Technology

German crane rental company Eisele used a pair of 500 tonne capacity Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes to lift and place 275 concrete bridge beams on a Frankfurt airport expansion project

Operator information systems are moving with the times to provide accessible data in busier working environments for more advanced and larger cranes.

The 6-axle segment of all terrain crane manufacturers’ ranges has far fewer models than the one for five axles – and that is unlikely to change.

Acciona has secured US$ 375 million (€ 314 million) of funding to develop the Eurus Wind Park in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

The software allows the planning of complex, multiple crane lifts, including tower cranes, and it has the ability to calculate and view every detail of the lift.

Lift planning software can be beneficial for many areas of a crane-operating company, from owners and sales people to dispatchers and crane operators.

The American Wind Association’s annual conference and exhibition May 23-26 in Dallas, TX. Wind Power 2010, which drew an estimated 20,000 attendees and 1,393 exhibitors to the Dallas Convention Center, had companies describing to ACT upcoming research and development for the market.

4 Things to Consider When Connecting Rigging Blocks and Lines for a Suspended Work Platform (adjacent to the face of a building or structure)

While the American Wind Energy Association reports that the US wind industry broke all previous records by installing nearly 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity in 2009 – enough to serve more than 2.4 million homes – the companies that transport and erect wind turbine components report the year was lackluster, and the future is less than clear.

Manitowoc is unveiling the Potain Igo T 130 at Bauma 2010, the largest self-erecting crane in the world. The crane has an 8 t maximum capacity