{"id":12641,"date":"2024-01-03T01:36:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T01:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=12641"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T10:40:35","slug":"boat-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/boat-cranes\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Cranes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bohl Crane has installed a series of overhead cranes and hoists from R&M Materials Handling<\/a> at a facility in Decatur, Indiana where Formula Boats are manufactured from raw materials.<\/p>\n

A family-owned company, Thunderbird Products, produces the world-renowned lines of Formula Boats. With a long-established philosophy of uncompromising quality in every detail, Formula is recognized as the world\u2019s premier powerboat manufacturer, producing fiberglass boats from 24\u2019 to 50\u2019 in length.<\/p>\n

Bohl Crane, which has been an R&M Materials Handling<\/a> Master Distributor for over 20 years, was called upon to find a solution when the boat maker wanted to respond to demand to make larger and heavier vessels.<\/p>\n

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Tandem radio remote controls are utilized to get the two cranes to lift the boat together.<\/p><\/div>\n

Application<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a tight headroom application given that the existing building had 20\u2019-10 \u00bd\u201d truss height and 18\u2019-2\u201d crane rail height.<\/p>\n

Thomas Velker, Project Engineer at Bohl Crane, set the scene: \u201cThere is a pond out front and pool bays inside. The pools are used to test the motors in the boats; they use the cranes to lift the boats in and out of these pools,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The material handling needs of Formula Boats had changed over time. Most of the previously existing cranes were removed, as they had mismatched hoists and speeds, making way for similar but updated cranes. Below-the-hook equipment, such as nylon slings and spreader bars, was retained.<\/p>\n

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Thunderbird Products produces the world-renowned lines of Formula Boats.<\/p><\/div>\n

Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

A total of eight bays needed to be covered and Velker reiterated that the major challenge was confined space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were working within an existing building with an already tight lifting application,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to come in and reinforce their building steel along the runways and building columns so that the runways for the cranes could handle the additional capacity. We had to keep our sizing within the existing crane window despite the need for even bigger cranes; we did this by notching the girders and other methods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the customer did not want to go through the process of changing out all of their runways for the added capacity. This would have been very expensive and caused a lot of downtime.<\/p>\n

John Workinger, Facility Maintenance Manager at Formula Boats, says, \u201cWe had concerns about continuing production during the hoist upgrades.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bohl Crane worked with Formula to uncover how much weight the bow of each boat required as compared to the stern in regard to capacity. The stern, being heavier, required an 8-ton crane; and the bow, being lighter, required a 6-ton crane. Tandem radio remote controls are utilized to get the two cranes to lift the boat together.<\/p>\n

While the lifting equipment is only required to work to moderate duty, they are operated daily, during every shift.<\/p>\n

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The stern, being heavier, required an 8-ton crane; and the bow, being lighter, required a 6-ton crane.<\/p><\/div>\n

Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our more experienced salespeople had the idea to add intermediate columns in the middle of the runway. This alone allowed them to keep all the runways and have minimal downtime,\u201d says Velker.<\/p>\n

Bohl Crane selected standard SX wire rope hoists and crane kits, utilizing fully side-mount end trucks, to keep the cranes in as tight a window as possible. The spans of each crane were comparable at approximately 47\u2019-6\u201d. Each bay got an 8-ton and a 6-ton capacity crane to cover the weight of the bigger boats.<\/p>\n

Bohl Crane added a radio remote control with A \/ B \/ Both selector switch. This allows them to be able to move the bridges at the same time.<\/p>\n

In addition to the larger bay cranes, eight new 2-ton capacity underhung R&M<\/a> cranes were installed in a smaller bay area.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of this cannot be done without great communication through on-site Bohl Crane employees and our on-the-floor supervisors and employees,\u201d says Workinger, who oversees the production facility and two other storage buildings.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The low headroom of the SX wire rope hoists allowed Bohl Crane and Thunderbird to avoid any unnecessary costs that would have been caused by structural alterations.<\/p>\n

Workinger says, \u201cIt went flawlessly. Bohl Crane did an excellent job of communicating with our production supervisors and staff to accommodate our schedule, even in this crazy world of shipping delays.\u201d<\/p>\n

The entire process lasted from January to September. Velker says, \u201cWe can learn a great deal from the experience of our team; from sales to engineering to our field crews.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cOur crew leader, Durke Ferris, is very cognizant of safety anytime he is on a job site. The goal was to remove and install bridges all while they are running production. Durke and the crew worked diligently around all existing equipment and Thunderbird workers to safely and efficiently get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Workinger adds, \u201cOur hoists are working and performing to perfection; they run really smooth, and all the support has been greatly appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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With a long-established philosophy of uncompromising quality in every detail, Formula is recognized as… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[10397,8990,10395,157,106,5,285,575,10396],"class_list":["post-12641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-boat-cranes","tag-boat-manufacturer","tag-bohl-crane","tag-logistics","tag-material-handling","tag-overhead-cranes","tag-rm","tag-rm-materials-handling","tag-sx-wire-rope-hoists"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBoat Cranes - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/boat-cranes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boat Cranes - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bohl Crane has installed a series of overhead cranes and hoists from R&M Materials Handling at a facility in Decatur, Indiana where Formula Boats are manufactured from raw materials. 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