NEWS
10
ACT
APRIL 2014
NCCCO
elects
officers for
2014-2015
The Board of Directors of
theNational Commission of
the Certification of Crane
Operators (NCCCO) has
announced the industry leaders
whowill serve theNCCCO
Board during 2014-2015.
Elected to the office of
President for a further one-
year term is ThomSicklesteel,
Sicklesteel Cranes,Mount
Vernon,WA. Sicklesteel,
who has been amember
of the Board since 2009,
has previously served as
Secretary/Treasurer.
Elected to a further one-
year term as Vice President
is Joseph Collins, Becht
Engineering, Baytown, TX.
Collins has been amember of
the Board since 2010. Elected
to a further one-year term as
Secretary/Treasurer is J. Kerry
Hulse, Deep South Crane &
Rigging, Houston, TX.
J. Chris Ryan, Boh Bros.
Construction, NewOrleans,
LA continues in the position of
Immediate Past President.
Elected to second, three-year
terms on theNCCCOBoard of
Directors are: Peter Juhren,
Morrow Equipment, Portland,
OR; and TimWatters,
Hoffman Equipment,
Piscataway, NJ.
Continuing to serve on the
Board are: Vinal George
Bell, Cianbro, Pittsfield,ME;
James T. Callahan, general
president of the International
Union of Operating Engineers,
Washington, DC; and
Chairman, Commissioners,
Ellis Vliet, Turner Industries,
NewOrleans, LA.
Manitowoc,
Samson debut
new synthetic
hoist rope
At ConExpo lastmonth,
Manitowoc showed its new
GroveRT770EwithKZ100,
the first synthetic hoist rope
designed specifically for
mobile cranes.
This newproduct is a
result of a joint application
development between
Samson, a leading synthetic
ropemanufacturer, and
Manitowoc.
TheKZ100hoist rope is 80
percent lighter thanwire rope
andboasts torque neutral
construction that eliminates
load spin and cabling. The
newhoistmaterial alsomakes
for easyhandling, reeving
and installation as it reduces
kinking, bird caging and
damage fromother types of
cable-spooling issues.
The two companies
conducted several thousand
hours of lab testing and a
field trial program toperfect
the hoist rope’s performance.
A combinationof lab tests
and field trials consumed
24,500 feet of rope over the
course of 14,000 cycles of
reliability testing. Twoother
independent companies
tested the rope aswell.
KZ100 is corrosion resistant,
requires no lubrication, is
durable and easy towork
with, which all reducewear
ondrums and sheaves.
“Samson is very excited
tobe entering the crane
industry byworking in a close
collaborative partnership
with a company as innovative
asManitowoc,” said Samson’s
MichaelQuinn. “Together,
wewere able to leverage the
experience and technical
expertise of both companies’
research anddevelopment
teams tobring themarket
something that is completely
new andoffers numerous
benefits to the enduser.”
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The KZ100 hoist rope is 80
percent lighter thanwire rope
and boasts torque neutral
construction that eliminates load
spin and cabling.
Zoomlion/Global launch
ZCC crawler crane line
components as aHirschmann
LMI system andCummins
Tier 3diesel engine. Itwill be
sold exclusively in theU.S. by
GlobalCranes. The inaugural
model, the110-ton capacity
ZCC1100H,was shown for the
first time atConExpo.
GlobalCranes said the
feature that isdrawing the
most attention is that the
ZoomlionZCC1100H is able
to stripdown tounder 12 feet
tall and100,000pounds for
easy transport.At itsweight,
only low level permits are
needed, allowing it tobe
transportedmorequickly and
cheaply, the company said. The
ZCC1100H alsohas a capacity
of 110 tonswith220 feet of
boom and a59-foot jib.
The crane features a third
auxiliarywinch,which
allows it to completemore
simultaneous tasks. The
ZCC1100H can also erect itself
without theuseof ahelper
crane.
“Its chart is competitive
with every crane in its class.
In field testing, it out-picked
every competitor–Kobelco,
Sany, Link-Belt – andmore at
the same capacity,”Zoomlion
said.
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TheZoomlionZCC crawler
linewasdesigned in the
UnitedStateswith such
