25.03.2011

Sany launches five new cranes

With one of the biggest and most possibly most impressive stand at this week's Conexpo, Chinese equipment manufacturer Sany has launched 16 new models including five cranes.

The display is part of a massive effort to break into the North American market, following the use of North American talent to design its new crawler and RT ranges.

Crane engineering veteran John Lanning’s US design team has been a pivotal influence in the design of new range of crawlers – the 300 tonne SCC8300, the 200 tonne SCC8200 and the 100 tonne SCC8100 – the first cranes truly aimed at the global market. Rick Hunter has done the same with the RT range.
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Sany has introduced three new 'North American designed' crawlers - the SCC8100, SCC8200 and SCC8300

All three crawlers have been designed to be easy to transport in the USA and with easy self-assembly on site. Lanning claims erection in three to six hours for the larger and around two hours for the 8100. The larger cranes feature the spacious Ultracab from Porsche Design Studios which includes 25 degrees of tilt. The main structure of the SCC 8300 strips to less than 100,000 lbs (45.4 tonnes) with the whole crane and full boom requiring 14 trucks.
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All of the new crawlers have been designed by John Lanning

Seven boom configurations are available up to a maximum tip height of 157 metres /515ft.

The SCC8200 also features the Porsche cab and is powered by a 325hp Tier 3 Cummins QSL diesel engine (Tier 4 optional). Maximum boom height is 102.5 metres/336ft.
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John Lanning

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The older style cab on the SCC8100(near) compared with the more radical cabs of the 8200 and 8300

The smallest new crane is the upgraded 100 tonne SCC8100. The basic machine weighs 55,000 lbs (25 tonnes) and features retractable undercarriage (from 17ft to 11ft/5.1m-3.3m), faster line speeds and a 24 percent improved load chart.

Maximum tip height is 71.6 metres/235ft. All three cranes use Cummins Tier 3 engines (with Tier 4 optional) and Rexroth hydraulics. Sany also designs and builds its own large display LMI.

The two new RT cranes – designed by Rick Hunter - include the 40 ton (36.3 tonnes) SRC840 and 60 ton (54.5 tonnes) SRC860 also available with in the long boom XL version.
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The new long boom Sany SRC860XL

The SRC840 has Braden winches, Axletech axles, Cummins engine and Dana Powershift transmission. Sany claims the SRC60XL has the longest boom in its class at 42.7 metres/140ft.