Terex CC 8800-1 used in mega lift
Ranks as world’s third largest xylene splitter column
The CC 8800-1 is one of the most powerful series-produced mobile cranes in the world.
A Terex CC 8800-1 crawler crane was used in Singapore for a massive lift of the world’s third largest xylene splitter column, weighing 1,147t and measuring 108m tall.
Specialist integrated service provider Tiong Woon used a 2,400 tonne capacity, 120m tall tower lift system of its own devising, with the 1,600t capacity Terex crawler functioning as the tail. The CC 8800-1 had a 54m main boom in SSL configuration.
Tiong Woon has one of the largest crane fleets in the world and is a leading player for cranes with capacities of 1,600t and above.
As well as carrying out the lift and transportation, Tiong Woon also designed and constructed a temporary roll-on, roll-off jetty on Jurong Island as well as the temporary road works and modifications for the transportation from the jetty to the installation site.
The lift was completed over two days. On the first evening the column was lifted to a height of about 24 metres and this continued and completed over the second day.
The CC 8800-1 is one of the most powerful series-produced mobile cranes in the world, offering a maximum lifting capacity of 1,600 tonnes and a maximum load moment of 24,002mt. An optional Twin kit can be used to increase lifting capacity to 3,200 tonnes.
The work was carried out for client SK E&C, an international contractor working at Jurong Aromatics Corporation’s (JAC) complex in Jurong Island Singapore.
The column is part of JAC’s S$2.9 billion project constructing one of Asia’s largest petrochemical plants. When completed in 2014, the complex will process 4.5 million tonnes per annum of condensate feedstock producing 1.44 million tonnes per annum of aromatics, chemicals that go into products such as nylon and polyester.
