Reducing fuel consumption is a top priority for RTG drive suppliers and OEMs
In recent months many drive and crane suppliers have launched ‘fuel reduction’ systems for RTGs that, in one form or another, adjust the speed of the engine in the genset to match the power demand from the hoist. The difficulty for port operators trying to compare systems is that there is no such thing as a standard machine and even greater variation in the way the equipment is actually used....
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