How grab selection changes coil storage density, automation readiness and facility capacity.
This whitepaper compares the major overhead crane grab types used in metal coil handling and shows how each one affects row spacing, automation readiness, safety, throughput and storage capacity.
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What you will learn
Inside the whitepaper
- How C hooks, fixed leg grabs, retractable foot grabs, crazy legs grabs and electromagnetic magnets compare across the performance dimensions that matter.
- Why grab geometry sets minimum row spacing, and how that difference compounds across a full storage bay.
- Which grab types support manual, semi automated and fully autonomous crane operation.
- How a 72 foot storage bay changes across grab types, from 891 coils with a C hook to 1,434 with electromagnetic handling.
- Why planning grab selection alongside TELIA automation can add storage capacity or free floor space for processing and packing lines.
The comparison
See how grab choice changes storage density.
Row spacing, automation readiness and three high storage capacity in a 72 foot bay scenario using 60 inch coils.
- C Hook
- Manual baseline
- Row spacing
- 36 to 48 in
- Operation
- Manual / semi auto
- Automation readiness
- Poor automation readiness
- Fixed Leg Grab
- Practical automation step
- Row spacing
- about 20 in
- Operation
- Semi auto / auto
- Automation readiness
- Good automation readiness
- Retractable Foot Grab
- High density mechanical option
- Row spacing
- 12 to 15 in
- Operation
- Auto ready
- Automation readiness
- Excellent automation readiness
- Electromagnetic Magnet
- Maximum density option
- Row spacing
- 4 to 6 in
- Operation
- Auto ready
- Automation readiness
- Excellent automation readiness
From 891 to 1,434 coils in the same 72 foot bay: 543 additional coils in the three high scenario, depending on grab type and configuration. Full methodology is in the whitepaper.
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