INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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OCTOBER 2013
REGION FOCUS: EUROPE
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A Liebherr LR 1280 lattice boom crawler
owned by Almazy Anabara operates in
Jurjung-Chaja in the north of Yakutia,
Russian Republic. The crawler has been
working at the site since 2012 working in
temperatures ranging from 30 down to -60
degrees Celsius. During the summer the LR
1280 is used to load and unload ships from
the river Anabar. During the winter, when the
river is frozen, the crawler loads and unloads
cargo from trucks instead.
“At the start, we had the ideas of
our customers in mind,” a company
spokesperson explains, “They were able to
tell us very clearly what their requirements
would be for this type of crane. It emerged
that the outreach was a key issue. The
cranes are designed in particular for
assembly work.”
The PK 110002 SH has a lifting moment
of 98.5 tonne-metres and has nine hydraulic
extensions. It has a hydraulic outreach of
22 m and, when configured with the fly jib,
this outreach can be extended to 32.5 m. It
is fitted with the high performance stability
control system (HPSC) to monitor the
vehicle’s stability and stabiliser positioning.
With stability a main focus, the
PK 200002 L SH has a new P-profile
boom system and a quadruple stabiliser
system monitored by sensors (there is an
additional front stabiliser cylinder and an
extendible rear stabiliser cylinder). “The
crane is also fused with the truck to create a
single unit and has the Synchronised Rope
Control System (SRC), which maintains a
constant distance between the pulley head
and the hook block during operation of the
rope winch,” a company spokesperson adds.
New from Liebherr is the 3-axle
LTM 1060-3.1 all terrain crane. The new
model has a 48 m telescopic boom and
an axle load of 12 tonnes. It also has the
Liebherr LICCON2 controller for precision
control. Also new to the market is the single
engine LTM 1300-6.2 all terrain. “The
LTM 1300-6.2 is the successor to the
LTM 1250-6.1. It has a 78 m telescopic
boom and a 300 tonne capacity,” Wolfgang
Beringer Liebherr-Werk Ehingen adds.
For the 1,000 tonne class, Liebherr
introduced the LR 11000, the design of
which focused on transport dimensions
and weights. From Liebherr-Werk
Nenzing in Austria is the heavy duty cycle
crawler crane HS 8300 HD Hybrid. It
has the Liebherr Pactronic hybrid drive
and hydraulic free-fall winches offering
approximately 50 tonnes of line pull.
“When developing the new duty
cycle crawler crane Liebherr paid special
attention to an extended service life of
its product,” explains Tobias Froehlich,
at Liebherr-Werk Nenzing in strategic
marketing and communications.
“Therefore, the steel fabrication of the basic
machine is extremely solid and critical
points were reinforced using extra-high
quality materials such as carbon fibre.
Special production methods including the
use of automated welding robots increase
the machine's service life even under
extreme operational conditions,”
Froehlich continues.
Rental markets
The number and diversity of new models
flooding the European market is positive
news for rental companies, as they can
continue to offer cranes that meet current
customer demands.
A spokesperson from Sarens explains,
“Roughly 40 per cent of our business comes
from Eastern and Western Europe. We
have offices throughout Europe and for
the European rental market we can offer
a range of cranes from 250 tonne to
1,600 tonnes capacity.”
Crane rental and supply company
The new system on
one of the new Hiab
loader crane X-Series
A Liebherr telescopic mobile crane from Hovago’s rental fleet
Hovago tells a similar story. “About 15 to
20 per cent of our business comes from
Europe. We provide after sales service,
maintenance and operating instruction to
all of our customers worldwide. In general
our cranes are used in projects related to
energy, such as windmills, power plants,
refineries, but also in general construction.
We offer large all terrain cranes up to
500 tonnes and large crawler cranes up
to 800 tonnes to the market.”
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