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Rope and Sling modifies lifting beam for Tata Steel

posted by AJOT | Nov 20 2018 at 09:04 AM Lifting and rigging equipment supplier Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has returned a 100t capacity beam to Tata Steel UK Ltd.’s Continuous Casting Plant

posted by AJOT | Nov 20 2018 at 09:04 AM

Lifting and rigging equipment supplier Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has returned a 100t capacity beam to Tata Steel UK Ltd.’s Continuous Casting Plant in Port Talbot, South Wales, having completed modifications and subsequent testing.

Tata’s Port Talbot and Llanwern sites are part of the Tata Steel Strip Products UK Business, which makes hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and metallic-coated strip steels. The integrated steelmaking sites use imported ore and coal to produce up to 3.5 million tonnes of hot rolled and cold rolled annealed in steel coils per annum, for a variety of different end uses.

Upon completion of the modifications, a 450t capacity mobile crane and ancillary equipment were used at rental firm Cramscene Ltd.’s Leeds facility to test the beam to 113.6t, which was safe working load (SWL) multiplied by 1.04 with an addition of 9.6t, to comply with relevant standardisation. Finite element analysis (FEA) and magnetic particle inspection (MPI) followed. MPI is a non-destructive testing (NDT) process for detecting surface and shallow subsurface discontinuities in ferromagnetic materials, as Gary Coleman, site engineer at RSS, who was involved with successful execution of the project, explained.

Steve Hutin, managing director at RSS, said: “This project reiterates the importance of using specialists for any matter involved with lifting and rigging gear. The level of engineering and subsequent testing required even for a relatively straightforward modification could only have been delivered by engineers who deal with below-the-hook and other lifting equipment first and foremost, not as an additional service on the periphery of a broader operation.”

South Wales has a proud heritage in steel, dating back more than a hundred years. In addition to Port Talbot and Llanwern facilities the region is also home to Trostre and Orb sites. The steel made by Tata in South Wales makes its way into an array of end products, from cars to construction machinery, from the Millennium Stadium to filing cabinets and fridges.