{"id":7819,"date":"2020-05-04T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=7819"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:56:29","slug":"conductix-ace-drought-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/conductix-ace-drought-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Conductix Ace Drought Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conductix-Wampfler<\/a>, a provider of energy, data and media transfer systems for mobile applications, including festoon systems for electric overhead traveling (EOT) cranes, combined with Ace World Companies<\/a>, a crane manufacturer, to combat a longstanding drought.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the Southern Nevada Water Authority began a $650 million project to construct a low-level pumping station to ensure water can still be fed to southern Nevada even if Hoover Dam is no longer able to. The pumping station is expected to be operational in 2020.<\/p>\n

Ace<\/a> brought Conductix-Wampfler<\/a> in to be part of a massive undertaking to combat the issue affecting Lake Mead. Conductix-Wampfler<\/a>\u2019s motor-driven reel, cable festoon, and TrenchGuard systems power a large gantry crane that handles low-level pumping equipment.<\/p>\n

The project involves installing 22 low-lift pumps and 12 high-lift pumps that can pull up to 900 million gallons of water a day. The water comes from a 12,500 square-foot man made cavern, or forebay, 500 feet below the pumping station.<\/p>\n

Ace supplied the 220-ton gantry crane to handle piping and pumps. The crane has one main 220-ton hoist and two 30-ton auxiliary hoists, which are powered by four M line 0320-series I-beam festoons from Conductix-Wampfler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below the festoon, Conductix-Wampfler<\/a>\u2019s motor-driven cable reel provides runway power and feeds the cable into a trench protected by our Trenchguard system. The cable trench sits parallel to the crane\u2019s rail track and protects the cable from vehicles, environmental conditions, and spillage.<\/p>\n

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Ace supplied the 220-ton gantry crane to handle piping and pumps.<\/p><\/div>\n

The project called for the gantry crane to lower the pipe sections with the submersible pumps down each of the 34 vertical shafts. Each shaft is 500 feet deep and six feet across, which feeds directly into the forebay. The crane will remain in place should any of the pumps need to be retrieved for maintenance.<\/p>\n