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Placing the hoisting winch at the front leaves plenty of access room at the counter jib with the pre-reeved luffing rope arrangement

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The industrial elevators market in developed regions such as North America and Europe are anticipated to see a relatively lower rate of growth, owing to the fact that the market in these regions has reached maturity. On the other hand, the segment for aftermarket servicing and product maintenance for existing industrial elevators in these regions is expected to see great growth in the near future.

Lift speed is an impressive 1 metre per second – fifteen times faster than the 4 metres per minute found in standard mine workshop applications.

And while the front suspension is built from hefty 2-ton equipment, it was a no-brainer to stick with conventional parts for the rearend and suspension. Leaf springs offer the right amount of cushion for the F-100, and a 9-inch rearend is a simple solution for putting power to the ground. The rearend has been narrowed 6 inches overall and features a 2.76:1 gear set, a locker differential, and Moser axles.

Designing a gearmotor application is tough enough in more or less “normal” conditions, normal here meaning something like room temperature and stable or typical humidity and altitude. Throw that application into an extreme environment and the design gets more complicated. But it doesn’t have to be. For anyone designing a gearmotor application in extreme ambient conditions, there are some guidelines that when adhered to will help ensure that the design succeeds.

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Kuli has a similarly vertical and interesting set-up at its facility—due to the shape of the premises it established in Remscheid in 1922, and due to the fact that the company produces all of its crane components from motors and gearboxes through to steelwork, the operations have grown into the shape of the building, rather than the other way around. Components are transferred across three floors, for each stage of the production process. It’s unconventional, but it works.

Is this another Kickstarter pipe dreams? Or could the CERAMBOT usher in a new age of ceramic 3D printing? Of course, as with all crowdfunding projects, the information regarding this printer should be taken with a grain of salt. However, the CERAMBOT team seems to have a viable project in the making, and many backers are jumping onboard the ceramic 3D printing train.

Terex Power Plus can temporarily increase the maximum load moment under specific and controlled conditions by 10 percent, the company says.

Image: Alimak will introduce two new construction hoist models, ALIMAK SC 65/32 and SC 45/30, at Bauma China 2014. Photo: courtesy of Alimak Hek.

The portal frame itself will comprise a 14-metre high, 12-metre span extended by 3,2-metre cantilevers on both sides to allow excavated spoil to be moved to dump trucks using roads adjacent to the shaft.  Stairwells will replace the cat ladders of the diamond mine portal.