Odisha's heavy industry sits in a few clusters: steel at Rourkela, steel, aluminium and power around Angul and Talcher, and refining, fertiliser and port work on the Paradip coast. Newer plants, such as BPCL's bio-ethanol refinery at Bargarh, bring hazardous-area requirements. eliteMHE builds and services overhead cranes and hoists for plants like these from our works in Anand, Gujarat, and our engineers travel to your site.
Work we have done in Odisha
| Customer and site | What we did | Record |
|---|---|---|
| BPCL, 2G bio-ethanol refinery, Bargarh | 24 T double girder EOT crane (safe area), 5 T flame-proof double girder EOT crane (hazardous area), seven electric hoists up to 24 T, manual hoists and chain pulley blocks; erection, load tests and handover | BPCL certificate: satisfactory, still performing |
| Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), ACPP II power plant, Angul | Load test and handover of a 105/15 T double girder EOT crane, 32.05 m span | Report signed by JSPL, March 2023: found satisfactory |
| SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant, LEMF-8 shop, through L&T Engineering | Two 50/15 T double girder EOT cranes: supply, erection and commissioning | Commissioned March 2021; March 2022 certificate: working satisfactorily |
| SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant, SMS-II | 40/10 T double girder EOT crane: supply, erection and commissioning | Purchase order received |
Hazardous areas: one package, one protocol per item
A plant that handles ethanol or other flammable material divides its areas into zones, and electrical equipment in a classified zone must be flame-proof or otherwise protected for that zone and gas group. At Bargarh we supplied the safe-area and hazardous-area lifting equipment as a single package, including flame-proof hoists of 2.5 T and 10 T, and the package covered erection and commissioning. Drawings were approved through the project consultant's portal, and load-test and handover protocols were issued item by item. When you order for a classified area, ask for the zone, gas group and certificate of every flame-proof item.
Testing a large power-plant crane
A load-test report should state the test load, the deflection measured and the deflection permitted. We work to a main-girder limit of span/900 at rated load; for the 105/15 T crane at Angul the report records 13 mm against a permitted 35.61 mm. We test cranes of any make at 100% and 125% of safe working load, and you receive both the test report and the statutory form. See load test and Form 10 and how the test works. We serve neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand from Anand in the same way.
Questions from Odisha plants
- Can you test a crane heavier than 100 T?
- Yes. We test at 100% and 125% of safe working load with our own test loads up to 400 T, delivered to your site.
- Can you supply flame-proof cranes and hoists?
- Yes. At Bargarh we supplied a 5 T flame-proof EOT crane and flame-proof hoists. Send your zone, gas group, capacity and lift, and we will tell you what we can offer.
- Who signs the statutory report, and how often is it needed?
- An authorised competent person signs it, and we arrange that person. 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. In Gujarat the report is Form 10; in Odisha it is the equivalent statutory examination report under the state Factories Rules.
- Where will the engineers come from?
- From our works in Anand, Gujarat. We agree the scope and the visit date with you in advance.
Send the crane make, capacity, location and last test date, or your list of lifting points for a new plant. Contact eliteMHE and we will propose a supply plan, health check or load test.