Business: Leading manufacturer of fabric used in the paper industry

Application: On one end of the facility, the fabric is woven on looms using fishing wire. These woven pieces are then seamed together in varying widths to correspond with the particular belt they’ll be used on. Once they’re seamed together, the fabric is taken off the loom and draped over an aluminum roll. These rolls can be up to 40’ long and weigh over 500 lbs. The rolls move to several other heating, treating and quality check stations before they leave the facility.  The patented track system is used to move the heavy rolls throughout the plant.

The Problem:  The design of the building created headroom constraints

Alternatives: I-Beam cranes were one alternative but they wear too quickly in high cycle applications such as this.  

Crane Chosen: 15 Ton capacity with a bridge span of 65'-9"

Why this product was selected:  

• The design of the building created headroom constraints. The size of I-beam needed for these loads would not have fit within the constraints of the building.
• Building columns created the need for interlocks. Cleveland Tramrail interlocks are designed to be durable, low maintenance and easy to use.
• This is a high duty cycle application, the cranes are constantly loading and positioning rolls at 15-20 lifts per shift  I-beam simply wears too quckly for an application such as this
• CT systems are easily expandable if the need arises