The first of the two day operation saw the crane rigged in SSL configuration (max 108m hook height and 19m to 30m working radius) with its full 300t of counterweight, 60t of central ballast and another 640t of Superlift counterweight. It positioned the 47m long/ 407t reactor in a tandem lift with a 450t capacity Demag CC2500.
On day two, the CC 8800-1 finally positions the reactor in a lift that took under an hour and when operations start in September the reactor will produce up to 1 million tonnes of ethylene per year.
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The 1,600t lift capacity CC 8800-1 has a maximum load moment of 24,002mt and in SWSL configuration with a luffing fly jib, its maximum boom length is 216m.
However, none of its components are wider than 3.5m, most have a shipping weight less than 40t and setting up and dismantling takes two days.
Full redundancy allows the CC8800-1 to continue working if one of its engines or control systems fails and the optional TWIN kit can increase the lifting capacity to 3,200t - the current world record for a mobile crane.
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