NEWS ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT MARCH 2017
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After 15 years, and 70,000 hours — E-Cranes still going strong for Venezuela customer As everyone knows, tensions are high in the country of Venezuela due to staggering inflation, food and medicine shortages. In spite of the crisis, E-Crane likes to keep in touch with its friends and clients. Using social media, E-Crane’s Mark W. Osborne occasionally chats with Luis Mok and Enzo Carlucci (managers at the Global Venezuela bauxite unloading site on the Orinoco River). He recently told Mok about the steady growth of the E-Crane Worldwide Group. He replied; “Hi Mark, I’m not surprised that E-Crane has grown continuously, your cranes are excellent!! The best proof is that Global’s cranes are still operating after 15 years without doing the proper maintenance during the last seven years due to the lack of money to buy spare parts”. E-Crane appreciates its clients and wish nothing but the best for its Venezuela friends !
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Type Location Application Mount Lift Capacity Reach Attachment Power Source
11264 PD-E Puerto Ordaz Barge unloading Barge 19 metric tonnes/ 20.9 US tons 26.4m/86.5ft 6.5m³/8.5yd³ hydraulic clamshell grab 200kW/300hp electric motor
Global Materials Services is contracted by the Bauxilum Comany, which mines bauxite in central Venezuela. The bauxite is loaded into E-CRANE HAS ‘PDD barges and shipped 350 miles CREDENTIALS’ SAYS s well a p u ld o h to t downstream to Puerto PLEASED quipmen e r o F Ordaz where the E-Cranes CUSTOMER e in this n ra -C E e th s a offload the material. This In 2002 and 2003, s a h it y a s ld u raw material is processed two E-Cranes were I wo environment, into alumina, the first step installed at Global ! ls a ti n e d re c D in the aluminium-making Materials Services Ph process. in Venezuela. Both la The E-Cranes at material handling l Venezue a b lo G , k o M Global handle about 5.3 E-Cranes are installed Luis million tonnes of bauxite on a floating platform annually, but the material on mile 182 of the handling all takes place within seven months, as the Orinoco River in Puerto Orinoco is too shallow for barge transportation during the Ordaz. The E-Cranes unload barges of bauxite into two dry season. hoppers also mounted on the floating platform. The E-Cranes replaced two ship-unloaders which required a lot of maintenance and could not achieve the production requirements. Global was in need of a faster and more efficient solution when the ECranes were chosen to replace the shiploaders. The Operations Manager at Global, Louis Mok, states: “This is the real test for material handling equipment. We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for seven months straight. For equipment to hold up as well as the E-Crane in this environment, I would say it has PhD credentials! I really like the E-Crane concept and execution. The machine is easy to operate and maintenance friendly.”