Crane installation boosts efficiency for CMS Cepcor

The Demag cranes, from Terex Material Handling, are part of a £3m investment at CMS Cepcor's Coalville site, where it makes premium crusher components for customers in the mining, quarrying, demolition and recycling sectors and exports to more than 100 countries. The site investment includes CNC machine tools and infrastructure, boosting production capacity and enabling more export growth. To meet CMS Cepcor's requirements, Terex Material Handling supplied two Demag 24.5 m span, 12.5 t SWL single girder overhead travelling cranes, each with an electric wire rope hoist. The crane systems have two long travel speeds of 20 and 5 m/min, variable cross travel speeds of 5 to 30 m/min and hoisting speeds of 4.0/0.7 m/min. Operation is via a Demag DRC-10 radio remote control, for smooth movement and positioning of components within the CNC machining centres. CMS Cepcor's technical director Chris Sydenham said: "Many of the components we produce are one-offs and set- up represents a large proportion of the manufacturing cycle. Accurate movement and positioning of heavy and often awkward shaped components, within the machining centres, has helped us reduce set up times for improved productivity."