COMMENT Ӏ DECEMBER 2021
EvoLuTIoN oF THE SpECIES
Adaptability is a key quality for survival and it is a attribute demonstrated throughout this issue. Contributor Stuart Anderson's article on tele crawlers (p22)
shows how this relatively new crane sector has evolved over the last 50 years from a niche crane sector to become "a global phenomenon" and currently "the product on everyone’s lips". The perspective of time highlights how important choice has been in this process. As more manufacturers engaged in creating tele crawlers, end users had increasing options. The tele crawlers Anderson identifies as being key to the development of the market, though, offered contractors a choice of something new. The Mantis 3612, for example, provided not only compact dimensions but an earth auger to meet the needs of the US utility industry. Liebherr's LTR 1100 combined the company's crawler and all terrain expertise to produce not only the first 100-tonne tele crawler but a crane that could reach job sites that all terrains couldn't. In this way we see adaptation leading to the augmentation of the sector. Another area we see the quality of adaptability is in the control
MENTIoNED IN THIS ISSuE AGD
Ainscough Industrial Services
26 21
Alatas 38 Altez Constructie
Balfour Beatty 29
Ascendum 29 Autec
37 16, 26
Bendini 22,24 BKL Baukran Logistik BPH Equipment
Buckner Heavy Lift Cranes
Caterpillar 24 CICA Coles
Comansa Crane Business
18 26 28
34 22 21 28
Crane Rental Association of Canada 31 Delden Cranes
28
Demag 22, 26 Demag Crane & Components
Depenbrock 13 ESTA
Favelle-Favco 24 Fleet Cost & Care Foster Cranes FUWA
G.H. Johnson G Machinery Grove Guay
Hefei Smarter
systems feature (p36). Here Cranes Today feature writer Julian Champkin identifies the disparity between the rate of mechanical development and digital development with some older cranes, which are designed to last a long time, now requiring updates to their control systems due to the rapid evolution of digital technology. A result of this is the thriving retro-fitting industry – a process which Mohammed Ahmad, automation engineering lead at service, repair and upgrade specialist Alatas, likens to "taking an old ‘70s Mustang car and putting Ferrari electronics into it". Adaptability is also demonstrated by the Crane Rental Association of Canada in our country focus (p31). The Association has grown from humble beginnings to a highly effective not-for- profit organisation championing the interests of the crane and transport industry, turning to the use of the internet to spread the word when Covid 19 made in-person meets impossible.
Christian Shelton, Editor
Christian.Shelton@
progressivemediainternational.com
Hird
21
Hitachi 22, 24, Hitachi-Sumitomo 22,24 IHI
Irugasa 36, 39 Jones Crawler Cranes
JRL 26 Kato 22, 24 Kobelco Komatsu Liebherr
Link-Belt 22, 23, 24, 26 26
16, 24, 22, 24 24
8, 13, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 40 22, 26, 31
MacGregor 40 Maeda 26 MAIT 26 Mammoet 18, 28 Manitex International Manitex Valla
36 Manitowoc Mantis
34
31 29
22, 28 28 15
22, 23, 28 32 29
Hindustan Construction Company 21 Marchetti
Marr Contracting Max Bogl
M.J. Hughes
Mountain Crane Service Murray Construction
15, 31
23, 24, 26 22, 24, 26 15 28 28 13
Neeb 28 NRC 26 PACE Cranes Palfinger Potain
28 37 18
Prangl RedList Software
8 31
REMdevice 38 Sany
22, 29
Sarens 28, 34 SCC 29 SC&RA 34 Sennebogen
Spandeck 23 Steil 28 Sumitomo 22, 24 Sunward Tadano
22 Tadano America Terex Italia
31 21
16, 22, 26, 28 31
Taishan Construction Machinery Co. 28 Tat Hong
29 24
The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 18 TNT Crane & Rigging Transportes Montejo Tutt’s
Underwriting Agencies of Australia 31 Van der Vlist
29 Weldex 29
Verschoor 29 Wasel
28 24, 26, 28
WrightPlan 31 XCMG 22, 29 Zoomlion 29
16 17 29
22, 24, 26, 28
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