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solutions and equipment and project
solutions business, TIL says, “These
machines are easy to operate and maintain
and are compact. They are also supplied
with trapezoidal booms, which are patented
by Grove, USA. In addition, the 75 tonne
capacity machine has a turning circle radius
of 8 m with four wheel steer.”
Link-Belt has also seen a noticeable
increase for larger capacity rough terrains,
especially the 65 ton (58 tonne) RTC-8065
Series II. Casey Smith explains, “Our range
of rough terrains is from 30 to 130 ton
[27 to 117 tonnes]. We added the 80 ton
[72 tonne] to give operators and dealers
The trend is also seen at Sany, as Kyle
Nape explains, “The Sany SRC885 model
at 85 tons [77 tonnes] has proven a great
replacement for the 70 ton [63 tonne] class.
Customers are moving up in capacities. For
example, the 65 to 70 ton [58 to 63 tonne]
machine has replaced the traditional 50 ton
[45 tonne] class and contractors generally
seem to be looking for greater capacity.”
Bhattacharjee at TIL in India adds, “In
India the demand for 40 tonne range of
rough terrain crane is very high and as
such it is most popular among all the rough
terrains cranes in terms of demand size.
However, we are experiencing an increased
demand for 75 tonne capacity rough terrain
cranes, which shows that the market is
gradually moving towards a higher capacity
range of crane requirement.”
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ROUGH TERRAINS
Rough terrains are used in harsh working environments. Manitowoc has opened a new
Product Verification Center to test components in a simulated version of different working
environments.
“The PVC has allowed us to accelerate life-cycle testing by quickly fluctuating temperature,
humidity and other stresses at the component level,” a Manitowoc spokesperson explains.
“This additional testing, coupled with our customer demonstration testing and pre-production
partnership programme, has allowed us to drive product improvements and to bring our new
products to market more quickly, all while having high confidence in their reliability.”
HARSH ENVIRONMENTS
The rough terrain
range from TIL
an option in the 65 ton to 90 ton [58 to
81 tonne] class with the 80 ton [72 tonne]
RTC-8080 Series II falling in between.”
Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
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CF48 4LA
Linde Industrial Park
A4054
Chris Sutton
For Sale
21,930 sq m (236,020 sq ft) on 23 hectares (57 acres)
manufacturing facility with expansion potential.
