ERIKS Industrial Products, Services & Solutions
PROBLEM SOLVER RAISING A BOOM HOIST WITH CFW11 Material Handling
Problem: The UK’s biggest dry bulk handling shipping port, which was
operating around the clock, required an upgrade to two of its boom hoists to handle up to 200,000 deadweight tonnage a day for an east coast steelworks.
Solution: Working together with ERIKS, WEG supplied motors and drives for a retrofit solution for the two boom hoists, replacing old DC braking motors with an AC standard W22 IE3 motor with CFW11 variable speed drives.
The WEG Wizard - software created by WEG which allows for easy and reliable configuration of variable speed drives, even for critical applications - was used for the CFW11’s applied to the vertical cranes.
The booms are now able to move from a horizontal to vertical position to allow the safe docking of vessels for unloading. Ref: PS169