Straddle carrier
The straddle carrier (or Portalhubstapelwagen or portal stacking carriage ; English van carrier , straddle carrier , gantry lift ) is a special handling equipment for ISO containers . It is used as a transport vehicle at container terminals in ports . It is one of the industrial trucks .
The straddle carrier consists of a frame and a lifting device ( top spreader ) suspended in between , which can be moved vertically with lifting winches. The frame is equipped with a chassis with mostly eight wheels. The driver's cab (if present) is flanged to one end of the frame at the top.
The straddle carrier drives over a container that is on the floor or on a truck , the spreader locks with the four corner fittings of the container and lifts it up.
Reach stackers offer an alternative method of transporting containers .
Picture gallery
graphic representation of VanCarrier
Straddle carrier in the port of Copenhagen
Konecranes in the port of Kiel
literature
- Martin Scheffler, Klaus Feyrer, Karl Matthias: Conveyors, Vol. 1. Lifting equipment, elevators, industrial trucks . Viehweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 978-3-528-06626-0
- Rainer Bruns, Björn Piepenburg: Dynamic stability of gantry forklifts . In: Hansa , Heft 8/2012, pp. 98-100, Schiffahrts-Verlag Hansa, Hamburg 2012, ISSN 0017-7504
