An 800t Zoomlion QUY800 crawler crane has been used to install turbines on a wind farm in Takistan, Iran. The crawler, with a 108m jib and 7m extension, is being used on the Kahak Wind Farm, which is being built to ease the pressure on the power supply in Tehran. The crane is installing wind turbine towers, rotors, blades and housings. The top section of the towers weigh more than 30t, with the turbines almost 100m high and weighing 350t. Kahak Wind Farm is situated on a plateau to benefit from the windy conditions, but this also makes … [Read more...]
Liebherr crawler reaches new heights
A Liebherr LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane is operating at an altitude of almost 5,000m in the Peruvian Andes. The 220t LTR 1220, which Liebherr claims is the first crane of this type in Latin America, has been working at the Antamina copper-zinc mine, Mining equipment specialist Joy Global Peru SAC has the crane on long term hire from crane owner Gruas Alquileres SA. The unit has been working in difficult conditions, including extreme temperature fluctuations. Its main work is unloading the components of two electrical mining … [Read more...]
CRC in underwater crane rescue
A Manitowoc crane that slipped off a bank into 70ft of water has been successfully rescued by Florida-based Crane Rental Corporation (CRC) in a tandem lift. CRC used a Manitowoc 2250 crawler crane with MAX-ER attachment (500t capacity) and a 600t Terex AC 500-2 hydraulic truck crane to lift the submerged Manitowoc 4600 dragline. The total weight lifted was 484,000 pounds. CRC had to supply pre-lift plans and submit them to the Mining Safety and Health Administration for approval. It also supplied a lift director, skilled riggers and … [Read more...]
New Grove fleet helps Peru copper mine expand
A new fleet of Grove rough-terrain cranes is helping one of Peru’s largest copper mines to triple its production output. The Gove RT9130Es, RT880Es and RT765E-2s were assembled at Manitowoc's factory in Passo Fundo, Brazil and supplied to Graña y Montero Holdings' (GyM) copper and molybdenum mi ning complex in southern Peru. The units are assisting the company with the US$4.6bn mine expansion project, which will enable GyM to expand output from 120,000t to 360,000 per day, providing additional annual production of 272,000t of copper and … [Read more...]
Mega Jack 800’s first use in bridge project
ALE’s new Mega Jack 800 system has been in action for the first time as part of a bridge installation in the Netherlands. UK-based heavylift services provider ALE's system, launched in June, was used in the load-out, transport and installation of the 1,570t Loenerslootse Bridge over the Amsterdam-Rijn canal in Nigtevecht, as well as the removal of the old 1,630t bridge. ALE said the Mega Jack 800 is designed to bridge the gap in capacities of its current solutions and able to integrate with other heavylift equipment. The system's … [Read more...]
XCMG in kiloton crawler crane export
Chinese crawler crane manufacturer XCMG says an order for an XGC16000 (1250t) from an Indonesian customer is putting it on the map in terms of kiloton Chinese crawler crane exports. The crane will be used by the customer from August in lifting offshore drilling platform equipment. XCMG said the successful export was of strategic significance to XCMG and marked a further step for the company in accessing the international market. The XGC16000 has a maximum lifting height of 202m and maximum combined length of boom (96m) and tower jib … [Read more...]
Zoomlion acquires Dutch hoist manufacturer
Zoomlion’s tower crane division has extended its material handling hoist business with the acquisition of the Netherlands’ Raxtar. Nearly 200 people attended the signing of the agreement at Shanghai's Jin Mao Tower on August 8. Zoomlion vice president He Wenjin said the acquisition showed Zoomlion's "complete confidence" in the future of the Chinese and international construction machinery markets and its commitment to the strategy of helping Chinese machinery "go global". Raxtar's products include material and passenger hoists, … [Read more...]
New Zoomlion-Jost flat top targeted at Chinese market
Zoomlion-Jost flat top tower cranes are to be promoted on the Chinese domestic market following successful sales to international markets. Since purchasing flat-top tower crane technologies from Jost Cranes GmbH Pte Ltd and subsequent development of the Zoomlion Jost T320-16, shown at Intermat 2012, another crane - the T8030-25U has been launched and will also be promoted in China. Zheng Changming, a Zoomlion director, said: "The four series of products working with Jost have not been promoted at the domestic market. Now we are working on … [Read more...]
Crane Link opens new Zoomlion warehouse in Johannesburg
More than 300 customers and agents gathered for the grand opening of Crane Link Zoomlion Pty Ltd’s new Zoomlion warehouse in Johannesburg. The 5,000 sq m warehouse includes offices, maintenance facilities, spare parts, product demonstration spaces and machine operator training areas. Crane Link, South African agent for the Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion, claims the training simulator (for the QY110V mobile crane) at the facility is the first of its kind in South Africa. Mark Bates, Crane Link's managing director, said: "Crane … [Read more...]
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