Training on Smart Features Reduces Product Wear
Training on Smart Features Reduces Product Wear
1 PagesTRAINING ON SMART FEA TURES REDUCES PRODUCT WEAR Marathon Petroleum is the Nation’s fourth largest refiner of transportation fuels. USING SMART FEATURES In 2001, Konecranes installed the first coker crane it had ever built at Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. A second crane was installed in 2005. For more than 10 years, operators there have used the cranes to move petroleum coke from the open pit to the cutting area and then on to the drying pad. However, experienced operators continued to operate the crane manually rather than letting Konecranes’ Smart Features, such as Target Positioning and Sway Control, do the work for them. Using the Smart Features helps reduce product wear. In 2013, Marathon Petroleum enlisted the help of the Konecranes Training Instit
