80sPEcIAL EdItIoN sPEcIAL INtERNAtIoNAL

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powerful solutions
NR. 21 | 2012
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SPECIAL EDITION
80 years of PALFINGER
20 years of PALFINGER WORLD
Special
Valuable – then and now
international
PALFINGER on principle
Contents
Editorial
02 PALFINGER – the success story
back to the roots
03 Valuable - then and now
report
04 80 years of PALFINGER
20 years of PALFINGER WORLD
Loader cranes
08 PALFINGER on principle
10 SH – a loader crane concept conquers
the world
12 Caution high voltage!
13 Sugar Sugar
14 Building boom for hydraulic systems
Container transfer systems
15 All-rounder – Power hookloader on Unimog
Transportable forklifts
16 Partnership with system
Tail lifts
17green Drive
Passenger entry systems
18 On the safe side
Railway systems
19 Non-stop mast erection
PALFINGER –
the success story
Established in 1932 and a global leader in innovative hydraulic lifting,
loading and handling systems for many years. That is PALFINGER’s
success story on first glance. On second glance: a global family.
Always close to the customer. There are good reasons why
PALFINGER became a successful “global, local player”. Firstly,
long-term distribution partnerships based on trust strengthen our
global market presence. We support our sales partners and our users.
The PALFINGER brand focuses on the requirement for generating
excellent life cycle performance for customers. Our products are
among the most cost-efficient throughout the entire life cycle.
They represent the best and most profitable investment. The entire
Palfinger family exemplifies this premium philosophy worldwide
and works closely with its customers the from initial contact to the end
of the product’s life.
It is our users who “bring our products to life”. This is why we follow
their exploits with interest. We have been reporting about assignments
from all over the world in our customer magazine PALFINGER WORLD
for precisely 20 years. In the light of this, I would just like to say a very
big thank you to all our customers for their impressive demonstrations
of our products in practical use.
2012 is not just an anniversary year for us but also a striking pointer
towards the future. We are very pleased to report on the most
important transaction for PALFINGER since the initial public offering
in 1999. By signing two joint ventures with Sany Heavy Industry,
China’s largest manufacturer of construction equipment, we are
securing our leading position in the global market for the coming
decade. As a result, we have a presence in the shape of production
and assembly plants in every important market in the world. In Sany,
which moreover meets our high quality requirements, we have gained
one of the world’s fastest growing industrial companies as a partner
- a significant step forward in the course of our internationalization
strategy.
Access platforms
20 Successful Down Under
Marine cranes
21 By order of research and development
Forestry and recycling cranes
22 Optimized waste management in the city
23 Not only cheese but plenty of wood too
sponsoring
24 We are EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!
CMO Wolfgang Pilz and CEO Herbert Ortner
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EDITORIAL
Valuable
then and now
“
Special things never lose their value. Quite the reverse in fact. Although
the PALFINGER PK 12000 crane with unit no. 8416455, year of
construction 1984 - mounted on a Volvo N88 from the 70s - is no longer
in use, it has far from served its time.
Ernst Heiniger’s emotional attachment to this loader crane speaks
volumes. When the vehicle was past its best, the Swiss businessmen had
the choice of selling it or doing something with it. He simply couldn't
bring himself to sell it. So he had it restored.
This nostalgic vehicle is a reminder of the past and my pride
and joy. It represents our company's reliability and down-toearth attitude. Then just as now.
”
Ernst Heiniger
back to the roots
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1932-1964 pioneering phase
1964
1932
*
Mr. Richard Palfinger set up the
PALFINGER company as a repair
workshop in 1932. It was extended
into a metalworking shop and
began to produce agricultural
trailers, tipper trucks and vehicle
bodies. The first crane was built
in 1959.
In 1964, the 22-year-old engineer Hubert
Palfinger took over the company.
Specialization in the production of
hydraulic loader cranes was introduced.
Cranes were first produced in series in
1966.
Moments in time
1992
4
report
1965 -1995 development and establishment – the crane era
1971 / 72
The steep ascendancy of PALFINGER.
The first exports to Switzerland and
France took place following
continuous development of the
Austrian market. The export quota
rose to 90%. PALFINGER advanced to
become a technology leader in
hydraulic knuckle boom cranes.
