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  2. Jib (crane) - Wikipedia

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    A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support. [1] [2] An archaic spelling is gib. [3] Usually jib arms are attached to a vertical mast or tower or sometimes to an inclined boom.

  3. 303 East 51st Street - Wikipedia

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    It was a luffing-jib tower crane manufactured by Favco that was 200 feet (61 m) tall at the time of the collapse. The accident occurred when workers were attaching a new steel collar to anchor it to the building at the 18th floor, as part of an operation to extend the crane upwards. [ 6 ]

  4. Langer Heinrich (crane vessel) - Wikipedia

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    The crane had three smaller hoists for lifting 10, 20 and 50 tons. The main hoist has two 125 tonne lifting units which could be coupled for a combined lift of 250 tonnes. The crane had a maximum jib tower height of 81.4 m. The crane is self-propelled with two propellers and floats on pontoons.

  5. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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    A jib crane is a type of crane - not to be confused with a crane rigged with a jib to extend its main boom - where a horizontal member (jib or boom), supporting a moveable hoist, is fixed to a wall or to a floor-mounted pillar. Jib cranes are used in industrial premises and on military vehicles.

  6. Ring crane - Wikipedia

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    Mammoet crane (red) set up in Nigg Energy Park, Scotland to load jacket foundations (yellow) for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm. A ring crane is a form of large construction crane with a luffing jib. It is distinguished by its slew pivot [i] being in the form of a ring-shaped track, rather than a narrow central spindle. The broad base this ...

  7. Tower crane anti-collision system - Wikipedia

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    The operator's cabin hosts a display showing the tower crane's position, movement and operating area. Where the tower crane’s operating area overlaps with other cranes or prohibited zones these are also displayed. The system alerts the operator when the crane is approaching a prohibited area or another crane. [9]

  8. Kota Kasablanka - Wikipedia

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    Kota Kasablanka is a mixed-development covering an area of 11.5 hectares (28 acres) at Tebet in Jakarta, Indonesia, which consists of office tower, serviced office suites, shopping center, convention hall and condominium towers. This super-block is developed by PT Pakuwon Jati Tbk (PWON).

  9. Herman the German (crane vessel) - Wikipedia

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    Animation of main and jib boom articulation. Titan is a large self-propelled crane vessel with the tip of its main boom standing at 374 feet (114 m) above the typical water line and a lifting capacity of 385 short tons (349 t). [3] In 1957, it was claimed to be the largest floating crane in operation. [7]