In modern bulk material handling, automating your material yard with a stacker reclaimer boosts efficiency and safety—if done right. While full automation requires system integrators, Nantong Sunlike Machinery Co., Ltd. excels in supplying and assembling the core mechanical components of stacker reclaimers and related systems used in cement, ports, mining, metallurgy, and environmental projects. This guide shows how to coordinate with them and your overall automation plan.
1. Assess Your Bulk Material Needs
Start by evaluating what you handle—coal, ore, cement clinker, slag? Calculate your daily throughput and required storage volume. These figures determine key specs: boom length, structural strength, and cycle speed for the stacker reclaimer.
Sunlike’s experienced engineers can review your material profiles and suggest suitable structural dimensions and modules for stacking and reclaiming.
2. Choose the Right Stacker Reclaimer Components
Stacker reclaimers have complex bridge structures, booms, slewing mechanisms, and chassis. Types include bridge, cantilever, circular, portal, and traveling structures. Even if you engage an EPC or integrator, Sunlike can manufacture custom steel structures, booms, slewing rings, and supporting parts to your design.
Their factory supports come-to-print processing and assembly, ensuring precision and compatibility.
3. Coordinate Mechanical Integration and Assembly
Your yard automation relies on mechanical semicomplete units fitting seamlessly into the automation system. Sunlike provides on-site assembly support, working closely with integrators to ensure structural alignment, rail installation (if applicable), and mechanical readiness.
They also supply dust removal ducting, silos, conveyors, chutes, and supporting accessories, aligning with the stacker reclaimer assembly.
4. Prepare Yard Infrastructure
Mechanical integration requires proper infrastructure: foundations, rails, safety platforms, walkways, and environmental controls. Sunlike can provide layouts and collaborate on site supervision to ensure all parts fit and function properly.
While electrical automation (PLC/SCADA, sensors) is handled elsewhere, Sunlike ensures the structural interface—the backbone—is solid and precise.
5. Integrate with Automation and Sensor Systems
Although Sunlike doesn’t develop control software, their precision-fabricated structures support smooth sensor installation and mechanical automation readiness. Accurate structural alignment is vital for position sensors, level probes, and load monitoring to work reliably.
Assist your integrator by using Sunlike’s deliverables—measurable steel interfaces—for robust automation performance.
6. Conduct Testing and Collaboration
After onsite mechanical assembly, dry-run tests should verify boom slewing, travel mechanisms, and load behavior. While automation controls are tested by system integrators, Sunlike’s team supports mechanical debugging and fine-tuning, ensuring repeatable operations.
7. Arrange Mechanical Maintenance Support
Once installed, machinery requires long-term structural maintenance—inspect welds, bolts, slewing components, and rails. Sunlike offers spare parts, structural inspections, and cooperative service support, helping your integrator maintain uptime.
Conclusion
To successfully automate your material yard with a stacker reclaimer, solid mechanical foundations are key. Nantong Sunlike Machinery Co., Ltd. shines as a reliable supplier of core structural components and installation support—the essential backbone that enables automation. While they don’t build control systems, their precision manufacturing and field collaboration ensure a sturdy, efficient framework for integrators to finalize your automated solution.
By partnering with Sunlike for mechanical fabrication and assembly, and aligning with a controller integrator, you can achieve a robust automated material yard tailored to your industry’s demands.
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