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500 tonner for Hüffermann

German crane rental company Hüffermann Krandienst has ordered a 500 tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 All Terrain crane.

The eight axle LTM 1500-8.1 features a seven section, 84 metre main boom and a 91 metre luffing fly jib, providing a 142 metre maximum under hook height and 108 metre maximum working radius.

Based in Wildeshausen, Hüffermann Krandienst operates a fleet of more than 40 Liebherr mobile cranes, currently topped by a 350 tonne Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 All Terrain crane, which it took delivery of last year. The company also has a trailer manufacturing division – Hüffermann Transportsysteme – which produces up to 1,000 trailers a year.

Sarens lifts Boeing for Comair

Sarens South Africa lifted a Boeing 737-300 passenger aircraft for South African aviation company Comair.

The aircraft was lifted from the OR Tambo International Airport, across the R21 highway in Kempton Park, to the Comair training centre, where the Boeing 737-300 will be used as a real-life evacuation trainer.

The plane is 33.35 metres long, 18 m wide and 5 m high and a dead weight of 25 tonnes. Its engines had been removed and portions of the wings and tail had been clipped. To lift the aircraft to its new location, Sarens used a Liebherr LTM 1400, a Terex AC 500 and a Terex AC 200 wheeled mobile telescopic all terrain cranes.The lift was carried out overnight to allow several main roads to be closed.

Marius Cilliers, Sarens South Africa country manager, said, “The stakes were high. Our specialized engineering and rigging teams defined the most time- and cost- effective solution, making sure the road closures were kept to a minimum and all safety and quality standards were met. Successfully lifting the Boeing and safely relocating it to its new home was the result of months of planning and collaboration with many stakeholders involved.”

Glen Warden, Comair commercial operations manager, said, “This operation is the first ever of its sort in South Africa, probably even in Africa. The project co-ordination between the various parties has been paramount. Especially the professionalism and operational excellence shown by the Sarens team is something to behold. Whenever you see a large Sarens crane at any site around the world, people should know how much of a specialist job this is.”

The new training centre will be built around the aircraft.

Liebherr launches rental app

Manufacturer Liebherr has launched a Rental Services app to allow construction machines to be rented directly via a smartphone or tablet computers.

The company said the app could be used by Liebherr customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as France and the UK.

“The app provides a quick overview of the equipment available in the Liebherr hire park and of the Liebherr dealer network. The app can be used in English, German and French,” the company said.

The app was said to show earthmoving equipment and tower cranes available for hire in a product overview, with customers able to call up technical data, a short description and images.

The mobile app is also said to detect the user’s location and offer contact details of the nearest dealer.

“The Rental Services overview first flags up dealers near the user’s location. If deployment in a different area is planned, the dealer overview can be adjusted according to specific requirements. This makes it possible for the user to filter according to distance, post code or location in order to obtain the contact details of other Rental Services,” Liebherr said.

Liebherr added that the Rental Services app could be downloaded for smartphones and tablets with Apple, Android and Windows operating systems.

Allegiance Crane has used a Liebherr LTM 1400

American crane service provider Allegiance Crane has used a Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 mobile crane to lift the largest bronze horse statue in the world at a theme park in Florida.

The bronze sculpture, named the Pegasus and Dragon, measures 33 metres high and 63 m long. It weighs 650 tons, 250 tons of which is bronze and 400 tons of which is the internal steel construction. The sculpture is welded together from 1,250 individual bronze plates.

The sculpture has been created for the Gulfstream Park on Hallandale Beach, Miami, Florida, USA by German art foundry Strassacker. It took eight months to construct and is part of the $30 million Gulfstream Park theme park project, which is close to the internationally renowned Spring Racecourse.

The bronze cast was made at the Strassacker Chinese foundry, south of Beijing. The sections were then shipped to Miami and assembled on site piece by piece. Engineering agency Stark Ingenieure was responsible for developing for the technical planning, including licence and permit application, support structure planning, workshop and assembly planning. The production and construction of the steel structure on site was carried out by Wendel steel construction of Donzdorf.

