TPT January 2011

H andling , P acking & T ransportation Remote monitoringservices

time data that is monitored online by skilled engineers to enable higher crane availability, optimal Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), informed lifecycle planning and continual customer process improvement. Konecranes engineers use state-of-the- art technology and software at the GTS centres to locate and predict maintenance needs and other critical issues, including production-related process problems. Recommended improvements can be put into action within the same work shift, if appropriate. Problems can also be proactively identified using a simple graphic interface that is available online. In order to help determine the customer’s competitive position, productivity and performance- based monitoring also benchmarks actual crane OEE performance with the customer’s other cranes or with industry standards. Optional productivity and performance- based services are available, including production and working cycle analysis. The historic and predictive production and working cycle analyses gained from remote monitoring services can be used to optimise production processes and achieve the highest lifecycle value of the equipment. Konecranes Service Ltd – UK Email: james.bow@konecranes.com Website: www.konecranes-uk.com points. The operator controls the supply of individual tubes to the position of abrasion, tube rotation and displacement of tubes after abrasion. Via bypass the repaired tubes are frequently sent to non-destructive testing. The good tubes, after their ends are automatically cut off, are sent by the operator to the next treatment, and from the control board orders the tubes to be placed into prepared single or double bags. Prestar is focused on the construction and production of transport lines for tubes, together with equipment for their treatment, such as conveyers, straightening machines, saws, grinding machines, pointing and bevelling units, packing machines and separating units. The equipment and automated production lines are designed according to the users’ requirements, and are optimised according to the production line productivity. Prestar sro – Czech Republic Fax: +420 553 759 721

KONECRANES is a group of lifting businesses, serving manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. The group provides lifting solutions and services for lifting equipment and machine tools. Konecranes offers real-time remote monitoring services to capture critical production and crane usage data on demanding process cranes. Reliability and productivity services with remote monitoring can help to maximise uptime, increase safety, optimise performance, and achieve the highest lifecycle value of equipment. Remote monitoring allows for more accurate and in-depth analysis of crane usage that helps to reveal issues outside standard maintenance checklists, including emerging deficiencies in processes, capacity, usage and overall operating efficiency. The company’s remote monitoring pack- ages include reliability-based monitoring for more efficient troubleshooting and a more proactive productivity, and a performance- based monitoring solution that ensures the highest level of crane availability with Global Technical Support (GTS). With more than 350,000 cranes under service contracts worldwide, Konecranes is able to apply its knowledge and resources

to develop solutions that improve crane reliability and performance. The Konecranes remote monitoring system sends around- the-clock crane usage data via advanced connections to Konecranes GTS centres located in the USA, Finland and China. The main fixed connection and a secondary wireless connection (ie 3G, GPRS or satellite), attached to the crane, transfer information through a secure VPN on a redundant w24 router. In addition, some processed data can be integrated with the customer’s IT system. As maintenance issues arise, customers and service technicians can troubleshoot more efficiently with faster response times and resolutions. Maintenance services can be performed based on the actual usage data of cranes. Reliability monitoring tracks usage trends, including unsafe or improper crane usage, which might not be detected during standard, periodic maintenance inspections. Downtime can be minimised or prevented using the fault histories generated through remote monitoring to predict emerging technical and mechanical problems. Optional improvement reports are also available for planning predictive maintenance. The advanced productivity remote monitoring services provide real-

Handling line for hot-rolled tubes up to 340mm OD

at the non-destructive testing of tubes. The control system, on the basis of tube quality evaluation (surface quality, wall thickness and inherent defects), evaluates the further transportation of tubes. Tubes designed for surface defect repair are sent to three independent storage

PRESTAR, Czech Republic, has delivered a new automation line for Interpipe, Ukraine. The line is designed to transport and handle hot-rolled tubes within the OD range 168 to 340mm, and lengths up to 15m. The automated line provides the transport between individual technological operations

Email: prestar@prestar.cz Website: www.prestar.cz

Prestar produces transport lines for tubes

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