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| Kobe Steel installs high-speed handling crane for domestic shipments at Kakogawa Works |
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February 21, 2005
Kobe Steel, Ltd. has installed and started operating a
new steel-handling
gantry crane in January at its flagship Kakogawa Works
to increase loading capacity.
The 74-ton crane can handle all of Kobe Steelfs products, including sheet,
plate, and slabs. It replaces the previous 10-ton gantry crane used for
loading only wire rod.
The 500-million-yen crane is one of the worldfs fastest steel-handling cranes,
with a hoisting speed of 42 m/min and traverse speed of 140 m/min. Conventional
cranes of this variety have a hoisting speed of 40 m/min. and traverse speed
of 80 m/min.
Eighty percent of Kakogawa Worksf finished and semifinished products are
shipped by sea. As cargo handling takes place outdoors, rain, rough waves
and other weather conditions make it difficult to utilize the maximum loading
capacity.
The volume of coastal shipping has been increasing due to the growing demand
for steel, the shipment of semifinished products to Kobe Works, and the modal
shift from surface shipping to coastal shipping.
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