SECTOR REPORT Ӏ CITY CRANES


... can work on-site from grid electricity...


... or from a Liebherr Liduro portable battery pack. On the left, Peter Gibbs, Ainscough CEO and, right, crane operator Kieran Jefferies


wide – so it can manoeuvre into small spaces. It can carry all its ballast on board, plus its double folding jib and hook block, so no back-up truck is needed (which would only add to the congestion in restricted city streets). The electric motor can deliver 72kW of power. UK-based crane and lifting company Ainscough has taken delivery of the first LTC 1050- 3.1E in the UK; it also has a second due for imminent delivery – which it ordered even before having tried out the first. The company has a long-standing


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