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Grove GSK 55: Trailer mounted mobile crane
Manitowoc again introduces a new innovative mobile crane concept named GSK 55. The upperstructure already is known from its AT-version, the GMK 3055, fitted with 43 meters of telescopic boom and a double folding jib with 8,7 and 15 meters of lenght as option. The special idea about the GSK 55 is its carrier, as it is a specially designed 3-axle trailer-chassis. For moving the crane this chassis can be combined with a common prime mover that usually is available in every truckfleet.
The GSK 55 offers the same load capacities and working radius like the GMK 3055, though it has not its mobility offside the road. But the great benefit of this concept is the road mobility between different job sites. Combined with a 2-axle truck and full ballast of 11,6 tonnes, the GSK 55 has a maximum load per axle of 9 tonnes. The trailer chassis is fitted with 93kW-motor from Iveco. With this motor all crane functions are driven, including the outrigger system. At coming Intermat in Paris Grove will show the GSK 55 in iron for the first time.
New Grove GMK 5095
At Bauma 2007 in Munich, Grove will show the new developed GMK 5095 95 tons telescopic crane. The all terrain mobile crane has a 5-axle carrier with the new designed cab, known from the GMK 4100. The upperstructure will be equipped with 60 m of main boom with seven sections. Maximum height will be 82 m with the available double folding jib of 17 m. Deliveries will start in early summer 2007.
Tags: All terrain mobile crane - Bauma 2007 - GMK 4100 - GMK 5095 - Grove - Telescopic crane
GTK1100 - The new crane concept from Manitowoc Crane Group
GTK1100 from Grove is a totally new concept for lifting from the Manitowoc Crane Group. The main applications will be the erection of wind turbines and lifting in high areas. The biggest advantages in comparison to regular lifting cranes is the easy transporting of the components and the quick assembly. Beside of grove, making the main development, all parts of MCG like Manitowoc and Potain were involved in the construction. A kind of semitrailer carrying a vertical telescoping tower with a maximum height of 81 m, topped with a luffing telescopic boom, will reach a maximum overall height of 140 m. All components can be transported on 4 trailers. Accoring to preliminary numbers, the GTK1100, based on 4 cross based outriggers, will lift 70 to to a height of more than 120 m.
Grove GMK 6350 mobile in Chile
Chilean rental company Avemi has purchased a 317.5 t (350 USt) capacity Grove GMK 6350 mobile crane. The crane has been put to work at the El Abra copper mine in northern Chile where it has been busy handling general maintenance and emergency lifting work for government-owned producer Codelco (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile). It is one of the few cranes in this capacity class available for rental in the region.
Already proving a valued asset by demonstrating excellent lifting characteristics, Avemi recently had its GMK 6350 take the lead in a tri-crane lift of a mineral spreader in the El Abra field. It helped lift the 108 t (120 USt) machine after it broke in the middle and landed on its side. The GMK 6350 used 50% of rated capacity from its second boom section at a 12 m (40 ft) radius.
The lifting work took four days in total to complete. Calama-based Avemi’s GMK 6350 is the third Grove crane it has purchased in recent years. The company runs two 118 t (130 USt) GMK5130 models, as well as a 54 t (60 USt) RT 760.
Key specifications of the GMK6350 include a boom length between 15.4 m (51 ft) and 60 m (197 ft) and a jib that tops out at 61 m (200 ft). It boasts 193 kW (260 hp) of power under the hood and has a GVW of 72 t (79.3 USt).
Source: Manitowoc, Press release
