Terex Demag has announced it will launch three crawler cranes with lifting capacities of 300t, 350t and 1,000t in mid-2004.
The 1,000t capacity CC 5800 is a completely new design, to compete with the Manitowoc 1800 and the Liebherr LR 1800. The CC 2000-1 and CC 2200 are based on the 300t-rated CC 1800-1 model.
Demag has now used the basic design of the 300t-capacity CC 1800-1 three times. It launched the 275t capacity CC 1500, a cut-down version of the CC 1800-1 without Superlift, just before the Intermat show in Paris in May. The 350t CC 2200 will be shown at Bauma in Munich next March.
The 1800-1 is intended to remain for sale, giving Demag customers two 300 tonners from which to choose, depending on which boom system they want.
The CC 2000-1 and CC 2200 are variations on the theme of the 1800-1. ‘The concept is to have very similar crawler carrier and superstructure but different boom systems for both types,’ a Demag spokesman explained. The CC 2000-1 has a lifting capacity of 300t with special heavy boom head. Without, the heaviest lift, according to preliminary specifications, is 251t at 6m radius with 30m of main boom. Its main boom has a width of 2.4m. ‘This is optimised for the transportation on standard truck trailers with excellent load capacity on long working radius,’ the spokesman said.
The 350t capacity CC 2200, by contrast, has a 3m-wide boom, which allows it to maximise its loads in steep and medium-angle boom positions, ‘particularly in combination with superlift attachment.’ Windmill installation is again a possible application – drove similar changes in the AC 500-2 SSL.
The CC 2000-1 and CC 2200 weigh about 10t more than the CC 1800-1 and require a total of 30t more counterweight to lift on the heaviest load chart. Both have slightly longer boom lengths as well – the heavy main boom on both new crawlers is 12m longer than the CC 1800-1.
‘In this range of cranes between 250t and 350t there is a lot of demand and even the competition is well positioned in this range,’ the spokesman said. Competitors include the Liebherr LR 1350 and Manitowoc 999.
