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ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT
Murray Energy, the largest underground coal mining company in the United States, has recently installed a new E-Crane for handling fly ash at its facility near Moundsville, WV. Murray Energy produces about 65 million tonnes of coal annually, Type: 2000/Model 18264 PD-E providing reliable electric power to many customers. The Location: Near Moundsville WV, USA new E-Crane is barge mounted, and unloads barges of fly ash, Application: Barge unloading a coal combustion byproduct. The fly ash is loaded into a Material: Combustion byproduct specialized hopper, also mounted on the barge alongside the Mount: Barge (166ft x 50ft x 12ft) E-Crane. The material is then conveyed to a truck loading Lift capacity: 27.0 metric tonnes/30.0 US tons station. Reach: 26.4m/86.5ft Murray Energy chose the E-Crane solution for its Attachment: 10.7m3/14.0yd3 hydraulic versatility and ability to handle this difficult material. The clamshell grab material properties vary greatly, but the adjustable push down Power source: 450kW/600hp electric motor force of the E-Crane along with custom scrapers built into the grab handle the job no matter if the material is hard and crusty or wet and sticky. Additionally, the balanced design of for the equipment and E-Crane company: “I the E-Crane makes it ideal for barge have been around cranes and excavators for mounting. Since the E-Crane over 30 years and watched many different is always in a balanced state, y: “I have Murray Energ companies install and put machines into there is very minimal listing ore m a n e se r e v service. I can say that I have never seen a and movement of the barge ne d n a l, a n io more dedicated, professional, and caring during E-Crane operations. fess dedicated, pro group of technicians. The E-Crane is a new Murray Energy is happy of caring group concept to me and I had a lot of with the successful E-Crane ” s. n ia ic n questions. Every E-Crane guy I asked installation. According to Mr. tech stopped what he was doing and carefully Tom Crawshaw, Project explained and answered my questions. Right out of Manager, “The site equipment the box, the E-Crane and I are getting along great! The startup was quite good. It would be great if all of our machine is massive, but controllable, smooth and fast. I’m equipment was working as well as the E-Crane!” planning to stick with this rig until retirement!” The E-Crane operator, Bryan Brown, also had high praise
NEWS
Murray Energy installs new E-Crane at fly ash facility
FEBRUARY 2017
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