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Electromagnetic bridge crane & gantry crane for all types and all sizes of steel pipe handling. Customized steel pipe cranes with electromagnetic beam spreader for your particular steel mill plant to improve workshop efficiency and safety.

Pipe Handling

Steel pipe handling are crucial in various industrial sectors from steel pipe processing plant to its application sections. Steel pipe crane systems are an important equipment for individual intermediate storage areas and rolling and processing areas in pipe production. And also, the metal and steel pipe handling cranes are used in the construction of power plants, the chemical and petrochemical industries, and the oil and gas fields.

The manufacturer, who mainly produces cast iron, steel pipes, previously used a traditional clamping system for handling, which was so slow, inefficient, and unsafe. Therefore, a more efficient steel pipe handling is required. An electromagnetic steel pipe cranes are designed and manufactured can be used to handle types of metal pipes with various sizes. Besides, the electromagnetic steel handling overhead cranes and gantry cranes can be customized with the features of high degree of automation, modern high precision positioning systems and material flow computers, which ensure that the distribution is either sorted by type or order-bundled, and also can be operated for 24/7 hours if required.

Electromagnetic beam spreader bridge crane for single steel pipe handling in workshop and warehouse

Double girder overhead crane with electromangetic for 2 pipe or row of steel pipe handling outdoors

Electromagnetic overhead crane for bundles of steel pipe handling in warehouse

Single girder overhead crane for square steel pipe handling

Conventional steel pipe loading & unloading

Steel pipe cranes are usually built using a combination of rudimentary fixed metal frames, slings, chains, and hooks.The slings are attached and detached manually. Attaching a single pipe on the ground is simple, but pipes are frequently stacked in a pyramid shape up to several meters high. Someone has to climb the pipe stack to attach and detach the slings. Additionally, the same handling procedure is used when pipes are discharged from a truck to a yard, then from a yard to a ship, or vice versa.

This is a risky and time-consuming process.Because steel pipes come in a variety of external and internal diameters, lengths, and coatings, there are numerous challenges to overcome in order to automate the metal pipe handling process. The electromagnetic bridge crane for pipe handling is designed to rule out this risk.

Gantry crane with hook and chain slings for steel pipe handling

Overhead crane with clamp for steel pipe handling

Double slings for large and heavy steel pipe handling

beam spreader slings for pipe handling

Do you need pipe handling equipment? We provide custom lifting solutions for every step of the lifting process, from plate to pipe.

Electromagnetic bridge crane for steel pipes' handling

Steel pipe is widely used in industrial production. It is used to transfer fluids and powdery solids, as well as to manufacture machinery parts and containers. However, there are issues with lifting and handling steel tubes. Using ordinary hooks or clamps to lift steel pipes can lead to safety hazards and surface scratches. Let alone the low lifting efficiency. Large companies in this area use electromagnetic steel pipe cranes to handle steel pipes and tubes

Overhead crane for indoor workshop or warehouse steel pipe handling

Gantry cranes for outdoor steel pipe handling

Advantages of magnetic steel pipe cranes

• The lifting magnet steel pipe crane has an auxiliary mechanism on the side to prevent the cast tube from sliding during handling.
• An optional rotating mechanism is used to position the cast tubes correctly during lifting and transfer.
• It only takes an electric current pulse to magnetize or demagnetize the magnet, so it consumes no electricity during the lifting process.As a result, it is not only safe but also energy efficient.

Applications of electromagnetic bridge cranes for different types of steel pipe handling

Magnet overhead crane for steel pipes

A lifting magnet overhead crane can be extremely useful in structural steel fabrication and construction machinery.

prior to the use of the heavy-duty lifting magnet bridge crane, heay steel pipe handling needs at least three workers to use ropes and steel wires to carefully balance and lift the pipe. It takes far too much time and cause potential dangers to the workers and the equipment.

Electromagnetic bridge crane for cast iron pipes

Cast iron pipes are commonly used in municipal units on construction sites. They are buried as water pipes, sewage pipes, gas pipelines, and so on. The majority of them are constructed of large-diameter ductile iron pipes. Lifting is required in the manufacture and transportation of cast iron pipes. If we use an overhead crane or gantry crane with electromagnets, we must be aware that the magnetic permeability of cast iron pipes is lower than that of steel pipes. As a result, we must increase the magnetic force in accordance with the working conditions.

Cast iron pipes are traditionally lifted using an overhead crane and slings and hooks on both ends. And each time, no more than two pipes are lifting and transported. However, due to the high labor intensity and low production efficiency, the tedious and repetitive work is unable to keep up with the pace of the time.

