SOMIRAM installs two cranes at WALTEFAUGLE

Metal framework manufacturers for 150 years, WALTEFAUGLE is a specialist in metal frame buildings, with 13,500 metric tons of annual production. The company produces over 400,000 square meters of buildings per year and employs 180 people.

WALTEFAUGLE’s two new double-rail box cranes- a 10-ton and a 12.5-ton- were manufactured and put into operation by SOMIRAM. The new production line at the WALTEFAUGLE factory has two major machines. One cuts 2x14-meter sheets of metal and the first crane handles these big sheets and the cut parts. The second crane handles the final welded reconstituted beams. The two workstations are 40 meters apart and work simultaneously. In the new workshop, WALTEFAUGLE makes variable inertia beams, which offers new sales horizons. Variable inertia beams are used especially for buildings where extra floor space is needed.

7 meters high, with a span of around 21 meters, the two cranes are made with mechanically welded boxes. They are equipped with radio-controlled VERLINDE EUROBLOC VT electric cable hoists and can both be run from the same control. They both have a spreader with suction-cup grips for handling sheet metal and beams.

M. Saugier, Deputy Managing Director of WALTEFAUGLE, says: “We chose SOMIRAM because they are a regular supplier whom we trust, who is nearby and, above all, who is inventive in solving specific problems. They are also very reactive.”

VERLINDE EUROBLOC VT electric cable hoists were modified to enable the crane steering trolley to travel along the full length of the boxes for a maximum approach. By modifying the hoist trolley hook crossbeams, SOMIRAM was able to “embed” the hoist into the boxes and thereby maximize use of the approaches against the workshop pillars.