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The magazine of VETTER Krantechnik GmbH

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2 to 6 May 2011

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C o n te n ts

Editorial

Scraping the sky

Slewing cranes for airports

ROTOMAX load turning device

For Fronberg Guss

CeMAT 2011
VETTERs new trade fair look

10

Huge dimensions
8 special cranes for China

12

Let it roll!
Boat cranes as extras

14

Specialists at work
VETTER Kranservice GmbH

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Issue 4, April 2011

Imprint
Publisher: VETTER Krantechnik GmbH | Siegtalstr. 22 | 57080 Siegen | Germany
Responsible: Jens Utsch | Phone +49 271 3502-320 | Fax +49 271 3502-9320 | Mobile: +49 176 13502320
E-mail: jens.utsch@vetter.eu | www.vetter-cranes.com
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Printing: rewi Druckhaus | Wissen | www.rewi.de
Picture credits: Page 12, 13, 15, fotolia | Page 5, 11, iStockphoto | Page 13, ZDF

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editorial

Ladies and gentlemen,

dear business friends,
Fortunately, the upturn in the crane business which started in the second half of 2010
has seamlessly continued into 2011. We are all glad we can look into the future with
cautious optimism.
In addition to new products and exciting projects, a highlight of 2011 will be various
trade fairs; we are particularly looking forward to CeMAT in May, where crane builders
and customers from all over the world will come together.
Once again in this edition, you can read project and user reports - for example, on eight
special cranes for the new Three Gorges Dam in China, or special uses for slewing cranes
at Frankfurt airport and in New Guinea. Besides, we report on boat cranes which play
a particularly starring role.
This edition is completed by progress reports on crane servicing and on a technically
demanding load turning device.
Enjoy reading!

Klaus Galinski Norbert Hammes

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View of the horizon

Frankfurt International Airport: Who wouldnt look forward to

this view each day? The tower gives you wanderlust, you can
almost touch the jets of the major airlines, and you long for your
next holiday.

nfortunately, the VETTER slewing crane

cannot share this tingling sense of anticipation - the MEISTER crane type is after
all used only for prosaic maintenance and repair
purposes on air-conditioning and ventilation
equipment in a building of the recently renovated Gate B West in Terminal 1. For this purpose,
the crane is of course equipped for outdoor use.
Safe transport in the strongest wind
The statics design was developed on the basis
of the location, exposed to wind force 7 on the
Beaufort scale. Under these conditions, it is essential to lock the jib when in the rest position.
The crane itself has a lifting capacity of 250 kg

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S cra p i n g the s k y

Mongomeyen airport

Cranes for the rain forest

In Equatorial Guinea, the Mongomeyen International Airport was completed early in 2010. The airport in the Wele-Nzas province is located in
the middle of the jungle, and close to the place of origin of President
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled the country since 1979.
Through the DYWIDAG construction company, VETTER delivered a PROFI
system P500 Olympia crane with a lifting capacity of 2 tons, in addition
to two column-mounted slewing jib cranes. The photo shows a MEISTER
type slewing crane with a 500 kg lifting capacity. DYWIDAG undertook
the assembly and commissioning of all crane equipment.
Maintenance crane: Designed for wind force 7 on the
Beaufort scale

at a jib length of 7,000 mm, and an exceptional

load of 1,000 kg at up to 2,000 mm jib length.
For measuring these loads, the hoist is equipped
with load measurement equipment and an automatic shut-off mechanism.
The electric chain hoist provides a lifting height
of 19 m, thus allowing replacement parts and
components to be lifted directly onto the building roof.

stefan.mueller@vetter-krane.de

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In great form!
Thanks to a new ROTOMAX load turning device, the Fronberg Guss
company of Schwandorf in the Upper Palatinate was able to considerably
simplify its handling of heavy moulding boxes.

Initial position of moulding box

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R O T O M A X load tur n i n g D evice

eavy moulding boxes with a deadweight of up to 50 tons - it is hardly

imaginable that such monsters can
be rotated once around their own axis while
hanging freely. Jrgen Rath, production manager at Fronberg Guss, is also appropriately
impressed. Special endless chains are used
for the rotating process using the ROTOMAX
load turning device. These are equipped with
a driving dog which engages with a trunnion
on the moulding boxes, and thereby prevents
the chains from slipping through.

