DRIVE TECHNOLOGY course

Course content

This course covers the following topics:

• Crane Travel Motors
  • Motor Types - Controls - Brakes
• Wheels and Rails
  • Combination of Wheels and Rails
  • Alignment
  • What forces are involved?
  • What installation methods are there?
  • How to replace? (focus on Demag)
• Controls and Regulations
  • What regulations are there and how do they work?
• Lifespan and Maintenance
  • Wear and Tear, what causes it?
  • Preventive Measures

Target audience

This course is aimed at mechanics with some experience in crane maintenance.

Duration of the course

• Half a day theory and presentation on the above topics
• Half a day practice in which some drive setups are inspected and disassembled
• Fully catered with an extensive lunch (when the course is held at ELMEC's location)

Training material

Each participant receives a clapperboard with the presentation and the necessary instructions for use from DEMAG. Each participant will also receive a certificate of participation.

Location of the course

We would like to invite your employees to follow the course at Elmec (Belfeld, the Netherlands). We have a training center and a large collection of different types of drives and other training materials. Our workshop is ideally suited for such training. Of course it is also possible to organize the training at your location.

If you decide to have the course carried out at your location, we ask for the following conditions:

• Presentation room with access to beamer
• Location in the workshop where there is access to an electric chain hoist
• Possibility to inspect and take a closer look at a KBK system at your location
• Cherry picker
• For teaching we charge a surcharge which depends on travel time and distance

Group size

The minimum number of participants is: 8.

The aim is to have one group of participants no larger than 12 people.

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