Technology tends to force convergence but there are still different approaches to engineering crane drives
While the container crane market has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few suppliers in recent years, a parallel development has taken place with electrical drive packages. Smaller, niche players have pulled out and the crane OEMs, confronted with a “buyer’s market” and the high costs of R&D of increasingly sophisticated electronics have tended to opt for industrial-derived, off-the- shelf products from major contractors such as GE, ABB and Siemens....
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