OVERHEAD CRANES
First of its kind flagship overhead crane system creates safe working environment Komatsu’s Mining & Construction equipment remanufacturing centre is a critical element in the company’s new campus in Tunney Industrial Estate, Edenvale. Extending over 11 372m2 under roof, the facility is the flagship for Komatsu in the southern African region and complements the co-located parts distribution centre, training centre, equipment workshops and Komatsu Africa Holdings head office. “When components for Komatsu machinery reach the end of their working life, instead of replacing with new, they are sent to the Komatsu Reman Centre
for remanufacturing to stringent specifications. To quickly and efficiently complete the process to professionally high standards, equipment and components need to move freely and safely between the various workstations,” says Jayson van Tonder, senior project manager for Metrum Project Management, the company tasked with managing the entire campus project. It was important to find a solution
that could adapt to the very specific requirements of the remanufacturing facility. “Having worked with RGM Cranes on projects within the training centre and workshops on the new campus, we were confident that together with overhead crane OEM Güralp, RGM Cranes was ideally suited to tackle the engineering challenges presented by Komatsu’s cranage requirements in the remanufacturing facility,” says Van Tonder. The project scope of supply was the first of its kind in Africa, based on the tonnage requirements, work flow aspects and engineering requirements. “Wall travelling jib cranes are not an uncommon item within the African market, but the application and scope of work requirements were what differentiated this project. We required cranage that could not only handle higher capacities, but that could seamlessly slide back and forth above all the work stations without interfering or obstructing the work area,” says Van Tonder.
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Lifting Africa - Sep/Oct 2020
