XCMG Machinery Sends Tower Crane to Serve Mega-Scale Bridge Construction Project
XCMG Machinery sent off the
second unit of XGT15000-600S, a tower crane jointly developed by XCMG and China
Railway Major Bridge Engineering, from its smart manufacturing base in
Xuzhou, China. It will serve in the construction project of Changtai
Yangtze River Bridge, a diamond-type cable-stayed bridge.
The XGT15000-600S is a super large tower
crane designed and customized to accommodate mega-scale bridge construction
projects. The first unit, which officially rolled off the assembly line in
June, was deployed to the Chao-Ma railway bridge project of the Ma’anshan
Yangtze River Bridge (including railway and highway). The second unit, now being
delivered to the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, will complete a series of steel
tower hoisting and installation tasks, including lifting maximum weights of 300
tons to heights of more than 300 meters.
“XCMG’s tower cranes have conquered the
world’s top technical bottlenecks, and we’re now delivering tower cranes of
over 1,000-plus tonne-meters in batches that are widely adopted in the
constructions of bridges, power plants, stadiums and super high-rise
buildings,” Yuan Shaozhen, general manager of XCMG’s Tower Crane, said.
Developed on XCMG’s S series tower crane
technology platform, the XGT15000-600S has a rated lifting moment of 15,000tm,
maximum lifting weight of 600 tons and maximum lifting height of more than 400
meters. The super tower crane has more than 60 core technology breakthroughs
and has achieved 10 world firsts and set 10 world records.
The tower crane adopts the combined
design of a flat head main tower, boom auxiliary tower and manned elevator. It
also achieved level 12 typhoon resistance in a non-working state.
“XCMG will continue to promote
independent R&D and tackle core technologies to bring more pioneering
super-scale tower crane products that meets the increasing demand of
large-scale construction projects,” Mi Chenghong, assistant to the general
manager of XCMG’s Tower Crane, said.
