OCTOBER 2022 Ӏ NEWS
WIND WoRK FoR SouTH KoREA'S FIRST MLC650
South Korean construction equipment rental firm Shinui Petra is using its Manitowoc MLC650 lattice boom crawler crane with the 3.5 m boom-insert kit on a large wind farm installation in southwestern South Korea. It is the first MLC650 outside of North America to utilise this performance- enhancing attachment. The crawler crane arrived at DaeMyung Energy’s mountaintop site in Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do on June 1. Main contractor DongBang Co. and sub- contractor Hanbit Wind Tower will keep the MLC650 busy on site until the end of this year. There are eleven 4.8 MW- capacity Siemens wind turbines to erect, requiring the installation of 85 t nacelles at 130 m heights.
Shinui Petra’s MLC650 is fitted with
Manitowoc’s VPC-MAX technology, which adds an extra 50 tons of capacity to the standard crane’s 650 t. In addition, the 3.5 m wide boom
option (which has 500 mm of extra width compared with standard sections) delivers an additional 30% gain in capacity. Furthermore, the design of Manitowoc’s Variable Position Counterweight system eliminates the need for counterweight on the carbody. Limits from local government meant the space on the jobsite to position the crane was limited to 30 m x 50 m to preserve surrounding trees and limit damage to the ground surface. “The only real competitor to the MLC650 needs a working radius of 44 m which ruled it
out,” said Choi Byung Eun, president and CEO at Shinui Petra. The jobsite has a steep, narrow, and winding access road. However, the MLC650’s design and dimensions enabled it to be transported in 45 loads. The crane’s main boom was assembled in the air, while suspended above the inclined access road, with its four 3.5 metre wide inserts quickly and securely aligning thanks to Manitowoc’s Fast Aligning Connection Technology with hydraulically actuated pins. “For these kinds of challenges some of our customers will not consider anything other than the MLC650 because of its compact size and reduced impact on access roads and soil conditions,” continued Choi Byung Eun. "Inland wind towers normally sit at the top of mountains where space is very tight, or near the coast where the soil is softer. The MLC650 produces less ground pressure because its weight is distributed through the crawlers as evenly as possible. Also, it only requires ground preparation within the perimeter of the tracks rather than across the entire swing radius, because the VPC-MAX remains suspended, so there are huge savings.” Configured with a 146 m main boom,
7.6 m extended upper boom point, and 400 t of counterweight, the crane is mostly working at a 28 m radius. Manitowoc's local office in Korea
is providing engineering and technical support to Shinui Petra as well as on-site expertise when required due to the size and frequent exposure of the jobsite to high wind speeds.
The Hwasun-gun windfarm is the
third jobsite where the 3.5 m boom kit was used since Shinui Petra acquired the MLC650 in 2016. It is a useful option for projects requiring long boom plus luffing jib configurations, says Manitowoc. The kit enables the crane to complete more demanding jobs from the same footprint but without increasing setup time or cost.
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