Argentineterminalopts forE-Crane

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In early 2013, Terminal 6 S.A in Argentina placed an order for anew 1500 Series, Model 11264 PD-E E-Crane with 26.4m(86.5ft) outreach and a lift capacity of 19 metric tonnes (20.9 UStons) to unload soyabeans from Mississippi and Paraná-sizedbarges onto a conveyer system.

LARGEST SOYA MEAL EXPORTING COMPANY

Terminal 6 S.A. is a joint venture between Bunge, and AceiteraGeneral Deheza. It was founded in 1985 and has grown tobecome the largest soya meal exporting terminal in Argentina.The terminal also ships and handles grains and vegetable oils,along with other dry agribulk. Terminal 6 S.A. is Argentina’s firstprivate port, and has the facilities to store up to 950,000 tonnesof dry bulk materials as well as 110,000 tonnes of liquidmaterials.

Terminal 6 S.A. began talks with E-Crane about a potentialproject on the Paraná river back in 2007 with a goal ofincreasing the productivity and capacity of the port. The

soyabeans were originally unloaded using a cable crane and asmall material handler. Each machine was achieving a productionrate of about 400tph (tonnes per hour). Terminal 6 S.A.considered many different material handling options, butultimately chose the E-Crane to maximize its operations. Thecable crane will be removed, and the new E-Crane will beinstalled in its place. The E-Crane will be pedestal-mounteddirectly onto a new addition to the existing dock. An unloadingrate exceeding 900tph is expected.

WHY TERMINAL 6 CHOSE THE E-CRANE

Terminal 6 S.A. realized the benefits of the equilibrated crane’sefficient design. The E-Crane is a truly unique and revolutionarymachine with the lowest power consumption cost in theindustry. It runs on clean electric energy, saving customers hugeamounts of money when compared to diesel poweredequipment. There are also very little associated maintenancecosts due to E-Crane’s innate design.

Terminal 6 in Argentina chooses E-Crane for unloading soyabeans

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DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL BALANCED CRANE

The key to the E-Crane’s efficiency is the parallelogram designlinking the stick to the moving counterweight. This unique four-bar mechanism ensures that the E-Crane remains in near perfectbalance throughout its working range. Compared withconventional cranes that require as much as 80% of theiravailable energy just to move the boom, stick, and grab, theE-Crane allows gravity to work for you instead of against you,reducing horsepower requirements and power consumption byup to 50%, reducing maintenance and operating costs.

PROVEN SOLUTION FOR BULK HANDLING

Designed specifically for barge and ship unloading, E-Crane is aproven and trusted solution in many bulk material handlingindustries. Most dedicated systems for offloading grain, coal,limestone and other bulk materials are costly, inflexible andrequire an expensive, hard to maintain infrastructure. Theversatile, flexible E-Crane is just the opposite. E-Crane’s modular design and custom solutions make it the ideal equipment for any

bulk handling application. E-Crane is purpose built for dedicatedtasks including:v offloading Panamax/Handymax-sized vessels;v barge loading/unloading;v shiploading/unloading;v feeding hoppers; andv stockpiling

TURNKEY BULK MATERIAL HANDLING SOLUTION

E-Crane offers more than just the crane. Turnkey bulk materialhandling solutions are offered in order to optimize the entireport operation. E-Crane streamlines the facility by working withthe customer to provide other services and equipment includingstationary or linked hoppers, barges and barge haul systems. Forhandling dry bulk materials such as coal, limestone, bauxite,fertilizer, grain, cement clinker and coke, E-Crane is an idealsolution. DCi