AT Massey Installs E-Crane® at Carmeuse Lime
Carmeuse Lime in Maysville KY mines limestone for the aggregate Industry and converts limestone into lime in a coal fired kiln. This lime is used by Utility companies and other consumers to reduce flue gas emissions. With the goal of reducing fuel transportation and handling costs, Carmeuse Lime contracted with AT Massey Energy / Roadfork Development for a long term coal supply contract for the Maysville facility. The agreement also included significant upgrades to peripheral equipment, coal storage and barge unloading. AT Massey will provide turnkey responsibility for all coal handling services at the Carmeuse facility.
AT Massey’s Randall Johnson is the project leader. Mr. Johnson coordinated proposals from E-Crane International USA (ECI) and Powell Construction for an innovative coal barge unloader, conveyor upgrades and storage silos.
ECI and Powell Construction were selected to provide the upgraded equipment and services for the Carmeuse facility. ECI was faced with several challenges: Economics dictated the use of the existing high cell and hopper, a 35 foot of change between high and low river pool, as well as a lack of land access for dismantling and installation.
True to the company’s slogan: “Extraordinary products by extraordinary people” ECI accepted the challenge and developed a custom material handling solution using standard and proven 700 Series components. ECI provided more than equipment and developed a complete turnkey solution including dismantling of the existing ancient cell mounted cable crane along with installation of the new modern E-Crane® on the same cell.
The crane was shipped in 15 pieces from the E-Crane® workshop in Adegem,Belgium to Baltimore MD. From there it was trucked to Madison Coal & Supply Co., Port Amherst, Charleston, WV. Under the supervision of ECI-USA, the crane was partially assembled into 5 subassemblies on a barge moored at Port Amherst. The sub-assembled crane together with a workbarge and a crane barge supplied by Madison Coal was pushed to Maysville KY. The Madison Coal team together with specialists from the USA and Belgium dismantled the old crane and installed the new E-Crane® in a record breaking 5 days
• Technical data: E-Crane®, Series 700 Model 4264 PDE – 4.0 yd3 Bucket
• Mounted offset on a 34′ diameter cell at 520′ above sea level, boom pin at 28’7″ above the top of the cell. The crane has to make lifts exceeding 100 feet vertically under the worst conditions. The hopper is placed 58′ from center of rotation to center of hopper.
The E-Crane® has been operating successfully since June 2004.
