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Anti-collision systems are often connected to the tower crane’s control system. This allows the anti-collision system to automatically slow down and stop the crane if there is a risk of an accident. The operator is then prevented from moving the crane towards the danger and can only move it away. [8]
Taisun was built to install very large (up to 20,000 tons) integrated modules on top of a vessel's hull. Traditionally, offshore vessels such as drilling semi submersibles or FPSOs were built from the ground up in modules of 1000 to 2000 tons, which meant that much installation, hook up and commissioning work was left to be done on board where access is limited and efficiency is decreased.
Technocrane S.R.O. was founded in 1991, and the original Technocrane has been manufactured in Plzen, Czech Republic since that time.Currently situated in an immaculate and modern 10,000 square meter production facility, 65 employees assemble approximately 40 telescopic camera cranes every year.
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 cranes come with different types of control systems, such as: stand up, control from the ground, seat control, or radio remote control. The radio remote systems now can start the crane as well as run the crane. Currently, they come equipped with a computer readout system that immediately gives readouts from the system if the crane is ...
American Crane Corporation is an American manufacturer of construction cranes based in Wilmington, North Carolina. It manufacturers lattice boom crawler cranes with capacities ranging from 50 to 275 tons. The American Crane Corporation was founded in 1882 as the Franklin Manufacturing Company, and in 1892 the name changed to American Hoist ...
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
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