March number of magazine “Lifting constructions. Special technique” is issued. It opens by information about important event on international market of building technique – exhibition Bauma –2004, which took place during 29.03 – 4.04. 2004 year in Germany . This exhibition is jubilee, it celebrated the 50 – th anniversary, and magazine publish some facts from its history. Detailed report about Bauma –2004, short interviews “at first hands” – with representatives of the biggest international producers – read in the next (April) number of our magazine.
The six international conference “Perspectives of market of lifting constructions in common free zone” (18 –21 of May, Odessa) – this is traditional business forum, in which every year participate about 300 representatives of plants and firms from Ukraine, Russia, Byelorussia and Moldova, which produce, operate and service, and also sell load – conveying equipment of all types. Frames of the conference in this year will be significally widened: for participation are invited representatives of plants and firms from all countries of the former USSR and leading European firms. Detailed information about planned actions and about conditions of participation in the conference activity it is possible to see on site http://www.ptm.com.ua/eng/index.php
Mobile portal harbors crane of firm “Gottwald” have worthy reputation as reliable assistants in many seaports of the world. Such cranes are appeared in some big Russian ports – Tuapse, Novorossiysk , Vladivostok . In Ukraine this unique technique is only being examined: presentation of cranes of new generation, series HSK took place in port Yuzhny and Illychevsk sea commercial port. Detailed material about mobile portal harbor cranes of firm, formed on the base of information, which kindly presented to editorial staff by regional director of firm Gottwald port Technology GmbH Jan Lind and general director of firm Wordteks ( Cherkassy , Ukraine ), read in March number of magazine.
Load –conveying plant in Alexandria (Ukraine) – (now firm Vira –Service) in soviet times was successfully developing plant, which produced load – conveying equipment with modern technology of production, its own construction of statically determinate cranes, produced in 1991 year 934 cranes. Gone through crisis, like many machine-building plants of Ukraine , this plant finds “second wind”. About current day of this plant, its plans, read in article of main designer of “Vira - Service” V.M.Derevlev “New outlooks of old plant”.
“Labor safety – is priority of the state policy”, - asserts in his interview chairman of the State labor protection and supervision agency of Ukraine S. A. Storchak. Year and a half had passed from the moment, when committee found new status, as independent agency of executive power.
As far as more safe during this period became labor conditions? What is the tendency of industrial injuries? What had changed in management of labor protection on the state level? These and other questions answers in his interview manager of the state committee.
To problem of valuation of residual recourse of potentially dangerous industrial works is devoted article of executive secretary of STA “Lifting constructions” ( Odessa , Ukraine ) S.Y. Polnarev and deputy director of Ural expert center ( Ekaterinburg , Russia ) V.A. Panevkina “Algorithm of responsibility”. Harmonization of mechanism - it is engineer work, connected with ensuring of equal, mutually opposite displacement of two or more details in the process of its forward or rotation movement, which makes possible to eliminate impact and vibration loads in kinematics pairs of mechanism or machine as a whole. As a rule, harmonization is necessary for achievement of good running characteristics of crane travel drive (trolley drive). To notion “harmonization” lead results of work, drew by engineers of Donbass machinery academy ( Kramatorsk , Ukraine ) during assistant rendering to customers. About details of work – article of engineers of DSMA O.A. Emelyanov, V.P. Chepotko, Y.V. Pichota, S.V. Lubenez “Harmonization of travel drive of claw cars of loaders”.
Modern requirements to load lifting cranes stipulate its equipping by corresponding sensors. For example, in USA overhead cranes are equipped by operational data registrars of each operation, which help to define residual resource of crane service life, to define terms of its maintenance and next inspection. Increased requirements to tower cranes operation, induced firm Liebherr to develop system Litronic. “Litronic –progressive system of crane control” – this is the title of article of V.L.Koren, engineer of STC “Lifting constructions”. About development of engineers of plant “Energis” ( Kirov , Russia ) – monitor of current of motor, designed for protection of motors of industrial purpose, read in article of chief of heat and power resources laboratory of Kirov Centre of standardization and metrology V.P.Kargopolzev.