80 years close to the
customer – Assignments
from all over the world
Practical Demonstrations
from all over the world
Our customers bring our products
to life. We have been immensely
proud to report on this in our
customer magazine for 20 years.
report
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development and establishment – the crane era
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report
1980s and 1990s
1970s
Expansion of the business to the
Pacific rim countries opened up
new markets. A large number of
patents revolutionized the loader
crane.
Advancement to global
player and innovation leader.
The export quota rose to over
90%. PALFINGER cranes
were present in more than
70 countries.
Repositioning and expansion
1996 to the present
Development of key skills and new
products.
The core business was and still is
the loader crane. In the course of
product diversification, PALFINGER
expanded its product range to
include hookloaders, transportable
forklifts, access platforms, tail
lifts, … and developed into a
sought-after system supplier.
80
years of PALFINGER
2012
20
years of
palfinger world
report
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PALFINGER
on
principle
Be it in industrial areas of large cities, in ports
along the coast or construction sites inland,
PALFINGER is ubiquitous in France. We met
three successful companies in Brittany that
work on principle with our lifting, loading and
handling solutions.
In Lannilis, a small town in the northwest of Brittany, we met Claude
Tanguy - a businessman who has things firmly under control. He
told us passionately about the history of his family business and his
preference for PALFINGER cranes.
His grandfather was already transporting coal, seaweed and
fuel wood by horse and cart in 1925. After the war he began
to specialize in construction materials. In 1947, the company
imported its first delivery of timber from the north and a garage was
converted into a sawmill. Nowadays 40,000 m³ of timber a year is
processed into glulam and outdoor furniture in Tanguy’s workshops.
In addition to the transport and trade in timber, Tanguy has also
specialized in other construction materials such as flagstones, roof
elements and ready-mixed concrete. Closely connected with this:
acquisition of the first PALFINGER loader crane, followed by a
further 23.
“
PALFINGER cranes work fast and reliably. We
couldn't and wouldn't want to be without
the maneuverability and precision of our
PK 22002 EH and PK 18002 EH models!
”
Claude Tanguy is proud of his loader cranes
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Loader cranes
“
When we accept a job, it goes without saying
that it will also be completed on schedule.
We depend on the reliability of our
machines to be able to do this. This means
we need high quality products. Premium
products à la PALFINGER!
”
Marc Guénault is a man of his word
A powerful loader crane, a perfectly matched vehicle body and
the realization of an environmentally sound overall concept. The
specifications of the Vinci Construction Group were clear and
challenging.
Based on their excellent experience with PALFINGER over the last
10 years, those in charge at Vinci Construction France decided
when purchasing a new construction site vehicle to go for a PK
33002 EH. Thanks to its outstanding performance data and
movement geometry, the crane can not only deliver materials
to construction sites but can also position containers weighing
between 5 and 6 tonnes. Both economic and environmental
considerations played a huge role. The PK 33002 EH works on
Panolin, a biodegradable oil. This means the ability to work in
sensitive areas in an environmentally compatible manner.
“
“Mobile cranes were no longer sufficient, the operating costs were
too high and customers were simply asking for more,” is how Marc
Guénault, head of the transport, handling and lifting company
Sotrama, explains the market situation which caused him to switch
to loader cranes.
Not only did he bring new handling solutions to his customers. Marc
immediately recognized the double advantage of a loader crane: in
particular, the combination of transport and handling. With the help
of two PALFINGER 18 meter tonne cranes, he instantly picked up
new business in the industrial removals sector.
This loyal PALFINGER customer’s most recent acquisition is a
PK 50002 EH. It is a perfect compromise for the contractor:
the crane's power enables it to transport heavy containers to the
construction site. And thanks to Power Link Plus, it can also work
effortlessly in industrial buildings.
This generation of the PALFINGER PK 33002 EH
is faster, the control elements are more
flexible and I like the LEDs which display the
crane’s carrying capacity in real-time.
”
Crane operator Romain is completely happy
Loader cranes
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SH.
a loader crane concept
conquers the world
“Always at least one step ahead of others.” – An unwritten rule at
PALFINGER. The new generation of SH loader cranes is the best
proof of this.
“SH” signifies new heights of controllability and functionality with
a hitherto unparalleled level of safety. Scarcely on the market and
already a runaway success. In Europe, Asia, Australia – all over
the world.
