Date of visit
May 2016
Assembling the crane
Big cranes like the SL16000J-H can’t travel along a road.
They have to be transported to a site and assembled.
It’s a job that has to be done in an organized and systematic manner.
The assembly takes about a week.
Few people know the ins and outs of assembling a crane.
Let’s see how it’s done!
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Assembling the crawler units
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2
Attaching the axles to the carbody
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3
Attaching the axles to the crawlers
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4
Attaching the center frame to the carbody
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Assembling the upper structure
Mounting the forward super structure -
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Mounting the right powerpack
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Mounting the left powerpack
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Mounting the back super structure
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Mounting the gantry
MIC has such colorful cranes. It’s easy to follow which parts have been added.
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10
Attaching the heavy-lift mast to the main body
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11
Raising the gantry and the upper spreader
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12
Raising the heavy-lift mast
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Mounting the counterweights
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Attaching the super heavy-lift attachments to the main body
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Raising the super heavy-lift attachments
Once the boom has been added, it’s finally starting to look like a crane.
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Assembling the counterweight dolly
Attaching the left and right side frames to the center frame -
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Attaching the left and right vertical cylinders
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Attaching the left and right axle units
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Attaching the retractable beam
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Attaching the counterweight dolly to the main body
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Mounting the counterweights
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Done!
Done!
Once the counterweights have been added, the crane is ready to lift heavy objects.
It doesn’t look easy. Everything is so big! Mind-boggling stuff.