The year 2022 saw heightened demand for crawler lattice boom cranes across the lower, medium, and higher capacity segments. Demand was escalated by greenfield projects, expansions in refineries and the energy sector, and new developments in both public and industrial infrastructure. The windmill industry also saw increasing usage of higher capacity crawler cranes for erecting the larger blades, nacelles, and tower sections.
Says Subhajit Chandra-Head, Liebherr Cranes India, “We expect the demand for higher capacity crawler cranes to remain firm as there are more and more EPC contractors entering the construction sector where they are undertaking installation, erection, and other jobs that require use of such cranes. Industries such as windmills, require very safe and reliable cranes for erecting the heavy blades and nacelles that can range from 140 to 160 meter hub heights. We expect demand to come from the upcoming hydrogen plants as well.”
“These cranes have a very flexible design and provide economical operations. Their booms make them suitable for refineries that require erection of multiple trains and columns. Our new 2.8x3.3 meter H-boom with a very thick pipe can lift high loads with complete safety. The compact and modular design of the H-Boom enables easy disassembly and transportation in a minimum number of trailers, which makes operations more cost-effective. Even the lighter booms can be transporter within the H-boom thereby minimising the no's of trailers.”
“In India, we are expecting demand for our new cranes for use in industrial, energy, and transportation infrastructure projects. Our 600-ton crawler cranes are currently working in the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Project.”
Safety, reliability, and optimum availability in delivering the rated lifting, are the key attributes of Liebherr ’s crawler cranes. “Our brand is synonymous with safe and reliable performance. We are the only company to undertake complete in-house designing and manufacturing of not only the cranes’ super structure, engines, gear boxes, pumps, and boom sections, but also the cranes’ electronic panels and software. Our dedicated facility at Kirchhoff in Germany manufactures the electronic panels of the cranes and also develops Liebherr 's dedicated new version of LICCON-3 software for optimum functioning of the cranes by its automatic load calculations,” informs Chandra.
“We at ACE feel that with the above range, we will be able to cater to 90 percent of the total crawler crane demand from the Indian construction equipment market. We are confident that our new variants will find ready buyers given our loyal customer base, and our motto of ‘right products at the right price’ has created a strong brand recall in the marketplace. We ensure maximum availability and safety of our cranes with their advanced boom design. We are using lighter materials, and have improved the tracks to give more stability, and we are sourcing all the important aggregates from manufacturers of global repute.”
“We will continue to strengthen our brand’s positioning with better customer services including operator training, timely supply of parts, and regular maintenance.”