Precise, safe and cost efficient
Living, office, sanitary or storage containers are familiar and
in demand throughout Europe. They are delivered exclusively
using the company's own vehicles. 25 trucks are fitted with
PALFINGER cranes, 10 of these with brand-new PK 34002 SH
models.
“We drive our trucks for around 10 years and 1 million
kilometers. So the quality has to be right,” is how Tim Albers
describes the demands made on the vehicle pool and the cranes.
“PALFINGER cranes are the best on the market. They more
than meet the high requirements for precision in our business.
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Loader cranes
The new SH models are real “high performers" which combine
everything that the crane operator can ever desire in the way of
control comfort, maneuverability, power and safety. The Soft Stop
function protects the crane and the load, in this case the container,
by approaching the limit position gently. This means that containers
can be set down on the installation site with millimeter precision
and without swinging using the active oscillation suppression
system (AOS). This is particularly important if several containers are
assembled into one unit and bolted together. The loader crane with
reverse linkage also enables containers to be set down in otherwise
inaccessible positions. Design elements protect sensitive crane
components against dirt and damage. This cuts down on the cost
and effort of servicing and maintenance and extends the crane's
service life.”
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15
TH
TH
company
anniversary
PALFINGER
crane
Continuous service for Helmut Leeb. The company has acquired
a new PK 53002 SH – the 15th PALFINGER in its company
history – primarily for transporting office, material and sanitary
containers.
“One has to keep pace with technical progress and preferably
also take future specifications into consideration. At the same
time, the sanitary containers are getting heavier and heavier, they
now weigh up to 6 tonnes. You simply need more power if they are
not going to be set down immediately next to the truck!”
„All I can say is, buy one!”
Extremely positive feedback from Ian Hosking, All Lift Crane
Trucks in Melbourne, for his new PK 34002 SH.
His new addition offers more power and at the same time
whole package of revolutionary crane technology, “The
outstanding innovation here is the Super-HPLS which switches in
automatically. Where previously the operator had to react himself
and activate additional hydraulic power by pressing a button, now
the crane's control concept automatically takes over when lifting
particularly heavy loads. Combined with all the other high-tech
PALFINGER features, when it comes to safety, performance,
comfort and functionality every requirement is satisfied in every
way imaginable,” says Helmut Leeb, who has relied exclusively on
PALFINGER products from the outset some 25 years ago.
Technological advancement in Hong Kong
Fourteen new PK 65002 SH models for Leighton Asia. “Handing over
ceremony”: Terence Goh, PALFINGER ASIA PACIFIC, Bernard Hui,
Managing Director of CAE, Ian Edwards, Executive General Manager,
Brian Mackie, Financial & Administration Manager, Peter Lyle, Plant
Manager.
Loader cranes
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Caution
high voltage!
Arnold AG, Energie & Telecom, has been using its PK 60002
Performance successfully for several months. It’s quite exciting
working next to a 132,000 volt cable with it.
A high-voltage circuit breaker was re-installed on the site of BKW
FMB Energie AG in Wattenwil (Berne/Switzerland) following the
completion of inspection and overhaul work. It goes without saying
that you can’t simply switch off the electricity for a whole region
because of this. A good 132,000 volts flow through the transmission
lines immediately adjacent to the area that has been made safe. It
doesn’t bear thinking about what would happen should contact be
made with a high-voltage transmission line.
“
We need equipment that is reliable even under
difficult conditions. Precision controllability
is an absolute must-have.
”
Bernhard Sahli who works in Support at Arnold AG and who
operated the crane on site was also emphatic on this point.
The foundation stone for this is laid early on in PALFINGER's
production. On one hand, thanks to the automated hexagonal
boom production which processes high-strength steels into
extension booms with constant and unvarying precision. This
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Loader cranes
means they can be extended and retracted evenly and smoothly
on the crane. On the other hand, the hydraulic high-tech control
block configured according to PALFINGER specifications is also a
key element. It transfers the crane operator's control movements
directly and precisely to the crane. The reverse linkage system
which can be angled upwards by 15 degrees, the double knuckle
boom system and the infinite slewing gear with two pivot drives
which enables smooth, precise movements without bearing play all
ensure maximum maneuverability.
The PK 60002 with 6 hydraulic extensions is equipped with an
additional knuckle boom system with 4 hydraulic extensions and
2.5 meter tonne cable winch on the main boom. Ernst Keller AG
Thun, a long-standing vehicle body and service partner of the Swiss
sole agency Walser Schweiz AG, was responsible for mounting the
crane on the MAN chassis.
