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Sarens ships its Demag CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane to India for a series of lifts at a fertiliser plant in Ramagundam.
First, the Demag CC 8800-1 needed to be shipped from Greece to a port in Mumbai. After being offloaded from the boat it was transported it to the job site using multiple trucks.
To aid with assembling the CC 8800-1 crane, and to act as a tailing crane, Sarens also deployed a Demag CC 2800-1 lattice boom crawler. The team assembled the CC 8800-1 in seven days, despite facing space limitations.
So far, the heaviest lift the Demag CC 8800-1 has carried out is a 425-tonne urea reactor, which measured 53 metres in length and 3.8 metres in diameter. To perform the lift, the reactor was upended with the CC 8800-1 crane in an SSL 84/72 configuration at a lift radius of 24 metres. The CC 2800-1 assist crane was used in an SSL 54 configuration. After lifting the reactor, the CC 8800-1 crane operator slowly slewed and walked the heavy load into position. The Demag CC 8800-1 crawler is also being used to execute five more key component erections.
Sarens was commissioned for the job by RFCL (Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals) through the project’s EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor, Bridge and Roof Company. In total, approximately $750 million (£567 million) will be invested into the project when it’s completed in late 2018/early 2019. Once completed the plant will produce 1.12 million tonnes of urea annually.
“The Demag CC 8800-1 crawler crane is a highly versatile machine,” explained Navneet Jain, Sarens regional deputy director, Asia Pacific. “In addition to being a good fit for this project, we have several other jobs happening in India that the crane can be used for. So, we decided that transporting it here from Greece was a good choice.
“We are pleased with how smooth the transportation process went with the Demag CC 8800-1 crawler crane. For a big crane, it’s relatively easy to transport and assemble, even in tight conditions.”
