The PalletMover is installed to the
ship-side by means of a terminal-tractor,and is parked to its operating position by the
hydraulic slabs, like an ordinary mobile crane
The PalletMover consists of three
(3) main parts; the "Arm", the "Tower" and the "Chassi". The
mobile version has a fixed arm, while the gantry one is tiltable. The PalletMover is
designed for loading/unloading of palletised goods.
The most significant and
fundamentally difference compared to a conventional pallet crane, where the batch of
pallets is taken the whole way from the hatch to the quayside (or reversed by loading);
the PalletMover, however, lifts the batch from the ship-deck up to the outer end of the
arm of the PalletMover (or reversed by loading). From this point and further on to the
quay-side, the PalletMover is comparable in the way of action, with the airports luggage
conveyor system, meaning that the capacity is depending how fast the conveyor-system is
loaded.
Most of the Ports have their own
requirements, so WIAB is always open for Customed designed units.