21.07.2011

Three Terex reach stackers for Tube City IMS

Terex Cranes has delivered three specially tailored TFC45LX reach stackers to be used in hot steel handling at an Arcelor-Mittal steel mill in Dunkirk, France. Owned and operated by Tube City IMS the units are part of an equipment handling contract with Arcelor-Mittal.

The decision to replace the existing steel handlers with new specially adapted machines specially presented a challenge to Terex Cranes and Tube City IMS teams because of the tight delivery deadline.
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One of three TFC45LX reach stackers

Fortunately Terex has been producing its TFC45LX (without stabiliser) and TFC45LSX (with super advanced stabiliser) reach stackers specifically designed for hot steel handling since 2002. These are totally different from the industrial and port reach stackers being more robust and having higher capacities (40 tonnes).

All three steel handlers delivered to the Dunkirk site are fully equipped with remote telecommunications satellite controls and Wifi linked to Arcelor Mittal’s close position operation management station, which is capable of locating the machines’ position to within a metre. The communication system’s antennae and cables were fitted and tested on-site by the Terex team.

Delivered within the strict “just-in-time” January schedule, the TFC45LX hot steel handlers have been working around-the-clock, seven days a week.
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The three machines will be used in hot steel handling at an Arcelor-Mittal steel mill in Dunkirk, France