Stronger chains for higher load

However, the ROTOMAX load turning device
is not only used for turning moulding boxes,
but also for lifting considerably heavier loads:
The device can lift up to 80 tons in its function
as a lifting beam. For this purpose, different
chains are used.
Simplified working process and increased
safety
The drive wheel distance of the ROTOMAX
load turning devices is adjustable between

2,500 and 7,200 mm, so that boxes of different

sizes can be handled.
The loads centre of gravity is automatically
compensated by parallel travel of the drive
units, so that the load is balanced at all times.
A member of staff uses a remote control to
navigate the impressive process at a safe
distance.
The equipment is a great boon to us, because
the working process and safety at work
have been considerably improved, concludes
Jrgen Rath

stefan.mueller@vetter-krane.de

Fronberg Guss GmbH

l Cast products for combustion engines
and drive engineering, as well as special
cast parts for machinery and plant
engineering
l Founded in 1449
l Since 2005 a subsidiary of
Gienanth GmbH
l Located in Schwandorf in the
Upper Palatinate
l More than 170 employees
www.fronberg-guss.de

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New look for VETTERs trade fair stand

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cemat 2 0 11

From 2 to 6 May 2011, VETTER will again be represented at

Trade fair preview

CeMAT with a completely renovated trade fair stand.

This year, the CeMAT motto is: Sustainability in Intralogistics.
For intralogistics, the topic of sustainability is a particular challenge
because of continually increasing energy and raw material prices,
and the current debate on climate.
VETTER looks forward to welcoming you to
our 63 m2 stand, and to informing you of innovations in crane technology. By the time of
CeMAT, our stand will have been completely renovated, and its architecture makes it a
real eye catcher. With our motto of Welcome
to VETTER, we once again invite you to fresh
waffles every day from 11 am - and this time
they even have a unique VETTER look.

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At www.vetter-cranes.com/cemat you will

find further information about the fair, and
you are welcome to make an appointment
with us. We look forward to your visit to
Hanover Hall 12, Stand B50.

Metal Trade Fair Mid-Hessen,

Wetzlar/Germany
Industrial trade fair for machinery and plant
engineering, metalworking and processing,
surface, plastic, and electrical technology
25 and 26 May 2011
Stand R-17
www.metallmesse-mittelhessen.de

jens.utsch@vetter.eu
GIFA 2011,
Dsseldorf/Germany
International Trade Fair for the foundry,
cast products, and casting technology
28 June to 2 July 2011
Hall 15, Stand F21
www.gifa.com

Materials Handling Middle East 2011,

Dubai/United Arab Emirates
International trade fair for logistics, suppliers,
freight and cargo
25 to 27 September 2011
www.materials-handling-dubai.com

Worlds leading fair for intralogistics Hanover/Germany

Five trade fair days from 2 to 6 May 2011
Opening times: Daily from 9 am to 6 pm;
on the last day until 5 pm
More information at www.vetter-cranes.com/cemat

and try the delicious

VETTER waffles at our
stand!

FMB 2011,
Bad Salzuflen/Germany
Mechanical engineering suppliers trade fair
9 to 11 November 2011
Hall 20, Stand D5
www.forum-maschinenbau.com

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Eight special cranes for large-scale

construction project in China
Especially challenging requirements demand special equipment and
reliable partners. This is also true at the second largest hydroelectric power
station, at Xiluodu in south western China.

Wire rope hoist with lateral

hook compensation
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H u g e dime n sio n s

ETTER Krantechnik GmbH is supplying a

total of eight cranes, each with a lifting
capacity of 2,500 kg for this fascinating
construction project early in 2011. They are required for the installation of a gas-insulated
power transmission line, and are installed in
buildings on the side of the mountain slopes of
the dam.
Sensors control automatically
The distinctive feature: The partially automated
cranes simplify the work for the fitters at a depth
of 280 m by lowering the load down a shaft by
means of a wire rope hoist. So that the 9 mm
thick wire is permanently centred in the shaft
as it runs off the 2 m length drum, the VETTER
engineers developed a special lateral hook compensation system which automatically controls
the further movement of the hoist.

