Chhattisgarh's heavy industry runs in dust and heat: coal, power and aluminium around Korba, steel and power around Raigarh, and steel, sponge iron and ferro-alloy plants in the Raipur and Bhilai belt. Our base is Anand, Gujarat, and our engineers travel to your plant. This page names no Chhattisgarh customer, so it covers what we do and what to check before you hire a crane contractor. We serve neighbouring Madhya Pradesh the same way.
What dust, heat and long shifts do to a crane
- Coal dust and fly ash settle on brakes, limit switches and collector shoes, so brakes can lose grip and limit switches can stick.
- Radiant heat from furnaces and hot-metal bays can age cable insulation and thin gearbox oil.
- Round-the-clock shifts wear wheels, rails and wire rope faster than the age of the crane suggests.
What a health check looks at
A health check shows what is wearing, how fast, and what to do about it, so the work happens at a planned shutdown and not after a breakdown. Our engineers check geometry (span, bridge squareness, wheel alignment, rails), lifting gear (hooks, wire rope, drum, brakes), drive train and electrics (gearboxes, motors, contactors, limit switches, cables, conductor system) and structure (girders, welds, deflection). The written report sorts findings into repair now, monitor and modernize.
Older cranes: upgrade before you replace
Many cranes outlive their controls long before their structure. We assess first, then advise whether to repair, upgrade or replace. As an ABB Channel Partner for drives and automation, we supply and fit variable frequency drives in place of slip-ring and contactor control. See modernization and spares, our ABB partnership and modernizing an old crane.
One contract for many cranes
An AMC can put one party in charge of every crane in the plant, whatever the make, with a scope written around your crane mix and shift pattern. A foundry contract in Gujarat covered 45 cranes of different makes over five years; the details are on our Gujarat page.
Steel and power: work next door in Odisha
In neighbouring Odisha we load tested a 105/15 T double girder crane at a power plant and supplied double girder cranes for a steel plant; see our Odisha page. For new bays we design double girder EOT cranes with spans up to 40 m, lifting heights up to 50 m and speeds up to 90 m/min, and we build cranes up to 300 T.
Questions about service in Chhattisgarh
- Can you work within our shutdown window?
- We agree the scope and the date with your maintenance team in advance, so the work can sit inside a planned shutdown. Tell us the window and the cranes involved.
- Our crane is old and its maker no longer supports it. Can you help?
- Often yes, after we assess the structure, wheels, gearboxes and wiring. We work on cranes of any make and supply spares for them.
- Does a health check replace the statutory examination?
- No, it supports it. Section 29 of the Factories Act, 1948 requires lifting machines to be thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once in every 12 months. We arrange the equivalent statutory examination report under the state Factories Rules through an authorised competent person.
Send the crane make, capacity, location and last examination date, and we will propose a health check. Contact eliteMHE.