ANUPAM MAKE LADLE CRANES_4 MOTORS KINEMATICS

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FEATURES/COMPARISON OF TWO MOTOR VS. FOUR MOTOR KINEMATICS FOR MAIN HOIST
Sr. Conventional Arrangement with Two Anupam arrangement with Four Motors and
No.. Motors and One Planetary
y Gearbox System
y Two Planetary Gearbox System
1) Main Hoist Scheme
Two motor and one planetary gearbox is Four Motor drives thru’ two gearboxes with in-
in-built
provided planetary.
planetary. Rope drums are mechanically connected
thro’ bull gear, which synchronize drum motion
motion..
2) Main Hoist Motor sizing
Considering capacity & quantity of motor, kW The selection of motors falls into a standard size
rating
ti off motor
t i
increases which
hi h leads
l d tot non considering
id i four
f motors,
t which
hi h reduces
d maintenance
i t
standard higher size of motor. Maintenance & cost & initial cost of motor.
initial cost of motor will be more.
3) Main Hoist Gearbox sizing
Large size (non-standard) input planetary gears Due to two planetary gears unit, the size is reduced.
are required because of one planetary gearbox.

Case 1: When one motor of Main Hoist failed, then

the crane operates by other motor at half the the crane operates with other set of motors at half
rated hoist’s speed at 100% load. the rated hoist's speed at 100% load.
Case 2: When two motors of Main Hoist failed, then
Crane operation
C ti stops
t with
ith load.
l d Lowering
L i off Cranes operates
C t att half
h lf the
th speed
d with
ith two
t motors
t
load will be a problem. with 100% load.

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FEATURES/COMPARISON OF TWO MOTOR VS.
Sr. Conventional Arrangement with Two
No.. Motors and One Planetary
y Gearbox System
y and Two Planetary Gearbox System
Case 3: When Input pinion of Main hoist Gearbox failed
Crane stops with emergency disc brake (need of
urgent brake down maintenance). Load has to
be lowered by careful manual release of
Emergency Brake
4) Arrangement of Emergency Brake
One set of emergency
g y disc brake to be mounted
on each rope drum along with the suitable over
speed protection device. In case of mechanical
failure, the speed of the load will exceed to the
rated maximum speed and the emergency brake
will be applied immediately to hold the load by
sensing over speed.
It has been found in many cases that this brake
normally does not function when it is actual
needed and there is always a free-fall
free fall causing
major accident.
To accommodate Emergency Disc brake on the
rope drum flange, additional space is required
which leads to more hook approach and
headroom.
FOUR MOTOR KINEMATICS FOR MAIN HOIST
Anupam arrangement with Four Motors
Operation of the load cycle can be completed safely
by the crane operator from cabin/control station
without manual release with the help of other side
of planetary gearbox and motor.
The Rope
p drum is driven byy four motors throughg
two planetary gearboxes. On the input side of the
Gearbox, an independent shaft is provided which
is connected to the output gear directly through
a in built g
gear train. A service brake is mounted
on the high speed shaft that acts as an
emergency brake itself. Over speeding signal is
given through encoder connected with rope
drum.
No emergency disc brake is required on rope
drum. Hence, hook approach and headroom can
be improved
p to achieve customer’s requirement.
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FEATURES/COMPARISON OF TWO MOTOR VS. FOUR MOTOR KINEMATICS FOR MAIN HOIST
Sr. Conventional Arrangement with Two Anupam arrangement with Four Motors
No. Motors and One Planetary
y Gearbox System
y and Two Planetary Gearbox System
5 Functioning of Emergency Brake
Mechanical failure on any part of driving Mechanical failure of any part of driving system
system between motor and rope drum will between motor and rope drum will lead to over
lead to free fall of load. speeding of motor and rope drum shaft. This
over-speeding will be sensed either by encoder
During free fall of the load from any Height mounted on motor shaft or by the limit switch
considering gravitational force, load starts along with mounted on the rope drum shaft, and
falling down with very high speed and the power shut off will take place immediately
torque. Under such condition, the either thro’ encoder or thro’ limit switch or thro’
emergency brake will apply with an both the devices. Hence, the emergency brake
additional impact. This abnormal impact mounted on high speed shaft and service brake
may cause damage to the crane’s main mounted on input drive shaft of the gearbox will
structure (trolley, girder, end carriage) and come into action immediately and hold the load.
main hoist gearbox.
The application of emergency brake will hold the
load as the high speed shaft is connected thru
thru’ an
independent gear train with hoist drum excluding
planetary gear system. Also the impact on the
crane structure (trolley, girder, end carriage) and
main hoist gearbox will be very less as the
holding torque on high speed shaft less.

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FEATURES/COMPARISON OF TWO MOTOR VS. FOUR MOTOR KINEMATICS FOR MAIN HOIST
Sr. Conventional Arrangement with Two Anupam arrangement with Four Motor and
No. Motor & One Planetary Gearbox System Two Planetary Gearbox System
6 Summarized comparison of features
Very precession and frequent maintenance This system is reliable as all the service brakes
is required
q as the Emergency
g y Disc brake will and emergency
g y brakes are directlyy connected to
come into action only in case of mechanical rope drum gear train, contributing to the electro-
failure. This brake normally does not mechanical braking action in case of any
function when it is actual needed and there mechanical failure in driving system between
is always
y a free-fall causing
g major
j accident. motor and rope
p drum.

In case emergency brake fails to perform, Less complicated maintenance due to more space
no additional safety is provided and hence on the trolley and few spare parts are required.
not 100% fail safe. 100% fail safe and in no free fall,
fall under any
situation/condition.
Very less space is available for maintenance
as motors & brakes are situated between No necessary for emergency disc brake on Rope
two rope
p drums. drum, which normally does not function when
actually needed.

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Conventional Arrangement with Two Motors & One Planetary Gearbox System

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Conventional Arrangement with Two Motors & One Planetary Gearbox System

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Anupam’s Planetary Gearbox

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FEATURES/COMPARISON OF TWO MOTOR VS. FOUR MOTOR KINEMATICS FOR MAIN HOIST
Four Motors and Two Planetary Gearbox Kinematics for Four Girder Ladle Crane

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Four Motors and Two Planetary Gearbox Kinematics for Four Girder Ladle Crane

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Four Motors and Two Planetary Gearbox Kinematics for Two Girder Ladle Crane

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