FEBRUARY 2024 Ӏ NEWS


NEW KOBELCO TELECRAWLER FOR EUROPEAN MARKET


Tokyo, Japan-headquartered crane manufacturer Kobelco has announced the launch of the TKE750G, a new telescopic boom crawler crane with a maximum lifting capacity of 75 tonnes for the European market.


The crane is equipped with an EU


Stage V-compliant Mercedes-Benz E9H01 (Daimler OM936LA) engine and continues the same tried and tested technology as its G series lattice boom crawler crane models. The TKE750G will be available from mid-2024 onwards. According to Kobelco the crane is well- suited to foundation work and it can be equipped with vibration hammers, auger drills, and hammer-grabs. It also has a larger engine capacity,


shorter boom length with a higher winch capacity on standard main/auxiliary winches, and stronger, thicker, wire ropes offering a higher capability of foundation works in comparison with conventional telescopic crawlers, claims Kobelco. The TKE750G is equipped with


an exceptionally stiff four-plate box structural boom that has been designed for foundation work. Kobelco says the boom's light


weight and durability have been achieved through optimising materials, construction, and welding. Thanks to the short boom length with a side deflection-resistant fully powered boom, the crane is well-suited to working on compact jobsites. It is equipped with a 22mm diameter wire rope with a 7.0 tonne rated line pull. The main and auxiliary winches are positioned vertically at the rear end of the machine, helping maintain a compact main body. The TKE750G is powered by a


Mercedes-Benz E9H01 (Daimler OM936LA) 7.697l water-cooled, in-line six-cylinder direct injection and turbo- charged engine, with a rated power output of 254kW/2,000 min-1, that is compliant with NRMM (Non-Road Mobile Machinery - Europe) EU Stage V regulations. According to Kobelco the


powerful engine offers higher hydraulic performance which, it says, is especially important during foundation operation. Kobelco's KCROSS (Kobelco Crane


Remote Observation Satellite System) is also retained on the TKE750G model. Machines fitted with KCROSS transmit working conditions, locations, and maintenance history to provide owners with fact-based information for their asset management. For more on lattice boom crawler developments see the feature on page 26


TANDEM LIFT REPAIRS CYCLONE DAMAGE


Indian crane hire company Steel Carriers used two of its Tadano all terrains, an AC 1000-9 and AC 500-1, to lift a steel structure at a cement works in Gujarat, western India. The job was part of a project to repair


cyclone damage at the cement plant. One part of the conveyor bridge had been so badly damaged that it had to be completely replaced. The structure, for a deep pan conveyor,


weighed 50 tonnes and measured 50 metres long. It needed to be lifted to a height of 60 metres between two silos at a radius of up to 40 metres. It took Steel Carriers three days to


transport both cranes and 17 support trucks from its branch in Mumbai to the job site in Gujarat. Once there it set up


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the cranes in two days. It set the AC 1000-9 up in the HA SSL configuration using the 100-metre main boom and Sideways Superlift (because there was not enough space at the site to assemble a fly jib). They set the AC 500-1 up in the WIHI-SSL configuration. The two cranes lifted the load, rotated


it by 90 degrees, and set it down in the required position without any problems. Despite the challenges and


complexities involved, Steel Carriers needed only a five-man team for this lift: two crane operators, two assistants and one site manager. Together, without any outside help, they completed the entire operation – from setting the cranes up, to performing the lift, to dismantling the cranes afterwards – in 15 days.


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