Heavy lifting and transport company Mammoet has officially debuted a new land-based electric crane. Dubbed the SK6000, the company is calling the 200m tall unit the world’s largest, strongest electric crane.
With an absolutely massive, 6,000 tonne lifting capacity (over 14.5 million lbs.), Mammoet says its new SK6000, “redefines the scale of human construction, allowing large energy and infrastructure projects to build from bigger pieces, in parallel – reaching first power sooner, and more cost-effectively.”
We have to believe them. Especially when the biggest cranes we’ve written about previously – a pair of all-electric, 400 ton Gottwald Generation 6 mobile harbor cranes from Konecranes deployed at the Port of San Diego – have less than a tenth of the SK6000’s lifting capacity (!). The Mammoet is simply on another level entirely.
“This crane is truly a world record feat of engineering, with a production schedule to match. Hundreds of colleagues have been directly involved with its development across the business,” says Gavin Kerr, Director Global Services at Mammoet. He adds, “there are very few companies on Earth – if any – that could have brought this crane into reality, and we are immensely proud to be able to do so.”
Mammoet believes the SK600 will be ideally suited to a role in the growing offshore wind industry, where the rapid growth of physical components in recent years has led to supply chain issues – issues that, in some cases, can be summed with “this equipment isn’t big enough.”
It’s so big, you guys
The new crane won’t have that problem, thanks to its ability to lift 3,000 tonnes to a height of 220m. With that kind of capability, Mammoet believes the SK6000 will ensure that wind farms in the planning phase today can be safely executed and delivered tomorrow.
The SK6000 is currently undergoing testing at Mammoet’s Westdorpe facility in the Netherlands, ready for deployment to its first project later in the year.
SOURCE | IMAGES: Mammoet.
Author: Jo Borrás
Source: Electrek
