Konecranes announces the launch of Konecranes RTG with battery power in addition to the cable reel and busbar electric power options. The Konecranes Battery RTG can be thought of as a system when it is operated with a charging station. This will always be the case when the Konecranes Battery RTG is automated. It can also be operated manually, with a manual plug-in for charging. This brings new flexibility and “no strings”1 electric operation to RTG-based container yards, as well as zero local CO2 emissions and virtually zero local noise emissions.
Electric experience
After the battery, AGV earned acceptance which was then followed by a transition from lead-acid to Li-ion battery technology, which was then used as an opportunity by Konecranes to introduce battery AGVs, hybrid RTGs and a battery-driven forklift truck, the E-VER. Then the time came to introduce battery-driven, large container handling machines.
Battery Konecranes Noell Straddle Carrier
Straddle carriers are specialized machines that handle containers, running on rubber tires, that are used in “straddle carrier container terminals” around the world. Straddle carrier terminals use straddle carriers as their primary container handling machine. In operational terms, they are very flexible. They run on rubber tires and do most of the container handling work in the terminal, running between the quayside and container yard.
Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 all-electric Mobile Harbor Cranes
Mobile Harbor Cranes are a general-purpose crane type that is very popular at ports around the world because they can handle containers, bulk cargo and general cargo. It’s a mobile crane type as its name implies: it can be moved on rubber tires to different locations around the port as needed, taking on different types of jobs.
Konecranes introduced Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs). This includes the all-electric drive, combining an external power supply with an innovative battery drive.