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Crandall Dry Dock Engineers System / Package

Hauling Machinery

Model 8 Link and 10 Link Chain Wheels

Complete hauling machine assemblies and components for railway dry docks: chain wheels, bearings, gears, reduction units, motors and controls.

Description

Crandall designs and supplies complete hauling machine packages for new or rebuilt railway dry docks, customised for chain size, number of chains, hauling speed and available space, including foundation details. Individual components are also supplied.

Key features

  • Single, two, four or six chain configurations
  • Components: chain wheels, bearings, gears, pinions, reduction units, motors and controls
  • Chain wheels cast from high strength alloyed steel, heat-treated and ground to template
  • Four, five or six teeth (eight, ten and twelve-link wheels)
  • Capacity upgrades of existing docks
  • Electrification of old machines with wound rotor motors and controls, normally targeting one vertical foot of lift per minute

Applications

New marine railways and rebuilds or upgrades of existing railway dry docks.

Specifications

Chains per machinesingle, two, four or six
Target lift rateone vertical foot of lift per minute

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