Link-Belt Tops its Crawler, RT and Truck Crane Product Lines
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| Enlarge Image Link-Belt's 548 crawler crane |
March 19, 2008 • Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co.,
A heavy-duty boom configuration tops at 275 feet and a long-range boom boasts a 354-foot tip height. Target markets for the crane include heavy industry, petrochemical, and wind-energy work. Testing is scheduled to begin soon on a luffer and heavy-lift attachment with supermast.
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| Enlarge Image The RTC-8013 RT crane joins Link-Belt's lineup. |
For efficient assembly/disassembly, the standard equipped live-mast lifting cylinder can handle its own sideframes, lower counterweights, and boom base. The main transport load weighs less than 100,000 pounds and includes the house with quick-disconnect turntable bearing, live mast, and upper jacks.
Joining its rough-terrain crane line is the RTC-80130 Series II. At 130 tons, this is the largest RT crane Link-Belt has ever produced and combines attributes of the RTC-80100 Series II with Link-Belt's latching boom technology.
The crane features a five-section, 162-foot formed boom with one double-acting, single-stage hydraulic cylinder with integrated holding valves. This configuration telescopes the load like a conventional full-power boom. Five boom modes vary the extension in order to achieve the best capacities. Maximum tip height is 171 feet.
A key feature of the RT crane is a 10-foot fly jib that swings and pins into place. It is integral to one of the on-board fly options. With over 20 tons capacity and lift procedures for two load lines make it ideal for tilt-up work. With the optional 31- to 55-foot bi-fold lattice fly and three 18-foot lattice extensions, maximum tip height is 278 feet.
The RTC-80130 Series II transports in two loads with the main load under 94,000 pounds with boom, both winches, three-piece fly and tires attached. On a trailer, the load height is less than 14 feet and, without counterweights and outrigger boxes, is less than 10 feet wide.
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| Enlarge Image The HTC-3140LB features a 195-foot boom. |
The newest addition to its hydraulic truck crane line is the 140-ton HTC-3140LB, featuring a six-section 195.3-foot Long Boom. The combination of the Long Boom with optional fly attachments provides lifting flexibility. A 10-foot fly with more than 20 tons capacity comes with lift procedures for two load lines. When integrated with optional three-piece bi-fold lattice fly and three extensions, reach extends to 311 feet. A second fly option offers hydraulic offsets from 2° to 45°.
Achieving travel speeds of up to 65 mph, the lower is powered by a 550-hp Caterpillar C15 engine with 12-speed automated manual transmission and four-speed auxiliary transmission connect to three rear axles. A Tier 3-compliant Caterpillar C6.6 203-hp engine powers the upperworks. Fine metering valve settings allow slow movements of the main and auxiliary winches as well as boom hoist and swing for precision work. Maximum available line pull is 21,022 pounds and maximum line speed is 419 feet/min.
For more information, visit www.link-belt.com.
