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Container Spreader
Container spreaders are essential specialized equipment used in loading and unloading operations at ports, yards, and on container ships. They are typically mounted on large cranes to safely and efficiently lift, transport, and stack standard containers.
Modern spreaders can automatically adapt to containers of various sizes (20-foot, 40-foot, 45-foot, etc.) and perform operations through the precise locking and release of corner blocks.
Description
Port Container Terminals: Primarily used on quay cranes (gantry cranes) to perform rapid loading and unloading of container ships. This is the scenario with the highest demands on lifting equipment efficiency and reliability; the equipment’s ability to quickly align with containers, provide precise anti-sway control, and lock in milliseconds directly determines vessel operation efficiency.
Container Yards and Rail Terminals: Used with rubber-tired or rail-mounted container gantry cranes (yard cranes) for stacking, transferring, and loading/unloading containers within the yard. The durability, maintainability, and compatibility of lifting equipment with automated systems are critical in these applications.
Intermodal Transport and Specialized Operations: Used with mobile machinery such as reach stackers and side-loading forklifts, as well as in special operating conditions like double-stack lifts and marine cranes, to achieve efficient and flexible container handling.
Features
Exceptional Reliability and Long-Life Design:
– Reinforced Core Components: Critical components—including torque locks, telescopic beams, and hydraulic/electrical elements—are manufactured from high-strength alloy steel and sourced from leading international brands. These components undergo millions of fatigue tests to ensure stable and reliable performance under the harshest continuous operating conditions, delivering industry-leading service life.
– Structural Optimization: The main frame utilizes high-strength steel plates and a box-section structure, which has been optimized through finite element analysis. This design achieves lightweight construction while maintaining strength, thereby increasing the crane’s payload capacity and reducing energy consumption.
Leading Intelligent Control and Efficiency Performance:
– Intelligent Anti-Sway System: Utilizing advanced electronic anti-sway algorithms, this system significantly reduces swaying of lifting gear and containers during hoisting and travel. It shortens the average operation cycle by 10–15%, substantially improving loading/unloading efficiency and safety.
– Millisecond-Level Locking and Position Detection: Equipped with high-precision sensors and fast-response valve assemblies/motors, locking and release operations are swift and reliable, with real-time status feedback to eliminate the risks of false locking and operational errors.
– Integrated Electrical Control System: Featuring a modular design for easy fault diagnosis, it supports seamless integration with the crane’s main control system and the Terminal Operating System (TOS), providing a solid foundation for automation and remote operation.
Comprehensive Customer Value and Service Support:
– Quick Replacement and Modular Design: The lifting equipment features standardized interfaces and a modular design, enabling rapid replacement of major components and significantly reducing maintenance downtime.
– All-Weather Adaptability: Sealing and material protection designs are engineered to withstand special environments such as salt fog, low temperatures, and high dust levels, ensuring stable operation in major ports worldwide.
– Full Lifecycle Services: We provide comprehensive lifecycle services ranging from customized solutions, installation and commissioning, and operator training to preventive maintenance, rapid spare parts supply, and technical upgrades. Through our data monitoring platform, we offer remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance recommendations to maximize your operational efficiency.
Our lifting equipment is not merely a handling tool; it is an intelligent solution designed to enhance your terminal’s productivity and safety standards.
Technical Data
| Container speader technical specifications | |||
| For operation with ISO standard 20’,40’, 45’ and twin 20’ containers | Control voltage | AC 380V/50HZ DC 24V(as agreed) | |
| Total power | ~8KW | ||
| SWL (Concentric/ Single mode) | 40T | Precaution class | IP 55 |
| SWL (Eccentricity / Twin 20’ mode) | 65T | Operating pressure of the system | 120bar |
| Load of lifting lugs at four corner | 19.5t×4 | Ambient temperature | -20℃ ~+55℃ |
| Self-weight (spreader) | ~13t | Twist lock Mode | ISO floating twist lock, driven by an oil cylinder |
| Expansion time (20’to 45’) | ~ 30 S | Telescopic Mode | The telescopic system is driven by means of a hydraulic motor and reduction gearbox connected to an endless chain. |
| Twist lock rotation 90° | ~ 1 S | ||
| Flipper through 180° | 5~7S | Flippers Device | The flippers are drived by hydraulic |
| Power voltage/ Frequency | AC 380V (3P)/50HZ | Application | Portal crane, Jib crane, QC, RMG, RTG |
| Operating mode | Control box with touch scrcen and Application Wireless remote | Electric Control | SIEMENS / Schneider |
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