RTG cranes are operated by onboard drivers. The main function is to load containers from trucks or terminal tractors to the container block and vice versa.
Aspects specific to the crane hardstand itself are central, given that this This reduces the risk of the plates slipping out of under the drive wheels.
The following drive configurations are in use on cranes : Slip - ring motor speed control via variation of the rotor resistor Ward-Leonard convertersets 0 .
Sturdy and reliable - crane drive manufactured by AEM. Crane drives have been built in Dessau for more than 5 decades. The tried and tested slip ring motors
