A USITC has issued a final initial determination in Manitowoc's complaint against Sany, saying that the American crane manufacturer has shown certain products infringe its patents, and that they have shown misappropriation of trade secrets. The case relates to the two companies' competing floating counterweight systems. Manitowoc claims that Sany's system used on its SCC8500 infringes on a patent, US 7,546,928, relating to a mobile lift crane with variable position counterweight. The system was implemented by Manitowoc on its Model 31000, … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Manitowoc and Link-Belt help students park
Two Manitowoc crawler cranes and a Link-Belt crawler have completed a 15-week lifting job on a new six-storey car park at Florida International University. Crane Rental Corporation provided two 300t Manitowoc 2250 crawlers and a 200t Link-Belt HC-248H5 for the project, which involved lifting more than 2,600 prefabricated concrete components. The heaviest component was a 74,000-pound shear wall. The Manitowoc cranes had 100ft of main boom and 100ft of luffing jib, while the Link-Belt worked with 200ft of main boom. The 2,400 space car … [Read more...]
New Irish crane hire firm adds Liebherrs
Newly-formed Irish lifting services company BCS Crane Hire Ltd has added a 60t Liebherr LTM 1055-3.2 and a 200t LTM 1200-5.1 crane to its fleet. BCS (Bill Cussen and Sons) recently set up operations in Limerick, Southern Ireland, following a management split at Cussen & Co Crane Hire which has seen the Cussen family pull out and set up on their own. BCS said the addition of the cranes to its existing 90t LTM 1090-4.1 would help it to offer customers a comprehensive crane hire service. Brian Lang, Liebherr Ireland sales manager, said: … [Read more...]
Kobelco wins CKL1000i crane orders
Kobelco Cranes India is making inroads in the Bangladesh infrastructure development sector with the export of two CKL1000i lattice boom crawler cranes to Abdul Monem Ltd (AML) Civil engineering and building specialist AML deployed the cranes at the Jaydebpur-Mymenshing flyover project for the erection of 70t girders in a tandem lift. Both units will continue on this project for four months lifting 125 girders before moving to the Padma Bridge project where 670 girders are to be erected. Kobelco Cranes India, the Indian production and … [Read more...]
Six new Liebherrs for BKL
German crane rental company BKL Baukran Logistik has taken delivery of six Liebherr mobile cranes for its newly-opened site in Ingolstadt. Three out of six new Liebherr cranes have already been delivered to Ingolstadt - a 60t LTM 1060-3.1, an LTC 1045-3.1 and an LTM 1130-5.1. The other three cranes - an LTM 1095-5.1, an LTM 1100-5.2 and an LTM 1200-5.1 - will be received before the end of 2014. The cranes feature load capacities ranging from 45-200t, while the LTM 100-5.2 has the VarioBase support system, designed to enable safe crane … [Read more...]
Davis Crane in big Terex truck crane order
North Texas based lifting company Davis Motor Crane Service has signed its largest-ever Terex order for a single crane model. The company has ordered five 40t Terex T 340-1 cranes from Terex distributor Scott-Macon Equipment to help it access confined job sites in northern Texas while achieving high lift capacities. The order represents an upgrade of Davis Crane's fleet of 35t truck cranes. The short 10.8m unit's length and narrow 2.4m driving width allows navigation of the congested Dallas-Forth Worth market streets and northern Texas … [Read more...]