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Sany will show four new crawler cranes, the SCC500E, SCC3000WE, SCC3000 and the SCC16000 at the 2010 bauma China exhibition.

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Mike Parnell, president of Industrial Training International, (ITI) was elected chairman of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) newest committee: “P30 – Planning for the Use of Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Cableways, Aerial Devices.

The Department of Energy has finalized a $1.3 billion loan guarantee to help finance the Caithness Shepherds Flat project, an 845-megawatt wind generation facility in eastern Oregon sponsored by Caithness Energy, LLC and GE Energy Financial Services.

The loan is funded by a group of 26 institutional investors and commercial banks led by Citigroup Inc, Bank of

While the world market for crawlers above 2,000 tonnes capacity has taken a backward step in recent months, demand for machines in the 1,000 to 1,700 tonne range is still proving to be relatively strong, particularly in China.

The driver of the truck crane involved that ran through a set of traffic lights in Tampa on September 16th, crashing into a bus and a sheriff’s car, seriously injuring a deputy, has been cited for ‘running the light’ and having faulty service brakes.

Portugal-based Montalgrua reached a milestone when it installed the 1,000th Enercon wind turbine in Portugal. Montalgrua used one of its Liebherr LR 1400/2 crawler cranes to mount the turbines on top of their towers at the T. Vetras park about 50 km from Lisbon.

The crane must be shut down when wind speeds at its upper reaches hit 35 mph, although it also can be shut down in lesser winds if the operator thinks conditions warrant. Cold weather alone, however, won’t stop work through the winter on what Rinner calls the Statehouse’s “drum” — the area above the roofs of the building’s four wings and below the copper dome.

Two Sennebogen Star Lifter 3300 crawler cranes assisted in the construction of the Neumayer-Station III research station in Antartica. A third Sennebogen crawler, a 648, is being used on-site for building and servicing duties. The work took a total of seven months carried out over two Antarctic summers before the station opened in February 2009.m It can accommodate up to nine people.

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) now offers a free mobile app for instantly accessing all necessary crane hand signals. The new app is available in the iTunes App Store and Blackberry App World. Every signal included is compliant with the new OSHA Cranes and Derricks Standard, Appendix A to Subpart CC of Part 1926-Standard Hand Signals.