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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]
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The crane operator either sits in a cab at the top of the tower or controls the crane by radio remote control from the ground. In the first case the operator's cab is most usually located at the top of the tower attached to the turntable, but can be mounted on the jib, or partway down the tower.
The Guinness World Records state that Taisun holds the world record for "heaviest weight lifted by crane", set on April 18, 2008 at 20,133 metric tonnes (44,385,667.25 lb) by lifting a barge, ballasted with water. [3] However, it was surpassed by the Honghai Crane when the new crane was completed in 2014, with a lift capacity at 22,000 tonnes. [5]
Technocrane is a telescopic camera crane widely utilised in the film industry and in television production. Originally commissioned, manufactured, named and marketed by Technovision Ltd. in London , United Kingdom , the first TechnoCrane was exhibited by Technovision during Photokina Expo in Cologne , Germany in September 1986.
Not the first crane accident for city, or equipment owner. 08:45, AP. The crane is owned by the New York Crane & Equipment Corp., one of the city’s most widely used crane providers, officials said.
Manipulator arms inside the Hot Bay of the Engine Maintenance Assembly & Disassembly Facility, in Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site.. A remote manipulator, also known as a telefactor, telemanipulator, or waldo (after the 1942 short story "Waldo" by Robert A. Heinlein which features a man who invents and uses such devices), [1] is a device which, through electronic, hydraulic, or mechanical ...
Stunning video captured the arm of the crane crashing down, brushing an adjacent skyscraper as debris rained to the street below. Streets still closed a day after collapse 18:00 , Megan Sheets