It will be impossible not to see it when it is running. The Dutch lifting specialist Mammoth (mammoth, in Dutch) has begun the testing phases of its electric mega crane SK6000. With a maximum vertical lifting capacity of 6,000 tons, They want to reach the market for large construction projects, such as wind farms. And clean energy also needs clean machines.
Offshore wind farms, nuclear power plants and all kinds of deposits. With his giant cranesthe company addresses the market for pharaonic works. Giant cranes have the immense advantage of allowing construction sites to use very heavy prefabricated elements directly. on site, as in the construction of the Fehmarn tunnel, between Germany and Denmark.
A true mammoth of cranes
The SK6000 surpasses the current world title holder, the gigantic SGC250 of the Belgian Sarens. Known as “Big Carl”, it has a maximum capacity of 5,000 tons. In addition, the Dutch crane reaches a total height of 274 meters, 24 meters more than the Big Carl.
The SK6000 is capable of lifting components 3,000 tons at 220 m high, and has a maximum radius of 144 m. “This allows customers to safeguard project timelines, even as turbine towers, nacelles and blades expand at a dizzying pace,” Mammoet explains.
This electric crane, which rotates on a ring, will be used above all in wind farm projects, which require increasingly larger and more powerful tools. Its enormous lifting power also allows it to lift between 3,000 and 6,000 tons.
For example, you will be able to raise foundations weighing several thousand tons, place gondolas of 20 MW wind turbines at 150 meters high or even leave floating foundations in the sea.
The SK6000, like the rest of the Dutch manufacturer’s SK series, can run entirely on electric power“which helps clients reduce the carbon impact of their projects,” the Dutch company recalls. And he adds: “A fully electric land loading and unloading system is now possible.”
The construction of this giant began in June and required the mobilization of three other cranes of up to 250 tons of capacity each. Currently undergoing testing at a plant in the Netherlands, it is planned that the SK6000 enters service at the end of the year.
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Source: www.motorpasion.com