“The customer’s demanding requirements were a challenge for
us,” admits Ernst Keller looking back. “The aim was to combine the
transport of ISO containers, an open heavy-load bridge, a covered
superstructure with lifting platform on the back and last but not
least to mount the 60 meter tonne crane permanently behind the
cab with as low an installation height as possible.”
sugar
sugar
In the Da Barra sugar factory, a company of the Grupo
Cosan Açúcar e Álcool (Sugar and Ethanol Cosan
Group), a PK 38502 by PALFINGER MADAL has taken
on the task of manipulating bags of sugar weighing
1,200 kg each. Making lighter work of things in the
truest sense of the word.
Foresto, Usina Da Barra’s logistics coordinator, explains, “During
harvest time, the crane basically works 7 days a week, 24 hours
a day and moves 1,500 tonnes of sugar every day. We decided on
the radio remote controlled unit with safety in mind. The well-lit
stabilizers are also important. It isn’t possible to light the storage
areas in order to protect the sugar from damage.” The PK 38502
was mounted at the rear of the truck to make it easy to work in
storage depots. The sugar bags are stacked up to a height of 18 m
in six different storage depots. According to Foresto, the company
has made great savings since the sugar containers have been
handled in this way. “Storage operations have become extremely
profitable for the company because we supply our customers with
packaged sugar.”
Loader cranes
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A whole fleet of specially constructed semi-trailers is
needed to move the thousands of tonnes of steel
devoured by Australia’s largest infrastructure project.
Crane Trucks R Us is one of the companies benefitting
from the current building boom Down Under.
Fred Mohammed operates a fleet of 25 specially modified trucks
and 20 trailers working out of Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle.
Loader cranes are mainly used to deliver reinforcing steel to
construction sites along Australia’s east coast. The $ 4.2 billion
Brisbane Airport Link is one the projects currently being handled
by Crane Trucks R Us. Since starting their work on the Airport Link,
Fred and his crew have successfully moved more than 300,000
tonnes of steel and this is increasing on a weekly basis.
“The Airport Link is currently one of the largest infrastructure
projects in Australia so at least we are very busy. Our main task
for the duration of the project, which is supposed to be completed
at the end of 2012 is the provision and delivery of steel for tunnel
construction.”
The enthusiastic contractor says, “When specifying or adapting the
trucks, we reinforced the chassis, installed a crane frame and then
the crane itself. We use PALFINGER cranes that can lift between 3.5
and 6 tonnes. The safety of our drivers is important to us and this is
why we mainly use fully radio remote controlled cranes which allow
the machine to be operated even at a distance from the truck.”
Crane Trucks R Us is considered to be the number one choice in
transport companies for large and small projects in the building
trade, industry, mining and the public sector. It intends to remain
so too with PALFINGER on board. Four brand-new PK 14002 EH
cranes are due to be accepted very soon.
BUILDING
boom
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Loader cranes
ALLROUNDER
Power hookloader
on Unimog
An unusual combination on first glance. On second
glance, the customized solution for municipal
assignments and landscape design.
The Zweckverband Bauhof Dettenhausen-Waldenbuch, a local
authorities association, swears by the vehicle combination
POWER P7.32 on UNIMOG U 400. Transportation of green
waste, soil, gravel and chopped material or watering work - the
suggestions are many. For starters, however, it is used for the
winter gritting and snow-clearing service. The winter months offer
little in the way of variety with the gritting unit on the hookloader.
But if some other task is waiting at short notice, the unit can
be swapped in just a few minutes. With the swap bodies used
previously, this meant time-consuming conversion and load
securing work. With the new POWER container handling system,
the desired body is simply lifted on and locked in place at the
touch of a button. Done! This time-saving means an increase in
the vehicle’s overall annual utilization.
The POWER container handling system becomes a real all-rounder
mainly due to the use of different containers and swap bodies such
as the dumping body, gritting unit, water tank, tool magazine and
large volume tank. The universal usability of the UNIMOG itself further
extends its range of applications. Equipped with four-wheel drive and
a wheelbase of 3,600 mm in addition to a total weight of 13 tonnes
for the winter gritting and snow-clearing service, the vehicle can be
used to its best advantage in all areas. The POWER P7.32 can take
containers up to 6 m³. It has a payload of 5.8 tonnes. Its unique boom
geometry enables a particularly low loading angle and optimum power
transmission. Both heavy material and loads that slip easily can be
set down and picked up effortlessly. The container handling system is
wear-resistant and easy to easy to install.
