NEWS Ӏ JANUARY 2022


WoRLD'S LARGEST CRAWLER BuILT BY SANY


Chinese manufacturer Sany claims to have built the world’s largest crawler crane: the 4,500 tonne capacity SCC45000A.


The crane has already been delivered to Shandong Haiwan Hoisting Engineering Co. which plans to use it for work in the country's nuclear power and petrochemical construction sectors. According to Sany the crane has a 126


metre twin lattice boom which provides a maximum load moment of 98,000 tonne/ metres. The twin boom can easily be switched to a single boom, to suit a range of applications. With the single boom its


maximum lifting capacity is 2,000 tonnes. The crane runs on four tracks and has eight engines. Size-wise it covers an area of nearly 4,200 m2, the equivalent area of ten basketball courts. The crane is transported in 200 30-tonne flatbed trucks. The crane has a modular design, and 95 percent of its parts can be swapped with those of Sany’s other large- tonnage cranes. “With an independently actuated


Superlift counterweight system, a digital rotation drive and an integrated control system the machine features superior smoothness and millimetre precision in operation,” said Qin Xuqi, director of the Sany Crawler Crane Institute. A short promotional video of the crane can be seen on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lzu3asjzODI with another on Sany India’s LinkedIn page here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ sany-india_scc98000tm-hwlifting- largestcrawlercrane-activity- 6866367350850027520-LoLh


HYBRID TRuCK CRANE


The XCT25_EV is the latest launch from Chinese manufacturer XCMG. It is a 25 tonne three-axle hybrid truck crane that can be used in four different operating modes: hybrid; fully electric (battery); fully diesel; and plug-in. According to XCMG, the crane can accelerate from 0–40km/h in just 16 seconds. It can be fully charged in just 1.5 hours and, with a full fuel tank, has a range of 800 km. Whilst being driven the crane emits a reduced noise level of 60 dB.


A video of the crane can be seen here: https://www.instagram.com/p/ CPeSAfTAUTj/


ANoTHER BIG LIFT FoR BIG CARL AT HpC


Sarens’ 5,000 tonne capacity SGC-250 (aka Big Carl) has completed another major lift at the Hinkley Point C jobsite in the UK.


It has placed the first huge steel ring section onto the second reactor building, just 11 months after carrying out the same operation on the first reactor. According to EDF, the power company building the nuclear reactor, the installation shows how building an identical copy of the first reactor drives efficiency and saves time. The ring was built 25% more quickly than the same part on unit one, requiring thousands of hours less labour to manufacture. It says this ‘replication effect’ will also benefit the identical Sizewell C project in Suffolk.


The prefabricated ring, which is 47 metres in diameter and 17 metres high, forms a reinforced cylinder around the nuclear reactor. EDF said the achievement is all the more impressive as the project deliberately switched materials and labour away from unit two during the pandemic when numbers on site were limited and suppliers were impacted. This allowed work to focus on areas most critical to the project’s schedule. The optimum construction time between the two reactors at Hinkley Point C is around 12 months and this installation highlights this gap is being maintained. Simon Parsons, NI Area, site & civils director, said, “This significant lift is


testament to everyone involved – from the teams who fabricated it, to those on Unit 2 who’ve delivered the civil-works schedule enabling us to install it and also the lifting team themselves. We have continued to learn from Unit 1 to safely deliver a quality product.”


Photo credit: EFD CRANES TODAY 13


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