The crane – which spans 54m, is 15m high, has a capacity of 87.5 tons, operates on a runway length of 530m and is equipped with an 8.0-ton auxiliary hoist – has been designed to lift the concrete segments during the manufacturing and transportation phases.
The hydraulic spreader, meanwhile, has a safe working load (SWL) of 82 tons and is designed to grab, position and stack concrete segments of different shapes.
During its two years in operation, the crane will lift up to 3,000 segments in four different forms, with each one weighing up 80 tons. Each segment will be moved a minimum of two times, meaning a total of up to 6,000 successful operations is targeted.
HS2 is a large infrastructure project designed to deliver faster travel times to towns and cities up and down the UK – from the north-west to south-east. It will begin running between 2029 and 2033 when Phase One is complete. Services will expand as new sections of the network are built.
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