XCMG cranes have been used across a range of wind turbine erection jobs in China this summer. An XGC16000 1000t crawler crane was used at Zhangjiakou Wind Farm in Hebei Province to install heavy 5MW wind turbine components. One of firm's QUY400 crawler cranes worked on the construction of China Power Investment Corporation's Xinjiang Kumul 10m watt wind farm project. The crane was set up with a 72m main boom with a 12m extended jib, which the manufacturer said could lift up to 79t. Five XCMG cranes were used in the construction of a … [Read more...]