Showing its reach

1 May 2020

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BKL has used its Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane to install air conditioning units on the roof of a new industrial building in Kösching in Bavaria, Germany.

The crane was supplied by BKL’s depot in Ingolstadt.

Using a 28m lattice jib at an angle of 40° and the almost fully extended telescopic boom at a length of 84m, the crane operator managed to place the loads at the various points on the roof from a single location.

Gross weights of up to 1.4t were positioned with great accuracy using radii of up to 89m. The position of the crane was selected taking into consideration the 22m high projecting edge. This meant that the crane job, involving 17 hoists and scheduled for around two days, was actually completed in the evening of the first day.

This unit was added to BKL’s fleet 24 months ago, and has already been used for a number of applications including: bridge construction; tower crane erection; silo and prefabricated component assembly works.