In Odessa , as in other big cities of Ukraine – constructional boom. How it can influence on construction technique market? This question tries to answer editor in chief of magazine ”Lifting constructions. Special technique” Tatiana Gerasimova. She visited one of site in Odessa and spoke with specialists, which operate with various techniques, in particular, cranes. Conclusions of builders are unexpected. Details you can find in report “Construction boom brings out of stagnation production of tower cranes in Ukraine ?”
In traditional rubric of magazine “The state labor protection and supervision agency of Ukraine informs and explains” magazine publish information about number of works of boiler supervision and lifting constructions on 1.01.2004 year. In table are indicated information about number of works, and also works ,which worked out its service life. Also in this chapter is published interview with manager of Chernomorsky ETC of the state labor protection and supervision agency of Ukraine V.M.Kovalev, and meditations of technical expert of Krivorozhsky ETC D.G.Cherny “Analys of defects, damages and failures of crawler cranes”.
In chapter of foreign technique, it is possible to find detailed description of interesting developments of Italian firm Palazzani – telescopic access platforms “Ragno” series TSJ, which indispensable during internal and external work on limited areas. These platforms can be used even on steps. Our readers certainly will be interested in review of produced by company Gallotti ( which is included in concern Tesmec) multi functional machines, excavators and loaders – which are intended for building operations in cities, operations on servicing of roads and communications, and also water pipes, gas pipes and cables.
In this chapter you can read a piece of advice of chief of small mechanization department of “Transinvestservice” ltd ( Odessa , Ukraine ) E.A. Hizhnjak “How to choose correctly used loaders”. Among machines, which are in operation in this firm, there are loaders of mark “Amkodor”. About this technique, produced by “Amkodor – Udarnik” ltd, you can read in article “Amkodor” – new step in loading.
Traditional magazine in magazine “About elevators and people connected with its production and service” opens by report about the first elevator exposition in Ukraine, which was organized by STA “Lifting constructions” in frames of exhibition ‘Euro city” (Odessa, 11 – 14 of Marc). In spite of under time terms of preparation to exhibition, big Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian and foreign producers of elevators and elevator equipment, showed interest. Interview with representatives of some of these firms – in report from exhibition “Euro city”.
We continue publication of regional programs of modernization, repair and substitution of elevators, taken by local authorities.
In this number – program, taken in Lvov for 2004 – 2005 year. One of participants of exhibition “Euro city” – company ‘Essan – liftec” from Novosibirsk , the leading Russian producer of modern dispatching systems. Commercial director of firm D.A. Salagirov in article “There are 10 years to dispatching systems” speaks about the company and its product.
One of the most serious problems of elevator equipment in Ukraine – the problem of non-payments. To solve this problem with the help of electronic cards offer specialists of firm “Elika” from Lvov, stated details of system operation in article “Electronic card: solution of problems of non payments”.
Also in number you can see description of gearless drive and article “Optimization of mass of counterweight and system of elevator control”, in which influence of various mass of counterweight to consumption of electric power is described.
As always, readers of magazine can be familiarized with new technical literature in section “Book shelf”, can be informed about the current market news of load lifting technique of Ukraine , Russia , and other countries and plants: Gottwald Port Technology GmbH, joss “Stalkanat”, OJSC “Kirovsky machine building plant the 1 –st of May”. Liebherr, CJSC “Yuzhmormontazh”, “Crantest”, plant “Red Guards”, “euroliftservice’ 0Kiev, Ukraine), PE “Lift market” (Brovary, Ukraine), OJSC “Stroymach”, ‘Cherbinkaliftcomplect”, “Elecrane”, Center of exhibitional technologies, SPE “LPM”, “Stan –complex”, plant “Crayon”, “Crayon – barter” ltd, firm “Welding”, Extra –HB. OJSC “Airlift”. “Ekotechservice” ltd, PIC “Kolis” ltd,
Market lift, firm “Sens”, “Kvinta”ltd, company “Wordteks’, ‘Soltis”, CJSC “International exhibitional centre, Chernomorsky ETC, firm “Arkona”, publishing house “Osnova”. “Essan – liftec”, publishing house “Exodus”, ‘Elika” ltd.
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