Orange peel grabs

Orange peel grabs are the best grabs for “difficult bulk materials” like iron scrap, rocks and stones. These materials are impossible to penetrate with clamshell grabs. The high closing forces and narrow shells make the grabs extremely suitable for these materials.

EXTREME STRONG AND RELIABLE

The forces acting on orange peel grabs are extremely high and unpredictable due to the large and irregular pieces of material. This increases the risk of damage to the grabs dramatically.

Verstegen builds orange peel grabs for more than 40 years. During this period we experienced all kinds of challenges with these grabs, which helped us to improve our design further and further. Thanks to the valuable feedback from our customers our engineers have developed our new extreme strong and reliable orange peel grabs.

More than three hundred Verstegen orange peel grabs operate worldwide.

Orange peel grabs for handling iron scrap

Most orange peel grabs are used for handling different types of iron scrap (shredder scrap, HMS I-II, compacted scrap). The high productivity, extreme reliability and low operational costs are the main reasons why professional stevedoring companies chose for Verstegen orange peel grabs.

Radiation detection system

Our orange peel grabs can be equipped with a radiation detection system. The system can scan the surface even before the material is picked up, scan the material inside the grab shells and scan the material when it is released. Verstegen works closely together with leading manufacturers of these systems. Contact us to discuss the possibilities.

Orange peel grabs for handling stones, rocks, boulders

Verstegen builds extra heavy orange peel grabs for handling stones and rocks of different sizes. The heavy constructed shells offer a long lifetime for handling these hard and abrasive materials. Different shell models make the grabs optimal suited for the different stone sizes.

Orange peel grabs for other materials

Orange peel grabs can also be used for other difficult to penetrate materials, like biomass, pig iron and for waste incineration plants . Also for under water operations orange peel grabs can be used.