NEWS SEPTEMBER 2023
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ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT
September 2023 sees more Rotainers commissioned in outback New South Wales
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Australian company Container Rotation Systems (CRS) is renowned for its container-emptying system, which offers an efficient solution to the problem of unloading bulk from containers. This is a concept that is gaining in popularity worldwide, and is in use internationally handling cargoes of vastly different properties, from alumina to coal. The company remains very active, with its concept becoming ever better known. This month has already seen the commissioning of several Rotainers. Since the delivery of the first Rotainer® Eurospec 38 RS (Reach Stacker) to its operations in Broken Hill over 12 months ago, production at mining company Tronox’s plant has increased dramatically. Therefore, a second unit was installed to assist with the high duty cycles while guaranteeing constant feed stock into the processing plant. Unit 1 is consistently cycling at over 1,200 containers per month. Both units are fitted with CRS’s newly developed, innovative, highly reliable, ‘Claw’ lid lifting system that works perfectly for generic style container lids and lock systems. These Rotainers are highly successful for CRS; being a standalone unit allows full functionality of the reachstacker while using all functions of the Rotainers operating systems for seamless operations. Operators feedback confirms the 180° rotation, away from the operators is the industry standard for safety, functionality and dust minimization.
