The crane was rigged with a 108m heavy boom and 33m fixed jib, for an the operating radius of 30m
XCMG’s huge 4000 tonne-capacity crawler crane, the XGC88000, has completed its first job, a four hour lift of a 1680t propylene tower in Shandong, China.
The lift was watched by over 100 spectators, including VIPs from Sinopec, China’s state-owned petroleum company.
The propane dehydrogenation equipment is the heaviest in the project and the hardest to lift, and the tower has a height of 118m and diameter of 14.4m.
With a max lift moment of 88000 tm, the crane was rigged with a 108m heavy boom and 33m fixed jib, for an the operating radius of 30m.
According to XCMG, the crane is the only mobile hoisting equipment available in the world that can perform integrated lifting. The XGW1100 1000t-tailing dragging equipment was used for the lift rather than a second crawler crane.
The XGC88000 crane and XGW1100 were jointly developed by Sinopec and XCMG for heavy hoisting projects.
Over four hours, the cigar-shaped propane dehydrogenation equipment was steadily erected on the construction base.
XCMG says the XGC8800 is the first 4000t level crawler product sold globally, and is the heaviest in the world.