The crane is navigated by a radio-control

specially designed for the purpose. It reliably
transmits the radio signal in spite of multiple
intermediate landings in the shaft, and thereby
guarantees a failure-free operation of the crane.
Wire rope hoists with superlatives
At Haiger-Kalteiche works, acceptance of the
cranes is currently taking place. And already the
giant wire rope hoists are creating a furore. The
idea of a 280 m wire with a dead weight of about
1,000 kg leaves no-one unimpressed.

wilfried.rode@vetter-krane.de

The Xiluodu Dam

l In south western China on the Jin Sha
Jiang (English: Golden Sands River),
a tributary of the Yangtze
l 285.5 m high curved dam wall made
from concrete, one of the highest barrages
in the world
l Max. depth of water 600 m
l Planned completion during 2015
l Generating capacity of 12,600 Megawatt
l Impoundment volume 12,900 million m
l Second largest hydroelectric power station
in China, third largest in the world

Proponents and opponents

The Xiluodu Dam is intended to help preventing
the silting up of the reservoir for the Three Gorges
Project. The dams other intended purposes are
irrigation, navigability, and flood protection. All
that sounds fascinating, but is not without controversy: In January 2005 the project was temporarily
stopped because its environmental sustainability
had been insufficiently tested. The projects opponents criticised the fact that the reservoir would
submerge some of the worlds most spectacular
canyons and gorges.

Acceptance of the cranes

in the Haiger works
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... the camera is running at the Klemens

boatyard in Groenbrode

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let it roll !

Action!
In December 2010 and January 2011, VETTER yachting cranes appeared in the German
Kstenwache (Coastguard) TV series. In two episodes close to each other, our MAAT
type cranes could be seen in the TV crime series.

he two MAAT type boat cranes stood

out because of their elegant design,
which blends well with the maritime
appearance of a marina. With lifting capacities each of 20,000 kg and heights of about
12 m, the cranes are indispensable assistants
in the Neustadt/Holstein and Groenbrode
marinas, and this is what earned them the
roles of extras in the TV programme.
The distinctive technical feature of the
cranes is the so-called top jib, which is
mounted on top of the crane and is used for
stepping masts.

Customer and crane now famous beyond

our borders
Around 5 million viewers watch the early evening
series which has been transmitted on the ZDF
channel since 1997. In episode 213, A deadly
game, everything revolves around our customer, the Klemens boatyard in Groenbrode.
The actors in the series have for this reason also
taken the name Klemens. Filming took place
in and around the boatyards facilities. Because Kstenwache is also a success outside
Germany the series was shown in countries
including the Czech Republic, Russia, Italy,
Latvia, and Hungary - our customers and the two
VETTER boat cranes have also become known
beyond our borders.

jens.utsch@vetter.eu

Kstenwache (Coastguard)
l 221 episodes in 14 series
l Filming location: Neustadt at the
Baltic Sea
www.kuestenwache.zdf.de
Episode 211: On the Brink
l First broadcast: 29 December 2010
on ZDF
l Crane location: Kunya boatyard,
23730 Neustadt in Holstein, Germany
l Crane type: MAAT
l Lifting capacity: 20,000 kg
l Jib length: 6,500 mm
www.ostseeonline.de/kunya-yachtwerft
Episode 213: A deadly game
l First broadcast: 12 January 2011
on ZDF
l Crane location: Klemens boatyard,
23775 Groenbrode, Germany
l Crane type: MAAT
l Lifting capacity: 20,000 kg
l Jib length: 6,500 mm
www.yachtwerft-klemens.de

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Service is our speciality!

