CRANE RESEARCH
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA EUROPEAN consortium claims to have successfully developed a mobile and self-erecting crane, "to create a single crane that can do the work of five". The six participating Belgian, German, Italian and Dutch companies - linked under the banner of European research network Eureka - say the crane "features an anti-sway device which makes it safer as well as more efficient". Project manager David Janssen, of Belgian lead partner Arcomet NV, said his company wanted to improve the utility of its self-erecting tower cranes. He said: "These cranes were ...
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