To build a large, industrial facility, sometimes the usual tower crane or autocrane. And this happens because the carrying capacity of such machines is limited. To lift a load weighing over 1000 tons, real giants are needed - the world's largest truck cranes. Such a serious technique performs only the most complex tasks.
Application of truck cranes of huge loading capacity
Self-propelled large machines, designed for colossal loads, have enormous power, significant dimensions, but at the same time they are maneuverable. They are mainly used in the construction of nuclear power plants, in the chemical, oil refining and alternative energy. Big cranes are available only to large industrial enterprises and are not involved in solving problems where conventional construction equipment is used. These machines are produced in limited quantities and on order.
Rating of truck cranes by the possibility of lifting the load
Among the most large truck cranes also has its own gradation. There is simply powerful technique and real giants capable of lifting up to 2000 tons of cargo. Below are the characteristics, where the lifting capacity of the cranes is indicated in ascending order.
A powerful model capable of lifting 1000 tons of cargo at a time, the lifting height is 163 meters. The nine-section boom has a weight of about 22 tons. All the main parts of the equipment are transported by a special large vehicle with a wheelbase of 9 axles. The hook block, supports and counterweights are transported by another truck. To assemble the crane at the work site, it is required to attract other crane equipment with the ability to lift 30 tons of cargo.
The tasks that a machine with such characteristics performs are to install huge wind turbines, to ensure the performance of wind turbines. Lines are available for crane movement common use, the load on each axle here is not higher than 12 tons.
SANY SAC 12000
Large truck crane high traffic with the ability to lift 1200 tons of cargo. The machine is equipped with a four-section retractable boom, the length of which reaches 102 meters. The crane is also equipped with control systems for fuel consumption, control safety, power distribution. The operation of the truck crane can take place in fifteen modes.
Technically big crane It has:
- Diesel engine power - 480 kW;
- Nine pairs of wheels;
- Travel speed - 75 km / h;
- Load moment - 35400 t * m;
- Transport dimensions LSHV in millimeters - 20800x3000x4000
A huge machine from the German manufacturer of truck cranes Liebherr. The equipment can lift 1200 tons of cargo with the help of a telescopic boom assembled from 8 knees. Special loads are only lifted using a 200 ton counterweight. The large crane is equipped with two diesel engines on 367 and 680 Horse power, where the first is responsible for the work crane installation, the second - sets in motion the chassis of the car. Boom lifting is provided by an axial piston hydraulic motor.
To manage such complex equipment, a team of five people is required. This is an engineer, drivers and operators - two people each. Big car when moving, it relies on a chassis of 9 axles and can move at speeds up to 70 kilometers per hour.
Crane Specifications
| Options | Indicators |
| Maximum. load capacity | 1200 t |
| within a radius | 2.50 m |
| Telescopic boom | 18.30 m |
| Telescopic boom up to | 100.00 m |
| Lattice arrow from | 6.5 m |
| lattice boom up to | 126.0 m |
| Drive motor | Liebherr |
| Drive motor | 8-Zylinder-Diesel |
| Drive motor / power | 500 kW |
| Number of axles | 9 |
| Crane engine | Liebherr |
| Crane engine | 6-Zylinder-Diesel |
| Crane engine / power | 270 kW |
| Drive/steering standard | 18x8x18 |
| Travel speed | 75.00 km/h |
| General ballast | 202.00 t |
The Chinese giant truck crane from XCMG has surpassed many competitors in terms of lifting capacity. It can freely lift weights up to 1600 tons. The machine is equipped with a hydraulic steering servo drive and has the ability to move sideways. Large equipment has been developed for the needs of wind and nuclear power plants.
Model XCMG has the following technical parameters: 
- Diesel engine with a capacity of 360 horsepower;
- Chassis on nine axles;
- Load moment, which is 38000 t * m;
- The speed of movement on the highway - 80 km / h;
- Overall dimensions of DShV in millimeters - 21800x3100x4000;
- Boom with a reach of 105 meters plus lattice extension up to 126 m and cantilever extension up to 165 m.
Zoomlion ZACB01
Another giant “Chinese” truck crane is the leader, which can lift 2,000 tons of cargo at a time, while the mass of equipment itself does not exceed 96 tons. Eight knee telescopic boom reaches a length of 106 meters. Wheelbase has 12 axes, each of which is leading. The large machine is equipped with four diesel engines with the power of the first - 150, the second - 260, the third - 430, the fourth - 650 hp.
The load moment of the truck crane is 38000 t * m, the car can move to the place of work at a speed of 75 kilometers per hour. Dimensions in millimeters are: length - 21800, width - 3100; height - 4000. Such a giant truck crane is designed to perform installation work in the construction of metallurgical and chemical enterprises. This is the largest crane in the world.
