Recently Seawolf came to Rhino Assemblies looking for a light-duty workstation crane to install over their existing Konecranes top running crane. The crane was to be used for installing the 30 ft tall dome on top of the Seawolf Nuclear Submarine. Rhino Assemblies chose Kundel due to the complications of the installation and the elevation that the Kundel Crane system was able to achieve utilizing Kundel’s internal wireless electric system so that no festooning cords would be allowed to hang down into the work area.
The “Drag-Ahead” Technique: Increasing Pipe Installation Cycles with KUNDEL Titan Trench Boxes
On a production pipe job, the trench box should not slow the crew down. The cycle is simple: excavate, lay pipe, pull the box ahead, backfill, and repeat. But when crews are dragging a trench box that is not designed for forward movement, every pull creates more...