Billet Cranes
- These heavy-duty cranes feed the rolling mill and are therefore critical to its operation.
- Billet cranes belong to same product family as slab cranes, and they share many features.
- Sometimes they incorporate a rotating trolley in order to position the product correctly in relation to the conveyor.
- Billet handling cranes must be able to handdle radiant heat from the product.
- These are high production cranes with high speed requirements. Load control is used for smooth, accurate positioning of the load and assists the operator in maximizing throughput.
- Advanced crane control features executed with modern automation technology help guide the operator in precise placement and safe transport of the load along its path.
- Konecranes’ goal is zero unplanned downtime of these critical cranes, and we partner with our customers to develop maintenance-friendly features.
Product range
The Billet Crane can be equipped with lifting magnets. In addition, billet grabs or a combination of magnets and C-hooks are available when billets are extremely hot. To keep the productivity at a high level, the traveling speed of the Konecranes Billet Crane can be up to 130m/min. The lifting capacity can be as much as 75 metric tons with a loading device.
Product design
For more information on the web page, see Slab cranes/ Product design.
