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applications. Flexibility trumps all "We bought the crane for Hamburg, which is an industrial metropolitan region with a huge demand for short-term assignments, often in confined spaces. With this in mind, we knew we needed a compact, high-speed crane, and so the Tadano 220-ton ticks all the boxes," enthuses Mitja Schimek. After all, the ATF-220-5.1 can handle heavyduty work even without the need for additional transport. With just a hook block and sling and no counterweight, it remains within the 12-ton axle load. And even in this configuration, the crane is capable of lifting to 11.7 tons with the boom at full stretch. It is precisely this kind of performance, combined with a length of 15.2 metres and width of 3 metres, that make the ATF-220-5.1 the optimal taxi crane in the Hamburg conurbation.
Tadano ATF-220-5.1 for use in the Hamburg metropolitan region. With the Hamburg metropolitan region offering a whole lot of work for heavy-duty and crane service providers, Fricke-Schmidbauer Schwerlast GmbH has decided to purchase a new ATF-220-5.1 from Tadano for its city-based branch. This flexible, high-performance crane offers exactly what Hamburg and the surrounding area need. Headquartered in Braunschweig and together with SchmidtbauerGruppe, Fricke-Schmidbauer Schwerlast GmbH is one of Germany’s leading providers of lifting and heavy goods vehicle services in Germany. The addition of the Hamburg site to its branch network is a relatively recent development. In its quest to expand the fleet at the new branch and meet the requirements of the metropolitan region, the company had been looking for a flexible and reliable crane for a variety of applications. As it turned out, the ATF-220-5.1 from Tadano was a perfect choice.
A positive experience Fricke-Schmidbauer has been relying on cranes from Lauf an der Pegnitz across its group of companies for quite some time. “We are convinced of the Tadano technology, and when you’ve worked with it for as long as we have, you really can be confident about the quality and efficiency of the machines,” explains Dr Mitja Schimek, technical managing director at Fricke-Schmidbauer. The company ordered the ATF-2205.1 complete with a hydraulically offsetable, 18-metre boom extension. In combination with the 68-metre main boom and a variety of variable counterweight configurations and asymmetrical outrigger base, the crane covers a wide range of lifting capacities and
Equipped for the future Another plus for use in urban areas can be found in the crane’s new generation of engines. Both the 390 kW (530 hp) carrier power unit and its 150 kW (204 hp) superstructure counterpart comply with the EU Stage V emission standard and are equipped with the latest exhaust gas treatment technology. This is a real advantage in inner-city applications, where emission limits are now playing an increasingly important role – even on construction sites. The ATF-220-5.1 has already completed its first tasks in Hamburg for Fricke-Schmidbauer: its debut assignment saw the crane lift a boiler cover into place at a district heating power plant. The cover weighed in at 32 tons and had to be lifted at a radius of 15 metres. “This job was by no means a major challenge for our compact powerhouse. We are already looking forward to taking on even more heavy-duty tasks with our new Tadano,” concludes Mitja Schimek.
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This increases safety during operations and facilitates routine operations. Another advantage of the identical cranes is more efficient maintenance and procurement of spare parts. All three units can be maintained in one service loop.
Turn two into three
Uruguayan company Corporación Navios replaced a Liebherr long duty cycle crane with a permanently installed harbour crane type FCC 300. The recently erected harbour crane will be used for dry bulk handling of barges in hoppers at the terminal in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay. The now total of three harbour cranes is expected to increase the terminal's handling rates and generate operating synergies, as the crane operators will work with the same type of crane on all operations. Corporación Navios has been working with Liebherr cranes for 30 years. The Liebherr products are used to handle bulk cargo on the narrow pier.
the terminal. With over 100,000 operating hours, the long duty cycle crane is a symbol of the successful and reliable cooperation between Corporación Navios and Liebherr.
the right choice." About half of the five million tonnes are exported from Uruguay, the other half is imported dry cargo from other countries.
In the course of this, the customer's renewed decision in favour of a Liebherr maritime crane is a sign of trust.
The FCCs handle various grains such as soy, maize and wheat, as well as minerals such as iron and manganese. The new FCC 300 is mainly used for soy handling and can handle up to 1,000 tons of soy per hour. The soy from Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil is loaded onto overseas ships at the terminal and transported to Europe, Africa and the Far East.
Outstanding experience values as the basis for the renewed purchase decision
For terminals with little space but a high workload, the space-saving design of the Fixed Cargo Cranes series by Liebherr is the perfect solution.
"With the investment in another FCC 300, we are taking a decisive step towards higher turnover rates", says Rosina Lurato, Project and Certification Manager of Corporación Navios.
This has been demonstrated over the past six years: Between 600 and 700 tons of iron were handled per hour throughout this time. They were supported by a Liebherr HS 871 HD long duty cycle crane, which is now being replaced by an FCC 300, the third of its kind at
"We handle around five million tonnes of dry cargo per year and need fast as well as reliable equipment. Based on our positive experience with the two permanently installed cargo cranes, it was quickly clear to us that another crane of the same type was
Space-saving design and use of synergy effects In addition, to the space-saving design, the higher handling capacity was also a decisive feature for choosing the third permanently installed harbour crane. Furthermore, the higher flexibility due to the interchangeability of the grabs played an important
Also, the Liebherr engineers from Argentina can train and specialize the customer's maintenance personnel on the FCC 300. This enables them to check certain aspects of the crane’s everyday operations independently. In case of urgent service needs by the customer, the Liebherr specialists can be on-site in just two hours.
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role. With the two FCCs already in place, the crane operators now always work with the same type of equipment.