Container transfer systems
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Partnership
with system
The right loading
aid for every job
With 64 trading houses in Germany and Austria,
WeGo Systembaustoffe GmbH occupies a top position
within the industry. Specializing in the areas of
drywall installation, insulating materials and technical
insulation, around 350 vehicles are on the road every
day supplying building sites with material just-in-time.
“We see ourselves as trade specialists for processing companies
within the construction industry that have to be supplied justin-time. We therefore place great emphasis on providing fully
functioning, first-class services. Virtually any company can
distribute building materials but getting the goods to building sites
on schedule with the right logistics is quite a different matter and
one of our strengths!”
The vehicle pool manager says, “It is immensely important to us
to have reliable equipment in terms of both the trucks and also
the loader cranes, tail lifts and transportable forklifts. We set great
store by having our own vehicle pool and our own deliveries. In
any case, the customer has a right to have his goods delivered
not only on schedule but in the best way possible whether this is
by transportable forklift in the backyard or by loader crane on the
sixth floor.”
WeGo GmbH has been working closely with PALFINGER for 10
years; in the meantime around 70% of its trucks are fitted with
loader cranes from Ainring. In the last two years, only PALFINGER
products have been purchased. The company has recently also
switched to this system supplier for transportable forklifts and tail
lifts. The excellent score awarded by the drivers and the proximity
to PALFINGER were the overwhelming reason for this switch.
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Transportable forklifts
GREEN
Drive
Many of those in the transport industry are worried about rising
costs – particularly in relation to diesel fuel. The search for
alternatives is in full swing. This also applies at WeGo. The three
12 ton trucks are fitted with new environmentally compatible tail
lifts by MBB PALFINGER. They also work in hybrid design and
without hydraulic oil.
“
WeGo has bought three hybrid trucks in
the last year. We need between 5 and 6
million liters of diesel fuel each year
– the estimated 20% saving from using
hybrid technology is already an
enormous sum.
„
the vehicle pool manager
1000 E with e-Drive. More environmentally compatible, quieter,
cleaner. This tail lift has a future. Oil, valve and hydraulic hose
changes are no longer necessary. It is even possible to make use
of energy recovery. The time-tested mechanics of conventional
tail lifts combined with the completely new design of the drive
elements results in a sustainable and positive balance between
technology and the environment. It has been demonstrated in
daily distribution transport that the electric tail lift brings with
it significant advantages particularly on cold winter days. By
dispensing with hydraulic oil, which becomes viscous when cold,
the 1000 E always offers the same lifting and lowering speed
regardless of outdoor temperatures and therefore successfully
withstands the effects of frosty weather.
“Investment in environmental and sustainability topics should be
an obligation rather than a fashion.” This is also the keynote at
PALFINGER. The new 1000 E shows that green action is also costeffective.
Tail lifts
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ON
THE
SaFE
SIDE
PALFINGER RATCLIFF constantly invests in the development of
appropriate features to reduce the risk of injury for tail lift users.
This applies, for example, to new concepts regarding safety rails:
Although the law only requires safety rails for tail lifts with a lifting
height more than 2 m above the ground (e.g. when used in doubledeck vehicles), the requirements of employers regarding operator
protection are increasing all the time. The safety rails originally
used, which are housed separately within the vehicle body, are
increasingly being replaced by models which safeguard the
operator even before he accesses the rear of the vehicle.
Lift with railings attached to guide rails.
High perimeter ramp stops at the end of
the platform. Nonslip platform coating for
increased operator protection.
Lift with lateral railings. Railings are
attached to guide rails and therefore move
with the platform. Railings on the back
are stowed in the rear of the vehicle. All
railings must be brought into position
before the vehicle body can be entered.
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Passenger entry systems
non-stop
mast
erection
From the beginning, the Austrian Federal Railways route network
has used mainly concrete masts with a dead weight of between
2.5 and approx. 12 tonnes. Steel boxes with a rectangular crosssection are generally driven into the ground as mast foundations.
