Customised System solutions

Overhead monorail for tractor radiator assembly


 

customer: John Deere, Mannheim

Tractors for the German and international market are built in the Mannheim factory of American agricultural machinery manufacturer, John Deere. Approx. 2600 staff work here at the second largest location in the world of the US specialist from Moline, Illinois. Over 200 tractors leave the line every day in one of the most modern tractor factories in Europe.


The Solutions in detail:

 

 
 

Project data  
Type of installation: circular runway in special KT2000 profile
Length of runway: 93 m with maintenance spur
Trolleys: 8 monorail trolleys, each 250 kg S.W.L.
Hoists: STD 1005-8/2 2/2-2E dual chain hoists
Power supply: eight-pole conductor line integrated into system
Equipment: radio remote control with redundant infrared signal, travel speed synchronised with assembly line, chain hoist at right-angles to runway, can be moved on special skid