ALE has expanded its heavylifting services by establishing a non-disclosure agreement with the Port of Dundee and OM Heavy Lift to provide the full service of port operations. ALE, the global heavylifting specialists who provide the handling, transportation and installation of heavy loads with over 40 branches worldwide, signed the agreement with OM Heavy Lift, […]
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Liebherr Tower Cranes concludes test phase for its first high-tensile fibre ropes
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Biberach (Germany), 20 November 2018 – Working with Austrian rope manufacturer, Teufelberger, Liebherr has developed a new type of high-tensile fibre rope for hoisting applications which will increase the lifting capacity. During the development project, more than 100 different fibre rope prototypes, measuring around 70,000 metres in length, were developed. These underwent extensive testing on […]
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The design of new solutions for the 21LC1050 Flat-Top tower crane, launched two months ago (September 2018), allowed COMANSA’s R&D team to apply some of these developments to two of the manufacturer’s most successful cranes. Thus, models 21LC660 and 21LC750, mainly designed for large industrial projects, energy, mining and PPVC construction, improve their performance significantly. […]
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November 14, 2018 (Fernandina Beach, Fla.) – A1A Software LLC continues to improve the interface and features of 3D Lift Plan, making it easier for customers to use the crane lift planning program as a sales tool, for bid proposals, crane selection and setup, lift planning, and documentation. “We have utilized WebGL technologies to enable […]
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Covey Crane Service of Spencerport, NY has just added a new Manitex TC45142C, 45-ton capacity boom truck to their fleet. They purchased it from their local Manitex dealer Empire Crane Company, who has sold over 25 Manitex boom trucks in 2018 alone. Raymond Ziegler, president of Covey Crane said “we chose to purchase a Manitex […]
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A Bedfordshire, UK-based crane inspector utilised a Bluetooth-enabled, 6.5t capacity Radiolink plus load cell from Straightpoint (SP) to complete periodic inspection of an all-terrain crane recently. It was the latest in a series of similar assignments including load tests on lifting machines such as tower, loader, and other mobile cranes. JG Statutory Inspection Services Ltd. […]
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Backbone of giants: Heavy plate from Dillinger used in the world’s largest offshore heavy-lift cranes
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High-strength heavy plate from Dillinger is indispensable wherever the format, stability and quality of the steels used are of existential importance. In Liebherr’s Type MTC 78000 heavy-lift offshore cranes, for example, the 2000 tonnes lifting capacity of which puts them among the world’s largest machines of their type. The use of such cranes on (another […]
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The complete solution – Liebherr tower cranes build Axel Springer new building in Berlin
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Berlin (Germany), 24 October 2018 – Together with its dealership, WASEL GmbH, Liebherr Tower Cranes has provided a full service package for the Axel Springer publishing company for the construction of its modern new building in Berlin. Liebherr tower cranes are building the “New Way of Work” showcase project in Germany – the Axel Springer […]
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When the International Union of Operating Engineers opened its new International Training Center on 237 acres in Crosby, Texas, earlier this year, it was designed to feature the latest equipment and product technology, says Chris Treml, IUOE Director of Construction Training. DICA partnered with the IUOE by supplying multiple sets of SafetyTech® Outrigger Pads and […]
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COMANSA to launch 2 new luffing-jib cranes at Bauma China
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The tower crane manufacturer will show the model CML310 24t, which shares most of the slewing part with the new CML280 18t COMANSA is adding two more models to its already wide range of luffing-jib cranes, and will launch them officially at the upcoming Bauma China trade show, to be held in Shanghai from Nov. […]