Hoists and cranes are an important component of intralogistics today. A company therefore
attaches great importance to their reliability and availability. In spite of the ever-increasing complexity,
many companies still have their own department for the repair and maintenance of their crane
equipment, and thereby leave valuable resources unexploited.

his is where specialised service companies

for the maintenance of cranes and hoists
provide added value. With their very well
trained and expert personnel and their special
tools and test equipment, they are able to rapidly
recognise and correct potential or existing sources of failure.
Use specialists to save hard cash
For the customer, the engagement of a crane service company means that he puts his cranes and
lifting equipment into the hands of certified specialists who are always up to date when applying
technical and legal regulations.
Additionally, only the actual time that the technicians spend on the job has to be paid for, and
time-consuming and expensive training as well
as costly specialised equipment which would be
required for the companys own staff is no longer
needed.

Concentration on the core business

The use of specialised crane service companies
for inspection, maintenance and repair of crane
equipment and hoists therefore has concrete
benefits for the operator. It saves him time and
money, and gives him more scope for his own
core business.
However, the selection of the right provider is especially important: The benefits described result
only when the selected crane service company
itself complies with defined quality standards.

Skill through experience

Through focussing specifically on this sphere of
activity, a specialised crane servicing company
can guarantee the required skills of its service
technicians. And so for all questions relating to
his cranes and hoists, the customer has access to
the service technicians huge wealth of experience across manufacturers and operations.
Furthermore, the established service providers
have their own crane specialists who can supply
both their own colleagues and the customer with
valuable help, thanks to their skills and experience. The customer can therefore access the proven knowledge of all applicable regulations and
standards, and thereby saves himself the expense
of developing this knowledge himself.
Technician measuring a crane hook
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Service with certified quality

A group of well known crane service companies
and crane manufacturers who have set themselves this quality standard, and who regularly
become audited for compliance with it, have
combined to form the Gtegemeinschaft Kranservice e.V. (Crane Service Quality Organisation).
This aims to offer its members and their
customers a top quality crane service using the
latest technology and complying with the most
up-to-date standards. Only this voluntary self-

S p ecialists at wor k

monitoring gives the customer the necessary

security that he will fulfil his legal obligations
and be able to use the intended cost benefits for
himself.

oliver.breider@vetter-kranservice.de

Legal requirements

The operator bears the

responsibility
The legislator assigns the responsibility for the correct and
safe state of cranes and hoists to the operating company.
The operator is obliged to provide his staff with safe working equipment,
and to maintain its safe state. For this, a German operator must comply with the following
regulations in particular:
l The Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV) as the national
implementation of the European Use of Work Equipment Directive 2009/104/EC,
which is made concrete through the Technical Rules for Workplace Safety (TRBS).
l The accident prevention regulations, principles and rules of the trades
organisations (BGVs) (in particular here BGV D6 for cranes, BGV D8 for winches,
lifting and pulling equipment, BGG 905 testing of cranes, and BGR 500 2.8
operation of working equipment load suspension devices for raising loads),
which are furthermore valid as statutory law.

Everything OK? Then the label can be applied.

VETTER Kranservice GmbH

Your partner for everything to do with cranes
l Service support points right across Germany
l Testing of crane equipment and hoists as per the Ordinance on Industrial Safety
and Health (BetrSichV) and the latest UVV, DIN and VDE provisions
l Manufacturer-independent maintenance and repair of cranes and hoists
l Testing of static rack systems as per DIN EN 15635 and BGR 234 by our racking inspectors
trained by TV-Rheinland
www.vetter-kranservice.de

Gtegemeinschaft Kranservice e.V.

The Gtegemeinschaft Kranservice e.V.
(Crane Service Quality Organisation), GKS
for short, is a combination of various crane
service companies, who of their own accord
undertake to comply with bindingly applied
quality and testing requirements. Compliance with the provisions is regularly monitored by external inspectors. This guarantees a high quality standard for the services
provided to customers.
www.guetegemeinschaft-kranservice.de

GKS

GUTEZEICHEN

KRANSERVICE

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The turbo for your material flow

Make the right decision and rely on slewing cranes from VETTER. In every situation, for all loads. With lifting capacities up to
100 tons and jib lengths up to 25 m, we have the right solution for your companys requirements, too. For optimised workflows
and maximum efficiency. With VETTER as a reliable partner at your side.

VETTER the crane specialist

VETTER Krantechnik GmbH

Siegtalstr. 22 | 57080 Siegen | Germany
www.vetter-cranes.com
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