Notícias

Os últimos avanços em tecnologia de elevação serão expostos no estande da Manitowoc na CONEXPO 2017 do próximo ano onde a empresa exibirá uma coleção de seus mais novos produtos. Um conjunto de inovações exclusivas de todas as linhas da empresa de guindastes de esteira guindastes todo terreno guindastes para terreno acidentado guindastes montados sobre caminhão comercial guindastes de torre e guindastes automontáveis destacará a predominância do fabricante em uma variedade de aplicações de elevação.

A Manitowoc deve estrear a grua de torre Potain MD 559 pela primeira vez na América do Norte na CONEXPO 2017. A grua de 20 t representará a linha MD CCS da Potain cuja capacidade é a maior entre todas as gruas de torre de torre giratória e com movimentação do carro.

Merkel Autokrane recently faced a special challenge at Bamberg port. Its job was to lift a port crane and laterally load it onto a ship. The port crane weighed 92 t and was 18 m in height and was installed on a 3.5 m quay wall which limited the available space for another crane to lift it as it would have to be positioned between the quay wall and the Main-Danube canal.

A massive project to transport power plant components through the Erie Canal is underway in Schenectady New York and a Manitowoc 18000 crawler crane is at the center of the action.

One of Vietnam’s fastest growing construction companies Coteccons Group is using its fleet of Potain tower cranes to support its expansion plans. The company which has its headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City is looking to extend its scope of operations not only across Vietnam but into the surrounding nations of South East Asia.

When Shinui Petra one of South Korea’s largest construction equipment rental companies was asked to supply a crane for a complex and compact assembly project for Young-gwang Yak-su Wind Power there was only ever one choice—the MLC650 from Manitowoc the new rising star of its fleet.

Grove Dealer CLT (Crane Load Technology) will host an open house at its Johannesburg location on January 27 2017 to launch the 100 t capacity Grove GMK4100L-1 in South Africa. The event is open to all and will also feature a 250 t capacity Grove GMK5250L.

Leading UK construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine has secured a contract to install a retractable roof for No.1 Court at the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament Wimbledon. To help complete the project the company acquired four new Potain MR 608 cranes at the beginning of August with work for the units starting in September.

Manitowoc used bauma China 2016 to highlight its industry-leading innovation with the presentation of two new tower crane models: the prototype MCH 120 which is still in development and the MCR 295 which is now commercially available. The company will release further details on the striking new MCH 120 a topless luffing jib crane in due course.

A Potain MDT 98 tower crane was used at the famed Verona Arena in Italy to change theatrical sets between productions for its entire 2016 opera season. Verona Italy-based Toffoli Macchine rented the 6 t crane for the project which had the crane use its 55 m jib radius to reach over the arena’s walls and assemble sets during the day. By night the crane helped dismantle the scenery. The MDT 98 replaced a Potain GTMR 386 B that was formerly used for this job for 15 years.

Companies across North America are seeing the benefits of using a Grove telescoping crawler crane. For a variety of job sites the combination of crawler maneuverability telescoping boom versatility and 100 percent pick-and-carry function that they offer can increase efficiency and ROI.

The first Grove GMK5250L all-terrain crane in the state of New South Wales Australia has been delivered to Turner and Central Crane Services a construction equipment rental company serving the Central West area of NSW.