The masts are lifted into these steel boxes using a crane and
backfilled with split. The masts can be precisely aligned during
this process thus compensating for any slight inaccuracies in the
foundation.
This mast foundation method offers a significant advantage
when replacing masts. In this case, the split is only partially
removed using industrial suction units and the crane can be
used to simply pull the mast out. As long as there is no change
in the position of the foundation, the foundation box can be
cleaned within a few minutes and prepared to take a new mast.
Thanks to a sophisticated vehicle solution by PALFINGER
RAILWAY, 15 to 20 overhead line masts each weighing several
tonnes can be erected or dismantled on each shift using only
one unit!
The PKR 750 railway applications crane plays the key role
in mast erection. It is the perfect railway crane for lifting
heavy loads underneath overhead lines. With this unit, masts
can efficiently be erected beneath existing overhead lines
without touching or even damaging the contact wire. It is even
unnecessary to temporarily dismantle the overhead lines while the
work is being carried out. The crane can work to its best advantage
under existing overhead lines and other obstacles due to the
reverse linkage boom. It is often impossible to use conventional
cranes under such cramped conditions or using them would be
associated with the high additional costs of temporarily dismantling
these obstacles.
The real work of erection or dismantling actually only takes 10 to
15 min per mast. Added to this of course are transport times for
travelling to and from the construction site plus manipulation time
if work is carried out under particularly cramped conditions and the
load has to be attached and detached several times per work cycle.
Fitted with a three-part PALFINGER PA 1002 access platform and
a PFD 99 positioner for contact wires and carrying cables, the
vehicle meets basically all the requirements placed on a stateof-the-art overhead wiring maintenance vehicle and a versatile
troubleshooting vehicle. The multipurpose capability is significantly
extended by hydraulic stabilizers and a counterweight which is
installed on the vehicle and can be hydraulically positioned.
All three work units, the stabilizers and the positionable
counterweight are linked via the PALtronic 150 control system and
networked with the vehicle control system.
The new PAL 150 integrates full geometric measurement and
stability determination in real time. The optimum lifting forces
and work ranges are therefore always available depending on the
operating state of all the units and components.
Railway systems
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Successful
DOWN UNDER
The vehicle pool of the Australian hire company LinCon Hire has
already included PALFINGER access platforms for a number of
years. With models from the Jumbo series and a WT 1000, the
service company covers a broad range of applications Down Under.
First WT 1000 in Australia. A maintenance job on the wire cables of
a dragline excavator*) southwest of Mackay in Queensland was the
first challenge for this access platform in the champions' league. The
job was carried out on the orders of a large coal mining company.
Although the assignment only took a few hours, it was nevertheless
easier and quicker to set up a WT 1000 than a large crane with fly jib
attachment and counterweights.
Thanks to the gratifyingly good order situation, it was time to expand
the vehicle pool by another four access platforms. So two units from
* Dragline excavators are among the most important construction machines
used for excavation work. Such excavators are equipped with an open bucket
that is linked to the end of a long boom by means of a wire cable. The bucket is
dragged along the ground using the wire cable until it is full of earth which is then
unloaded in a different place. Dragline excavators are mainly used in the mining
industry for digging deep holes.
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Access platforms
each of the WT 700 and WT 610 ranges were acquired for facade
cleaning and renovation assignments, maintenance and installation
work on overhead power lines, tree conservation jobs, glass cleaning
work on tall buildings and maintenance work on large excavators
in open-cast coal mines. These access platforms are particularly in
demand for bridge inspection work due to their ability to work below
ground level.
By order of research and
development
Special jobs require specific solutions. Equipping the Japanese
research ship “Hakurei” with different types of crane from
PALFINGER MARINE was intended to ensure smooth operations on
board. Following a two-year production period, the ship put to sea in
February 2012 with a total of five PALFINGER marine cranes on board.
Construction of the ship was commissioned by the Japan Oil, Gas
and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries Ltd. with the aim of pressing ahead with the exploration of
maritime resources around Japan's coastal areas. There is special
interest in the mineral deposits and gas hydrates on the sea bed with
plans to make them usable as energy sources of the future.
The “Hakurei” was fitted with a large number of drilling and
measuring instruments in order to fulfill the research commission
in the best possible way. Five PALFINGER marine cranes are used
to manipulate this equipment. Four knuckle boom cranes, two PK
50002 M cranes and two PK 90002 M cranes, work together. The
first PFM 3500, a knuckle boom crane for extremely heavy loads,
was also installed on board. This crane will also be used primarily for
overboard activities.
