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ALEs Gottwald AK 912 burned out
The Gottwald AK 912 run by Abnormal Load Engineering has burned out. During a transfer to a new jobsite near Gabes in Tunisia the lattice boom crane caught fire and burned out in the front part. If this monument of crane construction will be refurbished is not yet known.
Tags: Abnormal Load Engineering - AK 912 - ALE - Crane construction - Jobsite - Lattice boom crane - Tunisia
ALE shows 4,300 tons lifting giant
Abnormal Load Engineering, based in the Netherlands, has launched a new lifting machine called SK 90. The maximum lifting capacity of the new giant is 4,300 tonnes. With a wider base, called SK 120, the capacitiy can be increased up to 5,000 tonnes. These high end lifts are made with a strand jack lifting system. Smaller lifts up to 600 tonnes can be made with a winching system. The design of the SK-series begun in December 2006 when major crane manufacturers refused its development. The main purpose for the SK's are lifts for a petro chemical contract in Saudi Arabia.
Tags: Abnormal Load Engineering - ALE - Crane manufacturers - Lifting machine - Petro chemical - Saudi Arabia - SK 120 - SK 90 - Strand jacks
ALE takes over Alstom's UK heavy lifting operations
Abnormal Load Engineering has taken over the heavy lifting and transport operations of Alstom Power Service UK. The deal concluded on 1 December. Alstom's Distribution Services Division (DSD) provides general and heavy transportation, heavy lifting, shipping and forwarding services for the power, electricity transmission, manufacturing and related industries. It operates a fleet of heavy installation equipment, conventional modular axles, heavy-duty trucks and transporter frame trailers.
The DSD business will be integrated into ALE's operations at its offices in Hixon, UK. The combined equipment fleet includes more than 10 heavy lifting gantries, including 600t hydraulic Lift N Lock gantries, crawler and pedestal cranes up to 1,500t capacity, 10 transporter frame trailers, ranging up to 450 tonnes capacity and 32 axles, and more than 900 lines of modular conventional and self-propelled axles.
Source: Connectingcranes.com
Tags: Abnormal Load Engineering - ALE - Alstom - Equipment fleet - Gantries - Heavy lifting - Pedestal cranes
