Overhead Crane for a Paper Mill Production Hall

The papermaking industry is a harsh one to place equipment in, and the mill had found that lifting gear specified without regard to those conditions did not last. What the mill needed was equipment sized properly for the loads it actually handles, from a supplier who would still be reachable once the machine was installed.

An overhead crane was supplied for the mill within the paper mill crane class, which is configured as overhead or gantry equipment with capacity up to twenty tonnes. The rating was set from the heaviest item the hall genuinely handles rather than from an optimistic allowance, and the structure and protective treatment were specified for mill conditions so the machine would not need replacing early.

The crane was placed with a factory that builds mill class lifting as normal work, so the mill was not the first paper producer the shop had built for. Girders, the trolley hoist and the control equipment were crated against a master packing list issued before the consignment left.

The mill has overhead lifting sized to its own hall and specified for its own atmosphere, serving both production movements and maintenance work in a sector known for being hard on equipment.