In order to securely fix the bronze parts of the steel structure, a flexible mounting system suitable for the Florida climate was engineered. The system was designed to compensate for the different ways in which steel and bronze react when exposed to heat (bronze expands and steel remains rigid). The sculpture was also designed to withstand hurricanes.

The 400 tonne capacity LTM 1400-7.1 was used to install the bronze components. It was configured with Y-guying system and full ballast. The heaviest component of the Pegasus was the left wing, which weighed 58 tonnes and was lifted at a radius of 22.3 m. The head of the Pegasus is made up of sections weighing between 45 and 50 tons.

To overcome any potential problems during the task, the lifts had been planned on a simulator using 3-D data for the LTM 1400-7.1 supplied by Liebherr, a spokesperson added.

Michael Stark, owner of Stark Ingenieure and Günter Czasny deputy CEO, said, “Adam Cote, the manager of engineering at Allegiance Crane, and his team were extremely professional on the site. We worked extremely well and closely with each other. And the crane produced an absolutely amazing performance. It has a compact design and has excellent setup processes coupled with enormous load capacities which meant we didn’t even have to move it between the various hoists. This saved us around half the time which was very important to us.”

The theme park is due for completion by summer 2015.

Record year for Liebherr harbour cranes

Liebherr’s mobile harbour crane division has reported a record year in crane sales for 2014, with deliveries up 9.8 percent from its previous record set in 2008.

Celebrating its 40th year since delivering its first mobile harbour crane, the company delivered a total of 112 units to six continents last year – a 9.8 percent increase from 2008 when the company sold a record 102 mobile harbour cranes.

Europe remains the company’s largest market, accounting for 38 percent of its shipments, while the African market tripled last year’s sales numbers to account for nearly 30 percent. This was due, in part, to a substantial order of 20 units from port operators in Algeria, which almost doubled the total number of units delivered to Algeria since its first in 1995. Latin America and Asia both accounted for 13 percent, while the company also delivered units to the Middle East, North America and Oceania.

The LHM 550 was the most successful model with 35 units shipped worldwide, while the number of LHM280s more than doubled from 2013 to 23 units.

Matthias Mungenast, Liebherr mobile harbour cranes sales director, said: “For a fantastic year like 2014 several factors have to come together. We started with a record order backlog into the year. Throughout the year demand for our cargo handling solution was very stable on a high level. Moreover, large orders helped to significantly increase the population of Liebherr mobile harbour cranes. Finally, we broke the existing record by nearly 10 percent, which is amazing considering the economic environment.”

The company also confirmed its order backlog for 2015 is one of the highest to date and is highly optimistic for 2015.

Large Liebherr and JLGs for Singapore

Singapore rental company LH Construction and Machinery Leasing, a subsidiary of Lian Hup Brother (LHB), has taken delivery of the first 300 tonne Liebherr LTM1300-6.2 in Asia, as well as two 185ft JLG 1850SJ self-propelled boom lifts.

The six-axle LTM1300 features a 78 metre main boom, a 70 metre luffing jib and a single engine concept which provides the power for the carrier as well as when driving the crane superstructure via a combination of mechanical shafts.

LHB chairman Chua Kim Seng, said: “We are very impressed with the single engine technology as well as its strong load chart compared to the competing models. Our experience with Liebherr cranes has been excellent, and Liebherr has always been a preferred choice for us for the All Terrain cranes.”

The company has also taken delivery of two JLG 1850SJ self-propelled boom lifts which offer a working height of 58.5 metres and a maximum outreach of 24.4 metres with a platform capacity of 227kg. Maximum platform capacity is 454kg.

Allan Chua, chief executive of LH Construction and Machinery Leasing, added: “When we first started our rental business in 2007, we have been diligently working to provide the best equipment for our customers. The orders of both Liebherr LTM1300-6.2 and JLG1850s have reaffirmed our commitment in bringing most advanced equipment for our customers and tethered towards solid and massive success.”

Established in 1968 LHB specialises in the import and export of heavy machinery. Its subsidiary, LH Construction and Machinery Leasing, operates a rental fleet of more than 2000 units, including cranes, aerial work platforms, telehandlers and other construction equipment.