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Demag Duo Takes Care of Tandem Lift: Demag® AC 500-8 and Demag® AC 700-9 All-Terrain Cranes Lift 200-Tonne Tunnel Boring Machine Drive System
Zweibrücken, January 19, 2017 – On behalf of Herrenknecht AG, MSG Krandienst GmbH loaded the drive system for a tunnel boring machine from a heavy goods vehicle to a ship at the Rhine port of Kehl. Due to the fact that the load had a large weight of 200 tonnes, the company decided to rely on the lifting power of a Demag duo consisting of two all terrain cranes, a Demag AC 500-8 and a Demag AC 700-9.
The conditions were perfect: As the MSG team arrived at the Rhine port of Kehl with the two Demag cranes, three trucks, and an escort vehicle early in the morning, they noticed that their one-day job was off to a good start. Not only was there a clear blue sky, but there was also barely any wind at all – in other words, the weather conditions could not have been any better.
Accordingly, the team’s preparation work went smoothly: A total of four MSG team members needed only two hours per crane in order to get their machines ready for the lift, something that was mainly made possible by the ease of setup of both Demag cranes. In order to lift the 200-tonne load, the MSG team determined the best crane configuration for the lift consisted of using a boom length of 25.5 meters and a counterweight of 100 tonnes on the AC 700-9 all terrain crane. The star-shaped outrigger bases, which were extended to a length of twelve meters, provided the necessary stability. These bases are designed to attain a high level of stiffness while minimizing the amount of deformation that occurs when lifting loads. For the AC 500-8 all terrain crane, the team used a boom length of 24 meters and a counterweight of 140 tonnes and extended the outrigger bases to a length of 9.60 meters. The AC 500-8 crane picked up the tunnel boring machine drive system with nine-part reeving at the hook.
A perfectly coordinated tandem lift
Once set up this way, the cranes were perfectly prepared for the upcoming lift. What followed was the “fine art” of lifting: Working together, the AC 500-8 and the AC 700-9 lifted the tunnel boring machine drive system bit by bit to a height of three meters. “It all came down to how our two crane operators were able to work together with utmost accuracy. They had to stay perfectly coordinated in order to ensure that the weight would remain properly distributed between both cranes at all times,” explains Reinhard Schmitt, crane operator of the AC 700-9. A challenge, to be sure, but the crane operators’ experience and the high precision of the Demag cranes being used helped that it was easily overcome.
This made it possible to use a working radius of 14 meters to lift the drive system off from the heavy goods vehicle, move it over the ship, and then carefully put it down there. The two Demag cranes proved that they were worth every penny throughout the entire project.
About MSG Krandienst GmbH
For more than 25 years, customers with heavy load lifting projects have relied on MSG Krandienst GmbH to take the weight off their shoulders. The company, which was founded in 1994, employs about 100 highly qualified people. It has locations in Kehl, Kappel-Grafenhausen, and Teningen-Freiburg, as well as a branch office in France, and offers its customers crane rental, heavy haulage, and project logistics services. The area in which it primarily operates is the tri-border area between Karlsruhe and Weil am Rhein in Germany and Alsace and Franche-Comté in France. However, it also has operations throughout all of Germany and France.
In the last few years, MSG has consistently invested in mobile cranes with lifting capacities within a range of 200 to 750 tonnes, putting it in a perfect position to provide state-of-the-art equipment for a variety of projects.
For more information, please visit www.msg-kran.eu
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