturing , installation and maintenance, offering the most cost-effective foundry crane solution and at same time to save your energy and valuable time.

Article by Bella ，who has been in the hoist and crane field since 2016. Bella provides overhead crane & gantry crane consultation services for clients who need a customized overhead travelling crane solution.Contact her to get free consultation.