The designers at PALFINGER MARINE also had to tread new ground
during this assignment. The first PFM 3500 marine crane with a
lifting moment of up to 245 meter tonnes was designed. The many
possible combinations of different marine-specific winches make the
PFM crane series unique. It was this range of cranes which enabled
PALFINGER MARINE to make the leap into the champions’ league of
offshore crane systems.
The completion of this project has established PALFINGER MARINE
in the research business. This is confirmed by an enquiry from Korea
for a project with an identical design and five PALFINGER MARINE
cranes.
Marine cranes
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50,000 tonnes of household waste, 12,000 tonnes of packaging
material and 5,600 tonnes of glass. 14,600 tonnes of this for
vertical collection, the rest is disposed of in containers. The aim is
to dispose of the waste generated by the 210,000 inhabitants of
the French town of Brest as efficiently as possible.
Léo Magueur, engineer in charge of waste management in Brest,
describes the situation as follows. “Brest Métropole operates on a
“2 x 7” rhythm. That is to say, the employees work shifts and the
equipment works 14 hours non-stop. To adhere to this schedule
and to prevent outages as far as possible, we need equipment that
can withstand the intense operating speeds and stresses. Fast,
robust loader crane systems are in demand here.”
Optimized waste
management in
the city
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Forestry and recycling cranes
Recycling cranes by EPSILON have the hard-wearing construction
required. The Epsilon Q170L with telescopic main boom facilitates
fast, smooth waste collection. Radio remote control enables the
containers to be emptied in the shortest possible time. The cranes
use biodegradable oil. This also enables the operator to work in
protected areas without posing environmental risks. Quality, design
and ease of maintenance of the Q170L promise reliable operations
over many years.
NOT ONLY
CHEESE
BUT
PLENTY OF
WOOD TOO
The municipality of Röthenbach in Emmental, the
region famous throughout the world for Swiss
Emmental cheese with holes, is one of Switzerland's
most densely wooded municipalities. The Daniel
Scheuner transport company benefits from this large
area of forest and is an expert when it comes to long
timber handling.
Martin Scheuner says, “There is a disproportionately high quantity
of large timber in our region and this is why we rely on powerful
forestry cranes.” They have already decided on the EPSILON brand
three times within just a few years. The most recent “plant” in their
vehicle pool is a MAN TGS 33.480 with an EPSILON S300L98 long
timber crane and a self-steering trailer with combination frame.
The on-road forestry crane has the time-tested and patented
EPSLINK link-rotator combination with its extremely robust four-eye
link. Thanks to its internally routed hoses, this solution ingeniously
links the sensitive interfaces between crane, rotator and grab. The
hydraulic hoses thus enjoy maximum protection. The High Power
Lifting System (HPLS) is a further outstanding feature. Switching on
the booster can increase the lifting force by up to 12% if extra power
is required at short notice. The working speed is reduced
simultaneously so that the components are not overloaded. With
this system it is extremely easy to attach the self steering trailer with
combination frame. Asked whether there had been a particular
transport highlight over the last few years, Martin Scheuner replied
passionately, “Transporting logs up to 25 meters in length is a
highlight every day.” A great deal of sensitivity is often needed for
the long timber transports because forest paths are usually very
narrow and nothing at all like multi-lane highways.
Forestry and recycling cranes
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FIA Truck Race. Fascination in motorsport is not reserved purely for Formula 1. Race
trucks are the “big brothers” of the Formula 1 fireballs. For more than 20 years, the
elite of truck drivers have been thundering around European racetracks during the
FIA Truck Racing Cup. 1000 HP under the hood, a perfectly coordinated team in
the background and the considerable driving skills of the pilots ensure an attractive
symbiosis of man and machine.
MAN pilot Jochen Hahn won the European Champion title in Le Mans in 2011.
Following an exciting battle, he won through successfully against the competition and
secured victory in the third championship race.
“
PALFINGER has been our partner for many years now and has
always shown great confidence in us. So I am particularly
happy that by winning the European championship I can give
something back because ultimately it is the long-standing
business relationship with our sponsors which lays the
foundation for our success.
„
Jochen Hahn, European Champion 2011
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