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World premier on XCMG XGC650 crawler crane for shield machine hoisting

XGC650 is working in a luffing jib with superlift configuration. The entire front shield is hoisted using main boom and luffing jib.
XGC650 is working in a luffing jib with superlift configuration. The entire front shield is hoisted using main boom and luffing jib.
XGC650 is working in a luffing jib with superlift configuration. The entire front shield is hoisted using main boom and luffing jib.
Source: XCMG

The new XCMG650 has recently completed a one-crane lifting operation for “Qiangjiang” Shield Machine Cutter for Wangjiang Tunnel Project in Hangzhou. The Tunneling Boring Machiner (TBM) weights a total of 280 tonnes and the crawler crane completed in a series of lifting, tandem tilting and hoisting down into the shaft.

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XGC650 Tilting the front shield machine.
Tilting the front shield machine.
Source: XCMG

The XGC650 is by far largest capacity crane researched and manufactured by XCMG for shield machine hoisting. The 650-tonne crawler crane has been specially designed to carry out specialized hoisting of shield machines with a diameter of 15 metres and weight of 520 tonnes.

XCMG has also put in efforts in the development of the world’s first unique hoisting method which allows a single crane to hoist, tandem tilting and hoisting down of the shield machine down the shaft. It will be a perfect solution for sites that face space constraint and reduce rental and transportation cost for a tilting crane.

 

XGC650 Hoisting of front shield machine into the shaft.
Hoisting of front shield machine into the shaft.

The 3.24 km tunnel, Wangjiang Road Tunnel project cost 2.5 billion yuan (US$ 391 million) to construct and will have two lanes on each carriageway. It is to relieve the traffic jams on Qiantang River Bridge No. 3 & No.4. The project is expected to be completed in 2019.

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