When steel pipes handling is operated with the electro-permanent overhead crane, there is no need to worry about the safety. When the electrical current was turned off suddenly , the work-piece did not fall off. This makes it much safer. Additionally, it can be controlled remotely, which is more practical. It only needs some daily visual inspections and care for post-maintenance.

Single pipe and tube handling

Single steel pipe or round steel handling is one of the most common operation in the later stage of steel pipe manufacturing . The electromagnets for single steel pipe handling will have a V-shape profiling design on contact surface,which enables the various sizes of steel pipes handling possible. One magnetic lifter can typically handle steel pipes with a diameter of 100 to 400 mm. And aslo , the electromagnetic bridge crane can be used to steel pipes with a diameter of 500 to 900 mm for oil transmission.

For particular steel pipe and metal pipe handling conditions, the steel pipe cranes can be designed and produced accordingly.

Rows of steel pipe and steel tube handling

Steel pipe rows or round steel handling by overhead electromagnetic steel pipe crane are mostly needed for finished bundles. The design of our electromagnetic steel pipe crane will be based on the maximum and minimum width and length of rows. In general, the contact surface will be designed in the shape of a wave to maximize the contact surface between each steel pipe and the magnetic pole. As a result, the magnetic force is maximized.

Tube and pipe bundle handling

Steel tubes and pipes are frequently banded or bundled when floor-stacked to prevent sliding and rolling. As a result, handling steel tubes requries the use of a special bundle lifter or lifting device to ensure that the lift is completed safely and efficiently.

Steel pipe bundles and round steel handling are in demand, primarily in warehousing and logistics. Efficiency is required for steel tube unloading, especially for railroad transportation. There are, however, some prerequisites for handling tube bundles when using a lifting magnet. For instance, the diameter of a single steel pipe cannot be less than 50 mm, the steel pipe bundle must be tightly bound, the steel pipe's adsorption surface must be flat, etc.

To sum up, electromagnetic bridge cranes can be used to handling steel pipes and steel tubes with single bar, rows, and bundles. And our steel mill cranes are mostly used in manufacturing workshops, warehouse, railroad transportation and logistics, etc. They are used to improve your material handing safety,efficiency, and 95% electricity saved, etc. Contact us to get your customized electromagnetic bridge cranes and gantry cranes today.

Tailored electromagnetic overhead crane for transferring steel tube bundles.

• Pipes to be handled : bundled round steel tubes of a variety of diameters.
• Problem: Using mechanical slings or tongs to lift is not only time-consuming, but it can also result in tubes sliding or rolling. Scratches on the surface of tubes are possible.
• Magnetic overhead crane solution: Overhead crane is designd with two large rectangular magnets suspended at each end can pick up five bundles at a time.

Benefits gained with this magnetic overhead crane for handling steel pipe bundles:

• There is a remote control available, and only 1 worker is needed to operate it.
• Significantly increased handling productivity. The tube bundles handling time was cut in half and the quantity of steel pipe bundles lifted is increased.
• Eliminated sliding or rolling tubes. Magnetic clamping force evenly distributed throughout each bundle; magnetic flux penetration ensures that the tubes inside the bundle can be attracted firmly.
• Even in the event of an abrupt power outage, the tube bundles already in motion will not fall because of the magnetic force.

FAQ on electromagnetic bridge cranes and gantry cranes

• As for handling round tubes or pipes, how to ensure the lifting magnet used will not magnetize the pipes or tubes that are next to each other?

Based on your lifting requirements, the magnetic poles between the smallest circle will be ensured so that they will not touch the nearby pipes which will not be magnetized and lifted.

• Because of the steel pipes are may be piled irregularly, is it possible to lift them efficiently from different angle? And is it possible to ensure the steel tubes in a normal state after being lifted?

The magnet pole will touch the highest point of the pipe in the top position. And considering there is a frame near the pipe with interference sometimes, we designed a slide rail on the lifting beam to avoid frame interference.

• What is the dimensions or sizes of steel pipes that your electromangetic bridge crane can handle?

The electromagnetic lifter can be used to handle pipes with the diameter from 80mm to 260mm.

• The surface of some round tubes with a fine finish needs special attention. So, is it possible to cushion the magnetic pole contact surface?

D. A rubber block is placed on the magnetic pole surfaces so that it does not directly touch the pipes in order to prevent scratches. And also, the magnetic pole's coils need to be added to strengthen the magnetic field.

• Considering that there is a partition in the middle, the lifting beam between lifting points should not interfere with the partition.

E. There is about a 200mm distance between the beam and the contact surface. So this distance can be increased with the slide rail.