Heavy Duty Battery Powered Rail Transfer Cart To Carry Concrete Products

The Challenge of Transporting Heavy Concrete Products

Precast concrete products are widely used in the construction and municipal fields, and commonly include wall panels, blocks, pipes, floor slabs, and beams. The physical characteristics of each type of product vary greatly, either flat and wide, or cylindrical,l and the weight increases with the size, which brings difficulties to transportation.

Forklift is limited by the load and operating range; it is only for lightweight, small parts, and can not meet the heavy, large-sized components of long-distance transit. Although the crane can lift heavy components, its flexibility is poor, and it can not be transferred continuously, and is easy to cause damage to the products. The site requirements are harsh, with limited applicability.

Case Study

The client is a large manufacturer of precast concrete components in Thailand, specializing in municipal engineering components such as precast wall panels, concrete pipes, and bridge girders.

The customer’s core requirement was the transportation of concrete piles, concrete poles, and hollow core slabs. Transportation distances covered from the production line to the curing area in the workshop, as well as from the finished product area to the storage area, with a span of approximately 80 meters. In addition, frequent movements between indoor and outdoor areas were required.

Solution for Heavy Concrete Product Transport

Two heavy duty industrial carts were customized to meet the customer’s needs, with core configurations including:

• 35-ton rated load reinforced steel frame and adjustable loading platforms for different products.
• Large-capacity lithium battery pack with an endurance of 8 hours of continuous operation and a charging time of 2 hours.
• High-precision motors and gearboxes with intelligent control systems to achieve smooth starting and stopping and precise positioning.

At the same time, along the production area, maintenance area, and warehousing area paved special track was paved, using anticorrosion treatment, suitable for indoor and outdoor complex environment, heavy duty industrial carts can be wireless remote control to realize the operation of a single person, without the need for multiple people to work together.

Heavy-Duty Transfer Carts Video

What is Heavy Duty Battery Powered Transfer Cart?

Battery powered transfer cart is a kind of heavy-duty material handling equipment with lithium battery as the power source, running along a special track, mainly used for carrying ultra-heavy, large-sized materials over short distances, continuous transfer, widely used in heavy industry, building materials, metallurgy, and other industries.

Working principle: lithium battery group provides power for the motor, the motor through the reducer drive track wheel rotation, drive the body along the preset track running, through the control system to achieve start-stop, speed control, steering (some models support) and accurate positioning, according to the operational needs of manual, remote control or automatic control, the whole process does not require an external power supply dragging.

Core Components of Heavy Materials Handling Trolley

• Steel Frame: Welded with high-strength steel, it is the core structure for carrying materials. After stress test and anti-corrosion treatment, it has enough load-bearing capacity and service life, and the platform size and structure can be customized according to the material characteristics.

• Rail Wheels: Made of wear-resistant steel, with high-precision bearings, to ensure smooth operation and low noise, the wheels and the track, with a high degree of adhesion, can effectively avoid deflection, suitable for different track gauge track design.

• Battery System: The core of the large-capacity lithium battery, with a long range, fast charging, environmental protection, and pollution-free features, with a battery management system, real-time monitoring of the battery power and temperature, to protect the stability of the power output and ensure safety.

• Motor and Reducer: Adopts high-power DC or AC motor, with high-precision reducer, to realize the smooth transmission of power and speed regulation, to ensure that transfer trolley starts and stops slowly, runs at a uniform speed, to avoid material shaking.

• Control System: Divided into manual operation panel and wireless remote control device, supporting multi-gear speed control, emergency braking, precise positioning, and other functions. Some high-end models can be integrated with an Internet of Things module to realize operation data monitoring and remote scheduling.

Applications of Heavy Duty Industrial Cart in Concrete Industry

Precast Concrete Wall Panel Production Line

Heavy materials handling trolley can realize the whole process of wall panel transfer from demoulding, curing to storage, and adapt to different sizes of wall panels by adjustable loading platforms, and efficiently adapt to the production rhythm through accurate positioning of the production line and curing racks.

Concrete Pipe and Culvert Manufacturing

For large, heavy and easy-to-roll round pipes and culverts, materials handling trolley can be customized with curved platforms or fixed fixtures to prevent deflection and smooth operation to avoid interface breakage, which can be adapted to the whole process from pouring and molding to finished products out of the warehouse.

Concrete Block and Floor Slab Curing Area

The blocks and slabs need to be cured for a long time with constant temperature and humidity. Heavy duty industrial cart can transfer the whole batch and accurately connect with the curing kiln to reduce labor input and avoid the secondary damage of the products after curing.

Mould Transfer and Finished Product Handling

Heavy duty industrial cart can accurately transfer heavy and high-precision production molds to ensure installation accuracy. Battery powered transfer cart with lifting, turning, and other auxiliary functions can efficiently complete the loading, unloading, and stacking of finished products, which significantly improves the efficiency of warehousing and loading and unloading processes.

Battery powered transfer cart on rail can realize the whole process of transferring wall panels from demoulding to warehousing. With the adjustable loading platform to adapt to different sizes of wall panels, it can connect the production line with the maintenance rack through the precise positioning function to improve the operation efficiency.

Concrete Pipe and Culvert Manufacturing

For large and heavy pipes and culverts that are round and prone to rolling, industrial cart can be customized with curved platforms or fixed clamps to prevent rolling and smooth operation to avoid interface breakage, which is suitable for the whole process of transferring.

Concrete block and floor slab curing area

The blocks and slabs need to be cured for a long time with constant temperature and humidity. Heavy duty industrial cart can transfer the whole batch and accurately connect with the curing kiln to reduce labor input and avoid the secondary damage of the products after curing.

Mould Transfer and Finished Product Handling

Transfer cart can accurately transfer heavy and high-precision production molds to ensure the installation accuracy. With lifting, turning, and other auxiliary functions, it can efficiently complete the loading, unloading, and stacking of finished products to improve the efficiency of warehousing and loading and unloading.