Automotive Industry

Application Fields

• Press plants
• Vehicle assembly
• Supplier sector

Press plants

We supply process cranes designed for specific applications in press plants operated by the automotive industry that are integrated into our customers' complex manufacturing processes. The cranes ensure that the necessary tools are stored and supplied to the press lines just-in-time. Especially when tools weighing up to 50 tonnes have to be turned, they can demonstrate their performance to the full.

The use of semi-automatic clamp die handling cranes in stamping plants is changing the face of automotive manufacturing. The four corners of modern molds are equipped with lifting locks, which are convenient for the crane to pick up the molds from the mold library through the four-side-capable and load-sensing clamps. Ordinary cranes require a crane operator and two people to fix the rope to complete the lifting of the mold. However, the Yuantai crane can complete the lifting of the mold by one person in the semi-automatic mode. At the same time, the operator can install it on the trolley or spreader. The upper camera displays the actual situation of the operation site in real time on the wireless remote control display.

The new generation of clamp mold handling crane can complete the rapid mold change of the complete set of molds, which is convenient to adjust and manufacture the required stamping parts in time according to the production plan. Compared with the previous three-day mold change, multiple mold changes can now be realized in one shift. This trend has increased the cyclic workload of cranes, and Yuantai cranes are designed to be safe and efficient under heavy loads and short duty cycles.

Vehicle assembly

Solutions provided by our versatile KBK light crane system are the first choice in many applications in pre-assembly operations and in assembly lines in the automotive sector. Designed on the principle of a modular construction kit, these solutions help our customers’ workers in the manufacture of a wide variety of components and modules as well as in the assembly of vehicles. The KBK light crane system is also ideally suited to support complex handling systems – for example in series production lines.

Supplier sector

In a variety of sizes, our cranes and hoists assist companies wherever loads have to be lifted and transported in the factory. For example, our process cranes are used for handling and storing steel coils, which are used to make car body parts. Workplaces can also be equipped with particularly ergonomic solutions with our chain hoists.