Slabs and Blooms
SGM manufactures both EM and EPR electromagnets for the slab and blooms handling.
The recommendation of choosing the EM or the EPR magnet is based on possible high temperatures of the slabs and/or on safety requirements of the working environment.
The rather shallow magnetic field of an electro permanent magnet allows it to handle steel products which are compact, thick and with a good contact condition between upper surface and magnet pole shoes.
Why use an electro permanent magnet?
INCREASE OF SAFETY
With the use of SGM electro-permanent magnet for slab handling by replacing traditional wire slings our customer can reduce the number of workers.
OPTIMIZATION OF LOGISTICS
With use of SGM magnet, there is no need to have cross-timbers in-between slabs which take up space and weight. This results in optimization of space and weight, therefore much more slabs can be stacked up on the vessel as far as capacity of the vessel allows.
INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY
Most important advantage would be improved productivity as magnet enables operators to handle loads with higher speed compared to mechanical systems. And it provides a safe environment by not having many people working on the ground.
Specially studied for loading and unloading from vessels.
Absolute safety resulting from the combination of SGM Electro Permanent Technology and Flux Measuring Device (FMD).
The lifting force of SGM Electro permanent is independent: only an electrical impulse is required to activate or deactivate the magnet. There is no power consumption during the handling of the load. No load drop as a result of power failure or cable interruption.
The lifting force of SGM Electro Permanent is constant in time, without heat generation.
Unlike Electromagnets, Electro Permanent does not generate heat, so the duty cycle is 100%, 24 hours a day.
Designed and manufactured according to European standards EN 13155.