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The LTM 11200-9.1 is the most powerful telescopic boom crane in the world and its boom is the longest of the telescopic booms. Self-propelled boom crane with telescopic boom mounted on a special nine-axle chassis automotive type. He is the highest and most powerful crane in the world.
"Mammoth" can lift a load of 1200 tons to a height of 180 meters. There is no crane in the world capable of handling such a task. The extension of the 8-section boom to the required length and fixing it to the clamps is fully automatic. Additionally, various lattice extensions are available. Germany is the birthplace of the world's largest mobile crane.
The Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 is 30 times more powerful than a conventional mobile crane. Parts for the assembly of the "Mammoth" are delivered to the site of the planned work on twenty trucks, accompanied by a convoy. The weight of the load and the weight of the crane itself are distributed over 4 hydraulic legs - 200 tons each. Iron supports are placed under each paw to distribute pressure. This is very important point, because if the support moves and the crane falls, this will lead to huge destruction. The crane arms are equipped with huge cables, which gives the machine even more strength. A huge counterweight system is located under the crane boom - 18 plates weighing 10 tons each are placed on a base weighing 22 tons. The crane is mainly used to install heavy loads, such as wind turbines. The length of the crane hook on the Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 mounting block is almost 10 meters, and it weighs 11 tons.
The crane mechanisms are controlled from the control cabin, which is made of a fibrous composite material with the possibility of hydraulic adjustment in height and angle. Installed in the control cabin electronic system controls with LICCON type equipment. All chassis wheels have two braking systems: pneumatic dual-circuit with disc brakes and a ZBS type engine brake system with free release valves.
However, an unpleasant incident occurred with the LTM 11200-9.1 crane during the installation of one of the wind turbines in Germany due to a sharp gust of wind, the crane boom collapsed, but the crane itself remained on the move and, fortunately, no one was injured.
Dimensions LTM 11200−9.1 "Mammoth"
Chassis width (without outriggers) - 3000 mm
Length (transp.) / Length (working) - 19939mm / 28200 mm
Height (transp.) / Height (working) - 4000 mm / 4420 mm
Crane installation length - 20790 mm
Overall height - 4083 mm
Weight (transp.) / Weight (gross) - 96 t / 108 t
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We have all seen how cranes work, helping people to erect high-rise buildings and various structures. However, have you ever seen such a huge crane that is simply amazing in its size? Some cranes even managed to get into the Guinness Book of Records. What is it - the largest crane in the world? And what other cranes claim such a title?
The largest truck crane
Undoubtedly, the leadership among truck cranes belongs to the German crane LiebherrLTM-11200-9.1, which is also called the "Mammoth". This giant is even listed in the Book of Records. It is a self-propelled boom crane equipped with a telescopic boom. The boom is located on a 9-axle chassis with 18 driving wheels. The auto-extend boom consists of eight sections and is the longest in the world.
The standard model of this truck crane can lift 363 tons of cargo, however, when special equipment is installed, the lifting capacity increases to 1200 tons - the boom can withstand this load at a reach of 2.5 meters. The machine can lift the load by 180 meters, but in this case the maximum weight of the load can be only 1.3 tons.
The truck crane engine is an 8-cylinder unit with 680 horsepower, running on a diesel engine. As a counterweight, the weight of which is 202 tons, 32 plates are used, having same size. When such a counterweight becomes small, a special hydraulic equipment for balancing.
This "colossus" is used for large-scale construction (for example, heavy equipment, large ships) and when installing wind turbines. It takes approximately 8-10 hours to assemble a truck crane - most of the parts are brought in by trucks, the number of which is at least 20.
largest crawler crane
Here you can see the models crawler cranes Chinese companies - SCC86000TM (Sany) and XGC88000 (XCMG). The release of cranes that can lift up to 3600 tons, the companies announced in 2011. But there is already a Zoomlion ZCC3200NP crane, also from Chinese manufacturers.
It has a lifting capacity of 3200 tons, which is 200 tons more than the German tracked Liebherr cranes LR13000 (it can lift 3000 tons).
largest tower crane
Among tower cranes, Wolffkran's 1250V model is a giant. The value of the maximum load moment of the crane is 1500 tons, this giant is characterized by a lifting capacity of 60 tons. The maximum radius of the boom is 80 meters, and the load at the maximum radius, it can lift a weight of 11 tons.
This big crane immediately after the presentation went to his first job - to build a hydroelectric power station in Germany. The crane manufacturer claims that today it is very popular in many countries of the world (Europe, America, Australia, the Middle East). No more than 15 such cranes are produced per year, and the price for them is formed depending on the configuration, but still the cost is incredibly high. Therefore, in order to save money for customers, manufacturers even offer this crane for rent.
largest floating crane
The Italian company Monfalcone created a large crane for work on water - Saipem Mikoperi7000. It is one of the huge floating cranes (more precisely, these are two cranes working together), the deck of which can be compared in size with two football fields.
