Felbermayr puts giant AC 1000 to work at dairy

In order to lower the new whey tank in to place, the Felbermayr team set up the AC 1000 with a boom length of 29.2m by extending telescopic segments two and three while leaving segments one and four retracted. Following this, the team installed a 60m luffing fly jib in order to attain the required reach of 52m-54m and a hook height of 70m. Finally, 208t of counterweight was added.

With the mobile crane in position and configuration, the operator lifted the old 24t tank, swung it to the side within a radius of 51m, and set it down in a horizontal position with the help of a Terex AC 80-2 crane. The AC 1000 lifted the new 30t tank, swung it within the same radius and lowered the new whey tank in to place.

"We were able to dispense the need of bringing additional counterweight for an SSL configuration, since the AC 1000's lifting capacity with this configuration was more than enough for this project," explains crane operator Wolfgang Korch. "I am very impressed with the AC 1000: especially how easy the crane was to control, operate, set up, and disassemble."

Steffen Wenk, Felbermayr project manager, added: "The crane performed flawlessly; on top of that, it has extraordinary handling characteristics for its enormous size, even when space is tight and difficult to maneuver around. The AC 1000 was an ideal crane for this project and showed us what it's made of."

A video of the lift is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IalGOCtUm6c