Lafarge opts for E-Crane International to build first barge mounted E-Crane™ in the US
 
 

Customer:	Lafarge Corporation
Type:	10264 PD-E
Location:	Ohio River in Joppa, IL
Application:	Cement Plant - Off-loading limestone
Mount:	Pedestal on a barge
Lifting Capacity:	16.5 UStons / 15 Mtons
Reach:	86.6 ft / 26,4 m
Attachment:	8.5 yd3 / 6,5 m3 grab
Power Source:	250-hp / 186 kW electric motor
Productivity:	Will eliminate a third shift -> exceeding 850 tons/hr.

This E-Crane™, installed in the 4th Quarter of 1998, was the first barge mounted E-Crane™ to be sold in the United States. At the time, it was also the largest E-Crane™ working on the inland waterways, and it was the first barge mounted crane in the world fully dedicated to bulk material handling.

As Craig Szabo, New Works Developement Manager for Lafarge explained, "This crane was the first investment in our multimillion dollar plan to upgrade the Joppa Plant. The E-Crane™ is the main stepping stone to our vision of the next 20 years. We could not do what we want to do efficiently without this crane."

Its task of off-loading limestone was previously handled by five self-unloading barges. Productivity is already outpacing the existing belt feed system. By the time phase 2 of the plan is completed none of those barges will be required and they will eliminate the need for a third shift.