12/11/2024
BW crane
www.bw-crane.com
Container straddle carrier is a special loading and unloading machine for transporting and stacking containers between the front of the container terminal and the storage yard. It is referred to as "straddle carrier". It is mainly composed of a portal frame structure, container lifting equipment and lifting system, power and transmission system, steering and driving system, braking and hydraulic system, electronic control system, etc.
Container straddle carriers are mainly divided into stacking type and transport type according to their functions and heights. Stacking type straddle carriers are mainly used for horizontal transportation and stacking operations. The frame structure is relatively tall and can stack 2 to 4 layers of containers. Transport type straddle carriers are mainly used for horizontal transportation operations between the terminal and the storage yard. They have no stacking function or can only stack 1 layer of containers.
The main advantages of container straddle carriers:
(1) One machine can complete multiple operations, including self-collection, handling, stacking, loading and unloading, etc., without the assistance of other machines in the middle, reducing the operation links and the types and number of terminal machinery and equipment, simplifying the entire loading and unloading transportation system, and facilitating organization and management.
(2) Strong mobility and flexible operation. Compared with horizontal transport equipment such as container trailers and container automatic guided vehicles, container loading and unloading equipment only needs to unload the containers at the front of the dock. The straddle carrier can grab and transport the containers by itself. There is no need for accurate positioning for loading, which can give full play to the operating efficiency of the loading and unloading equipment.