Steel Service Center & Yard

Service centres and storage yards live on throughput: coils, billets and plates move in and out of storage all day, often outdoors and often with an attachment rather than a hook.

Where cranes work in a service centre

• Coil and billet storage — stacking and de-stacking in bays, frequently with a C-hook, magnet or lifting beam instead of a plain hook.
• Cut-to-length and slitting lines — feeding and removing coils at the line, where positioning accuracy matters.
• Loading and despatch — lifting to and from trucks and rail wagons, usually the busiest single duty on the crane.
• Yard handling — outdoor storage where a gantry crane removes the need for runway beams and building structure.

Operating conditions that shape the design

• Outdoor exposure — rain, wind and temperature range set the enclosure rating, paint system and lubrication.
• Attachment duty — a magnet or C-hook changes the effective load, the number of falls and often the required hoist configuration.
• High cycles with moderate loads — throughput duty usually needs a higher work class than the load weight alone would suggest.
• Ground conditions — gantry rail foundations and yard bearing capacity often decide whether a gantry solution is practical at all.

How the equipment is selected

1. Capacity from the heaviest coil, bundle or plate package plus the attachment weight.
2. Span from the storage bay width and the truck or wagon access needed at the edge of the bay.
3. Work class from cycles per hour and the load spectrum, confirmed against the applicable classification standard.
4. Attachment and control — magnet, C-hook or lifting beam, and whether radio control from the ground is required for loading.
5. Indoor or outdoor — this single answer decides between an overhead and a gantry solution more often than anything else.

What to send with your inquiry

• Heaviest coil or bundle, and the attachment you intend to use.
• Bay width, stacking height and the truck or wagon dimensions at the loading point.
• Outdoor or indoor, and the yard or track situation.
• Cycles per hour and shifts per day.
• Power supply, control preference and destination port.