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Innovative clean room cranes for the food industry

ALTMANN holds a leading position in developing clean room cranes for the food industry. With an ALTMANN clean room crane productivity can be considerably increased, reaching excellent product quality at the same time. The cleanliness and hygiene standards of your sector will be always maintained. Our clean room cranes with belt hoists specially designed for use in food production are already in the fourth generation and available with all configurations.

Perfect choice of material. No wear. For your production under clean room conditions.

ALTMANN clean room cranes are specially designed for use in food production. All cranes are available on request in versions made entirely of stainless steel of various grades (e. g. 1.4301, 1.4571 etc.). The clean room cranes are equipped with a special load belt that is maintenance- and lubricant-free, making frequent later lubrication just as much a thing of the past as corrosion on force-transmitting parts.

All the components of our clean room cranes have been optimized for use in the food industry and ensure that your products are manufactured in top quality.

Ways in which ALTMANN clean room cranes for the food industry excel include:

  • Use of maintenance- and lubricant-free load belts instead of cables or chains
  • Easy-to-clean, smooth surfaces (no undercuts where moisture may accumulate and react with the material)
  • Completely sealed assemblies
  • Load hook made of stainless steel
  • Low-wear friction surfaces (e. g. drive wheel treads)
  • Semi-enclosed energy systems so that moisture can drip off

We have been leaders in the development of clean room cranes for more than 20 years. We are known for facing challenges in design and manufacturing of clean room cranes as well as for constantly setting new standards. Our clean room cranes are equipped with high-performance electric belt hoists that have been particularly designed for production under clean room conditions. Contact us now so we can successfully implement your requests.

We offer the following additional options for clean room cranes:

  • Design completely in stainless steel, available in various grades (e. g. 1.4301, 1.4571 etc.)
  • Electronic load monitor for recording operating data (remaining service life, hours of operation, number of hoisting cycles, number of overload shutdowns etc.)
  • Digital load display
  • Tandem operation for the simultaneous control of several crane systems
  • Synchronisation of several crane axes with millimetre precision (hoists, trolley and crane carriages)
  • Wireless communication for data exchange with neighbouring clean room cranes or higher-level process control systems
  • Distance monitoring of neighbouring clean room cranes
  • Avoidance controls for permanently installed obstacles in the clean room working area
  • Semi-automatic and fully automatic controls, e. g. for positioning
  • and much more

For production in clean rooms, minimising the negative effects of airborne particles is essential. Our high-performance electric belt hoist was originally developed for clean rooms and for installation in clean room cranes. Our belt hoists excel with the following characteristics:

  • Use of maintenance- and lubricant-free load belts instead of cables or chains
  • Extremely low natural vibration for high-precision positioning of loads to be lifted
  • No polygon effect and no lateral hook travel when lifting or lowering
  • High resistance to wear
  • Smooth surfaces for easy cleaning
  • Low-wear material combinations on friction surfaces (e. g. drive wheel treads) prevent formation of electrically conductive abrasion products
  • Extremely low noise emissions
  • Load hook made of stainless steel or with hard-chrome plating

The unbeatable advantages of the electric belt hoist used in clean rooms and clean room cranes have led to their use for production in other sectors.

Conventional crane systems do not comply with the high demands as to chemical resistance (for example cleaning agents) and prevention of wear generating grit that can get into the products.

Standard cranes often fail due to massive corrosion, excessive wear on wheels, load chains and steel cables, or high maintenance costs resulting from frequent lubrication or surface coating renewal.

Our clean room cranes meet all the complex requirements for machinery and ensure trouble-free production processes.