{"id":1423,"date":"2025-02-20T15:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streetcrane.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/?post_type=case-studies&p=1423"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:53:33","slug":"bombardier","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/streetcrane.development-visionsharp.co.uk\/es\/industry\/case-studies\/bombardier\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombardier – Aerospace & Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n
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Aerospace giant Bombardier required an innovative new materials handling solution to assist in the manufacture of composite aircraft wings at its Belfast production plant. A key requirement was to keep the production area unobstructed and completely free of gantry crane supports.<\/p>\n

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Street Crane installed some of its most sophisticated overhead cranes<\/a> for Bombardier, including three cranes with a lifting capacity of 5 tonnes. Two span 20 metres and one spans 25 metres, both situated between the crane rails.<\/p>\n

The system is unique as the crane rails form an integral part of the roof structure, rather than being attached to the building columns or supported on gantries. Furthermore, each of the cranes<\/a> has cantilevered extensions to provide extended reach.<\/p>\n

The gantry cranes are suspended from the underside of the tracks, and the electric wire rope hoists<\/a> are mounted on the crane bridge. This results in a compact system that can operate within a confined space and has the ability to traverse the load beyond the track line.<\/p>\n

All three cranes use Street Crane\u2019s ZX64 electric hoist and have a six metre lift height. The single beam crane bridge is of box girder construction, providing the strength and rigidity required for this demanding application.<\/p>\n

In the main production area, a multi-span crane has been installed with a 20 tonne lifting capacity, equipped with two hoists and four suspension points. Known as the jiggle crane, the first hoist takes most of the weight of the wing, while the second provides lateral adjustment, allowing the wing to be rotated around the beam axis. It has an overall span of 64 metres, including an additional cantilever at each end.<\/p>\n

In the assembly area, Street has installed an 8 tonne turntable crane<\/a> with twin rotating hoists<\/a>. The innovative design allows the suspended wings to rotate by 200 degrees while being transported across the full 52 metre bridge.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Compact, innovative design with flexible movement:<\/h3>\r\n
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Forming part of the roof structure, the cranes can operate within the confined space and height restriction of the bay, ensuring the production area is unobstructed.<\/p>\n

The box beams of the cranes are hinged to provide flexibility and accommodate movements in the roof structure.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Hoists and travel motion speeds are variable from twenty metres per minute to 400 millimetres per minute with sensorless current vector control for smooth movement and accurate positioning.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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All cranes have a special safe load capacity restrictor and amber flashing lights to warn of their approach with audible warnings.<\/p>\n

All cranes are remote radio controlled for operator safety with maximum flexibility, but have the additional safeguard of a push button pendant for back-up.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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"There is certainly not another crane of this design in the UK and I doubt if there is another anywhere in the world. There is an 80 metre span double girder underslung crane at Heathrow Airport. This was one of the most unusual cranes that Street has ever built, but the Bombardier crane is in a class above anything ever done in suspended crane systems"<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Located in Sheffield, AMRC Factory 2050 is the UK\u2019s first reconfigurable assembly and component manufacturing facility for collaborative research.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n AV Dawson – Logistics and Steel <\/p>\r\n

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Street\u2019s 30-tonne overhead cranes are playing a crucial role at this high-capacity steel warehouse<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Dunlop Oil and Marine – Petrochemical & Manufacturing <\/p>\r\n

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A bespoke solution to provide engineered special cranes to enable quick and efficient switching from one hose type to another all with limited space.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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Hayward Tyler required reliable overhead lifting equipment to operate between the existing and new part of the factory.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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Street supplied and installed two special 40-tonne overhead cranes for offloading train carriages, which are made off site.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\n Tata Steel – Manufacturing & Steel <\/p>\r\n

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Tata turned to Street for bespoke solutions at their distribution centre to significantly improve order turnaround.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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Eight \u20183 tonne\u2019 cranes and four \u20185 tonne\u2019 cranes were supplied and installed with M5 duty classification throughout each with radio controls.<\/p>\r\n

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