Thursday 29 December 2011

Role of Cranes In Building Construction

In recent years, construction business has boomed the market by developing various strategies to create impossible architectural structure designs. It is not very long ago when the constructing high rise building was not so easy. It was all due to the ever increasing development in cranes that have made it possible to create high rise buildings and difficult architectures with ease.

With changing time the scope and capacity of cranes have developed. The advancement of cranes have led it touch the sky of popularity. Unlike early days, today there are variety of cranes available which can be used to create not just buildings, but roads, run ways, bridges, dams and many heavy construction works. Each of the cranes has been developed considering individual needs.

Some of the popular cranes are mobile cranes, tower, truck, loader, overhead, crawler and telescopic cranes. All the cranes can be moved from one place to another while holding object accept overhead cranes and tower cranes. While overhead crane comprises of hoists set on large trolleys able to move in single path along a beam or two, tower crane remain fixed to the ground and lifts extremely heavy objects to the height. Both of them are used for heavy construction work, like metro construction, flyover, tunnels, etc. Other categories have different function for loading, lifting and moving the object to other place. Crawler crane is bit different from the rest of the categories. It can travel in rough terrain and provides more stability while elevating heavy objects. Certainly, such wide variety of cranes have made construction process not just easy, but also opened the way for architecture designers to be more creative.

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Benefits of Liebherr Cranes LTM-1070


Liebherr cranes have always been known for its technical soundness. Several models were launched with different features. LTM-1070 is one of the models of Liebherr cranes that have earned huge name and fame in the construction industry. Although, it was introduced in the market a couple of years ago, but it is still ruling the market owing to its several exceptionally advance features and power. After the LTM-1070 Liebherr cranes were introduced, several other cranes came into the market but none of could ever replace LTM-1070. 

This model of Liebherr has the configuration to carry the larger part of its counterweight for on the road operation. Hence, minimal labor and effort is required to install more attachments for practical use of crane. Because of some built-in features, these are right away ready for operation on site. It provides some of the most advanced features such as active and high speed rear axle steering, and the disc brakes for pneumatically operation. Among many advance features, highly equipped driving chamber cannot be ignored.

For drivers, the cabin has been featured with outstanding functionalities, like display and operating elements arranged ergonomically for safety and convenience for continuous operation, keyboard and digital display units interconnected along with the function blocks using technique of data bus, driver’s and co-driver’s seats fitted with air-cushioned headrests, seat of driver equipped with seat belts and pneumatic lumber support, steering wheel with adjustable height and inclination feature, rear mirrors with heated and electrically adjustable feature and so on. Indeed, liebherr cranes are beneficial to go after.