Stellaghost Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Couple of our medium sized gearboxes going away for refurbishment, unfortunately missed the actual lift regards Stephen 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Stellaghost said: Couple of our medium sized gearboxes going away for refurbishment, unfortunately missed the actual lift regards Stephen Allways nice to see that. Where i work there is coming a new mixer and batch off machine. They took the mixer out in one piece. 23 tons. That's a nice lift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Our lifts tend to be less weighty but still challenging. Mid roll over with 40t crane. Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Always enjoy stuff like that. This was a 35t cryo tank lift at work last year. I think its a 250t crane, needed it for the lift at reach, 130t ballast from memory. Needed a 160t crane just to put the foot pads out for the big’un. and completely unrelated… this was just off my route to work last year too I think it was. Caught the verge avoiding someone and it pulled it in and rolled it perfectly upside down! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkie Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Stellaghost said: Couple of our medium sized gearboxes going away for refurbishment, unfortunately missed the actual lift regards Stephen What are they from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 8 hours ago, monkie said: What are they from? They are used to drive 3000hp rotary cement grinding mills regards Stephen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 @landroversforever I think the big one in your first picture is actually Baldwin's Liebherr LTM1450 8.1, so a 450ton crane! It was one of the first big mobile cranes to have just one engine, a big 500kW V8. There is a mechanical drive to the pumps in the superstructure for the hydraulics instead of a separate smaller engine as in older cranes. All to keep down transport weight and get a higher lifting capacity for the same on road footprint. Great info here: http://baldwinscranehire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LTM-1450-.pdf or on the Liebherr website. /anorak off 🙂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveturnbull Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Ross, that last picture looks like somebody has had a terrible accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Escape said: @landroversforever I think the big one in your first picture is actually Baldwin's Liebherr LTM1450 8.1, so a 450ton crane! It was one of the first big mobile cranes to have just one engine, a big 500kW V8. There is a mechanical drive to the pumps in the superstructure for the hydraulics instead of a separate smaller engine as in older cranes. All to keep down transport weight and get a higher lifting capacity for the same on road footprint. Great info here: http://baldwinscranehire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LTM-1450-.pdf or on the Liebherr website. /anorak off 🙂 Correct, that’s Baldwin’s 450 driven by a guy called kev budd. Nice guy and a brilliant driver this is a photo of it full rig with a fixed fly. I’m sure I had a photo of it on a luffing fly but I can’t find it. Maybe sent it to @landroversforever? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, daveturnbull said: Ross, that last picture looks like somebody has had a terrible accident. The driver was pushed over to the edge of the road by an oncoming vehicle, the tarmac gave way and the Ns wheels dropped into the soft and it just carried on going. There’s a reason these things go so slow. The brakes always cook out and they have to stop every 3-4 hours or so to let the tyres cool down. Doesn’t sound like alot but most are limited to under 50mph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Same crane in green. Luffing fly, 9T lift 100m up and around 50m radius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrovernuts Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I cannot give you any crane pictures but do have a large gearbox and engine - 40,000shp and torque measured in ton/meters. I did see 42,000 shp at 82 rpm and 368 ton/meters one day though!! For those interested it is a marine IHI steam turbine driving a 14meter diameter 5 bladed propeller on a supertanker (VLCC). Toby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Landrovernuts said: I cannot give you any crane pictures but do have a large gearbox and engine - 40,000shp and torque measured in ton/meters. I did see 42,000 shp at 82 rpm and 368 ton/meters one day though!! For those interested it is a marine IHI steam turbine driving a 14meter diameter 5 bladed propeller on a supertanker (VLCC). Toby You have answered so many questions I had about tankers in one post, thank you for sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrovernuts Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 It doesn't look very big in the pictures - but it is!! Toby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Landrovernuts said: It doesn't look very big in the pictures - but it is!! Toby ….that’s what she said 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, dangerous doug said: Correct, that’s Baldwin’s 450 driven by a guy called kev budd. Nice guy and a brilliant driver this is a photo of it full rig with a fixed fly. I’m sure I had a photo of it on a luffing fly but I can’t find it. Maybe sent it to @landroversforever? Can’t see one in my pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B reg 90 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 There seems to be a bit of HP bragging going on here….. So I see you and raise you - 53,640 HP gas turbine x2 on power generation Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrovernuts Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, B reg 90 said: There seems to be a bit of HP bragging going on here….. So I see you and raise you - 53,640 HP gas turbine x2 on power generation Adrian It was not meant to be a pissing contest! I do the loss prevention for power gen sites now and visit quite a few of the power stations around the world. Yes, the gas turbines, HRSG's and steam turbines are bigger than the ships engines. Toby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 5:33 PM, B reg 90 said: There seems to be a bit of HP bragging going on here….. So I see you and raise you - 53,640 HP gas turbine x2 on power generation Adrian 2x GE90s at 115.,500lbs rated thrust, but can do 128,000lbs, and as far as a bit of digging about on the net for conversions and figures from GE say, you can roughly equate lbs of thrust to BHP…😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Nice toys !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 suppose this could go here 😄 changing the flare tip where i used to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger110 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 This machine was used to place a new railway bridge at a project i was on recently. The bridge itself was constructed on a separate framework using a large mobile crane and then the multi wheeled base drives underneath that frame, picks up the bridge and is then ' driven ' to place the bridge in position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 That's an SPMT, self propelled modular transporter. Hydraulic drive, multi-mode steering and suspension, all remote controlled and powered by an engine in the 'box' at the end. The weapon of choice for heavy loads for years, very good at it (at low speeds) but not as spectacular as a platform trailer and big prime movers. Usually 4 or 6-axle units that can be coupled end to end and side by side to cater for even the heaviest loads. Biggest one I read about was around 20000 ton I think. I've seen them in action up close when installing a railway bridge over a canal. One end of the bridge was supported by SPMTs that were driven on a barge to cross the canal, the other end by SPMTs following on land, then both lifting to meet the bridgeheads. Filip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 This SPMTs are brilliant bits of kit. SpaceX are using them extensively for moving equipment, gantry parts, propellant tanks and complete StarShips around at Boca Chica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 Fun for me last night, couple of pictures to show blockage Just a small one to what we can get regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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