This "hard worker" can lift any drilling rig or vessel weighing up to 14,000 tons. The crane can work on the water surface for several months, about 300 specialists work on it - for them, the floating crane even provides canteens, cafes, a cinema and a hospital.
You can also note the floating crane of the Chinese company - DLV4400. As the name suggests, this crane has a lifting capacity of 4,400 tons. It is characterized by the presence of 7 diesel engines. The floating crane is 174 meters long and 48 meters wide. This giant can stay on the water surface for at least 60 days. It employs 250 people. It is used for lifting sunken ships and for offshore construction.
The largest stationary crane
Crane Chinese made able to lift a load weighing at least 20,000 tons. So, he can lift about 20,000 cars or 420 units of heavy vehicles. The height of this mighty crane is 133 meters, the distance between spans is 20 meters. This "colossus" is an excellent assistant for a person in the construction of tankers and oil platforms.
The rapid development of science, industry and mechanical engineering allows you to quickly and reliably build industrial facilities and residential buildings.
During construction, it becomes necessary to raise to a height or move steel and concrete structures, tanks and reservoirs, as well as blocks of equipment and special equipment.
Only a few companies can produce machines capable of handling loads weighing more than 1000 tons.This task is taken on by modern - the largest truck cranes in the world. Let's analyze several models of truck cranes - champions, by the way, among them there are 3 manufacturers from the People's Republic of China, and one representative from Germany and the USA each.
Rating of the largest truck cranes in the world
Truck cranes are among the. On the 5th place is the machine of the American company Terex-Demag - model AC 1000. It is able to work in harsh climates and move on bad roads.
Fifth place - Terex-Demag truck crane (model AC 1000)
The crane works with a load weighing up to 1000 tons, to a height of 163 meters, the length of the telescopic boom is 100 meters. The crane boom itself consists of 9 sections, weighs 22 tons, and is transported on a special vehicle. To bring the crane in working condition, he needs another crane with a lifting capacity of 30 tons, able to assemble the entire machine piece by piece.
The main task of this machine is to ensure the operation of wind turbines and the installation of wind farms. When the crane moves along the highways, the loads on the axles do not exceed 12 tons, and this does not destroy the roads. There is also more special machine, which transports the equipment necessary for the crane - outriggers, hook block, counterweights.
Fourth place - SANY truck crane (model SAC 12000)
On the 4th place is the car of the Chinese company SANY model SAC12000. This truck crane quickly gets to the most difficult terrain. Weight Limit cargo 1200 tons.
This model has systems - fuel control, safety management, power distribution and chassis control.
The truck crane can operate in 15 modes, equipped with 4 supports, a superstructure and 2 winches. The telescopic boom consists of 4 sections and extends to a height of 102 meters.
Third place - Liebherr truck crane (model LTM 11200-9.1)
On the 3rd place is the machine of the German company Liebherr model LTM 11200-9.1. This machine works with loads weighing 1200 tons, has a telescopic antenna consisting of eight sections.
To work with special loads, a mandatory installation of a counterweight is provided, the weight of which is 200 tons. The crew of the machine consists of five people: an engineer, two operators and two drivers. The crane has two diesel engines, one 6-cylinder for the operation of the crane itself - with a capacity of 367 horsepower. And the other 8-cylinder is designed to move the chassis, has a capacity of 680 horsepower.
The axial piston hydraulic motor acts as the lifting mechanism of the telescopic boom of the crane. The maximum boom angle is 86 degrees.
Second place - XCMG truck crane (model XCA5000)
Such a crane can lift and carry various loads weighing 1600 tons.
In 2nd place is the car of the Chinese company XCMG model XCA5000. This crane has a lifting capacity of more than 1600 tons, the machine can move sideways and has a hydraulic servo steering. Areas of application are the construction of nuclear and maintenance of wind power plants.
First place - Zoomlion truck crane (model ZACB01)
In 1st place is the car of the Chinese company Zoomlion model ZACB01, which is capable of lifting a load of 2000 tons. The mass of this machine is 96 tons. The telescopic boom consists of eight sections and is 106 meters long. The Zoomlion truck crane (model ZACB01) was created on a 12-axle all-wheel drive chassis (24x24, QAY 2000). The manufacturer equipped the autocan with 4 engines different power(150, 260, 430 and 650 hp).
Such giant car will work in the construction and installation of chemical and metallurgical enterprises. The release of the novelty, recognized as the most lifting and high-altitude truck crane in the world, was timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the formation of Zoomlion.
Summarizing
IN this review of the five most powerful truck cranes, three are represented by companies from the People's Republic of China. In 5 years, Chinese firms will take a leading position in many segments of the world market, which suggests that we need to take a closer look at the products of Chinese industry and, in matters of import substitution, focus not on the West, but on the East (China).
