ESTAAWARDS
Basel toAlstom's facility inBirr, a
distanceof 109kmanda route that
involvednegotiatingmany villages
and towns.
Mammoet Europe,
Netherlands
Usingasingle conventional trailer,
Mammoet transporteda 150 tonne,
25metre-longpressure vessel
from the fabrication yard to the job
site, toArnhem, theNetherlands,
using trailers, abargeandmobile
cranes.
Kahl &Jansen, Germany
Transport of a341 tonne
transformer from theproduction
facility in theRhineland to the
heavy cargoport of Krefeldhad to
usea combinationof 24and34
axles toovercome limits imposed
by theauthoritiesonbridge
crossings.
COMBINEDTECHNIQUES
Fagioli, Italy
Addinganentirenewsectionof an
MCS cruise liner inPalermo Italy
-aprocess called “jumboisation” -
involved the installationof a 1,997
tonnesectionand theskiddingof a
13,750 tonnebowsectionusing20
skidshoesof 1,000 tonne capacity
eachand80axle linesof SPMT.
Mammoet Europe,
Netherlands
The clientwas contracted to
replace thebasket (emergency
stopand recovery system) ona
J-lay tower usedonpipelaying
vesselsoperating indeepwater.
The tower lowers thepipeline
onto theseabed.Mammoetwas
subcontracted to remove theold
basket from the tower and to
install thenewbasket plusahigh-
pressureunit.
Sarens, Netherlands
During the renovationof the
secondbusiest bridgeover
thebusiestwaterway in the
Netherlands, Sarensuseda
combinationofwater transport,
SPMT, telescopic cranes, strand
jacks, jacking/skiddingsystems
andgantries to install four
combinedsteel beamsof 1650
tonnes.
Sarens, Belgium
Installationof 40 concreteprops
of 75 tonneseach involveda
difficult installationsequence
andextremelynarrow tolerance
marginson the compexLee
Tunnel project inLondon.
SAFETY
BMS, Denmark
Cranemanufacturershave
installedsystemswhere riggers
canattach their harnesswhileon
theboom. However, the rigger
has tobenddownanddisconnect
the lanyardat everyboomsection.
TheBMSsafetywiresystem is
installed continuously, allowing
the rigger towalkalong thewhole
lengthof theboom.
Mammoet Europe,
Netherlands
TheCOGASAuxiliaryHoist isa
system that constantlyadjusts the
positionof thehook to the center
of gravityduringa lift. Theunit
aims tomake complex liftsmuch
easier andsafer, whilebeing
straightforward tooperate.
Peinemann, Netherlands
Working forExxonMobile, a60
tonnebundlehad tobeextracted
and replacedwithanextremely
limitedamount of space inwhich
toworkwhileensuring that the
mastwaskept under theoverhead
duct, locateddirectlyabove the
crane. Theworkwas carriedout
usingaLiebherrLTM 14007.1.
Wagenborg, Netherlands
Toassist self propelledmodular
transporter operatorswith long
walking timesholdinga remote
control panel,WagenborgNedlift
developedapractical andsafe
SPMT foldingsupport platform.
INNOVATION, ENDUSER
ALE, UK
TheMegaJack800hasa800
tonne jacking capacityper tower
andhasbeendesigned tobridge
thegap in the capacitiesbetween
the conventional 60 to500 tonne
capacity climbing jacksystems
andALE’soriginalMegaJack
system, that hasa capacityof
5,200 tonnesper tower.
Collett &Sons, Uk
Collett approachedScheuerle to
designand construct a550 ton
capacitygirder bridge, the largest
inEurope. Theproject involveda
number of innovations, specifically
the loaddistributorswhich feature
longitudinal beamssuitable for
using in2-file, 3-fileand4-file
platform trailer combinations.
Fagioli, Italy
Fagioli hasbeenshortlisted for its
unusual andexceptionallyprecise
workon the installationof four
sections for the Isozaki Tower in
Milan, Italy. Especially challenging
was the loweringoperation
"inside" the tower.
Sarens, Belgium
Growingdemand for heavier and
higher jackingoperations led
Sarens to launchanewaddition to
its rangeof freestanding climbing
systems. TheCS5000has5000t
capacityper tower and reachesup
tomore than20metresof jacking
height.
INNOVATION,MANUFACTURER
Liebherr-WerkEhingen,
Germany
Liebherr’s innovativenew crane,
theLTM 1300-6.2, incorporates
a completelynew concept for
thesuperstructuredriveunit.
Insteadof theusual twin-engine
arrangement, the300-tonner
ispoweredbyasingle carrier
engine. Benefits include reduced
maintenanceand increased load
capacity.
Nicolas Industrie, Germany
Nicolas, amember of theTII
Group, hasbeenshortlisted for the
Scheuerle-NicolasSuperflex,
a telescopic semitrailerwith
shiftable2-axledolly that can
easilyandsafelybe removedby
onepersonwithout anyhelpof
cranesor forklifts.
Palfinger, Austria
Palfinger'snewassistance
system, P-Fold,makes folding
andunfoldinganeasy job for the
craneoperator, preventing costly
damageand reducing set-up time.
TerexCranes, Germany
To increase the lift capacity and
operatingheight of theCC8800-1
crawler crane, TerexCranes
developed theBoomBooster
kit, whichhasa latticeboom
structure, awidthof 10metres
anda lengthup to72m. It
wasdeveloped for heavy lifting
applicationswith long-boom
configurations.
SPMT
Hareket, Turkey
Lackof spacemeant that two
Liebherr harbour cranesweighing
1,256 tonneswereassembledat
Derinceand then takenbySPMT
toEvyapport inTurkey, adistance
of about 15km. The craneswere
117metreshigh, 28mwideand
78m long.
Mammoet Europe,
Netherlands
Twodecks for anewbridgeover
theBotlekwaterway inRotterdam
-eachweighing5,000 tonnes
and90metres long -were
assembledat theMammoet Heavy
Lift terminal inSchiedam. The
companyused itsSPMT to load
thedeckontobarges for transport
to the installation site.
Sarens, Belgium
Sarenswasasked tourgently
relocateof a 1,834 tonneSTS
container crane to the repair
yardafter it hadbecomeunstable
followinga ship collision in
Bremerhavenport. Using 104
SPMTaxle linesandeight
KamagK2400STpower packs,
plusmodular beamandbracing
systems, Sarens completed the
job in just oneandahalfweeks.
Wagenborg, Netherlands
WagenborgNedlift transported
and liftedeight giant bullet
tanks, each325.5 tonnesand
38.5metres long, from the
quayside inWillebroek, Belgium,
to theDongHejreTerminal in
Fredericia, Denmark. Theywere
transported the final 6.5km to
their destination, usingadouble
16axle lineScheuerleSPMTwith
twopower packsof 350kWeach.
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ANDSPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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