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Material Handling Solutions for Metals Production
Smarter Lifting. Safer Operations. Stronger Outcomes.
Metal shapes the world through structural steel, aluminum castings, and massive coils. Every operation, from foundry to fabrication, demands control, safety, and precision. Downtime isn’t an option.
Columbus McKinnon provides engineered material handling systems tailored for metals manufacturers. We integrate lifting equipment, automation, and motion control to move heavy materials efficiently and safely in the most extreme environments.
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Metals Production Solutions by CMCO
The Columbus McKinnon family of brands includes names like Magnetek, Yale, Unified Industries, CM, Shaw-Box, Duff-Norton and more. Learn how we are developing intelligent technology and automation solutions for every step of the steelmaking process.
With more than a century and a half of experience in motion control products and solutions, Columbus McKinnon is developing technology and automation systems to create intelligent solutions for the steel industry. This brochure provides an inside look into how we are working hand in hand with the steelmaking industry to help support their needs.
Intelligent motion solutions build safety right into the steel handling equipment, systems, and processes running in the steel mill, helping you keep operators safe and better informed of system status, equipment life, and so much more. We understand the need to work smarter and are committed to developing solutions to help you do just that.
Automation Blogs For Steelmaking
From cranes handling thousands of pounds of scrap steel to those transporting liquid metal at very high temperatures, the safety of both workers and equipment is critical in a steel manufacturing plant. By building safety right into the equipment, systems and processes running in the steel mill, you can keep operators safe and better informed of what is going on through every step of the process.
The demand to incorporate smart solutions and automation throughout every step of the steelmaking process is rapidly increasing. From steel production to distribution, innovative technology helps increase your safety, uptime, and productivity.
Metals Production Case Studies
A steel mill with a two-vessel BOF (basic oxygen furnace) had an extremely labor-intensive production process. This included loading alloy batch materials into hand trolleys that were manually weighed, and then the materials were hand dumped into the BOF vessel. A Duff-Norton SuperCylinder was used to increase the speed and efficiency of the process.
A steelmaking facility found their mill scale clarifier to be inefficient, occasionally causing equipment damage and interruptions to the production process. The system needed to be upgraded to keep this process running smoothly. Columbus McKinnon's Automation team provided an innovative solution.
Featured Brands
Custom Lifting Solution for Magnet Cranes
Dewald Stahlhandel sells and delivers rod steel across Europe for a wide variety of industries. At its location in Pleidelsheim, Dewald was seeking to expand its range of available products. The company required additional space and a stronger crane. Find our how STAHL CraneSYStems products were used in a custom crane solution tailored specifically to Dewald's workflow.
