Crane manufacturing

Today's crane business focusses on heavy lifts at increasing reach and heights. Not only power plant jobs, nuclear work, infrastructure projects, but especially windmill erection call for cranes that reach increasing heights. But with increasing heights and subsequently increasing boom lengths also weight increases. On long boom crawler cranes weight is essential. Normally these crawler cranes are equipped with heavy steel rope pendants and steel connectors. By using lightweight Precision Tension Members a significant weight reduction over steel wire of more than 80% can be achieved.

Reducing weight on pendants will have the following advantages:

  • Added capacity
  • Longer booms 
  • Downsizing of construction details
  • Extended service life
  • Easier and faster installation
  • Easier and lighter transportation
  • Faster operrations

Lightweight Precision Tension Members from FibreMax are available in any break load, diameter and length. With the highly automated innovative endless winding production process it is possible to produce pendants that are fully customized and adapted to customer's requirements. All FibreMax pendants are in accordance with requirements for crane manufacturing as specified in standards EN 13000, FEM 5.004 and ISO 4308-2.

 

End terminations

FibreMax pendants are produced with the end terminations directly incorporated during the winding process. The end terminations are custom-designed and available in any size assuring the smallest possible dimensions and lowest weight. Likely configurations as open sockets, closed sockets or a combination of both are available. 

 

 

 

 

The pendants are corrosion free and need no maintenance. Since they have light weight they will also not damage the paint structure on the boom or other crane parts. All pendants are protected by a heavy duty chafe cover which is available in different colours (standard is black) upon request to match crane appearance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To obtain more detailed information on our lightweight pendants download our brochure or contact us at:

e-mail: info@fibremax.nl
phone: +31(0)513 681008