East Kilbride crane manufacturer Konecranes UK has won an additional contract from Alcoa Fjarðaál, Iceland, to supply another crane for its expanding aluminium smelter.
The crane is a 5t, 18.6mt span SMD which will have radio and magnet controls and will feature some of Konecranes renowned state of the art crane technology components such as ControlPro condition monitoring, festoon cabling, floodlights and DynA Invertor variable speed control systems on hoist, cross and long travel motions. This crane will also incorporate a power slewing hook. It will operate alongside a similar Konecrane installed previously.
The contract is worth in excess of $250k and will be delivered April 2011.