13.05.2012

Track mounted Omega/Fassi

Dutch aerial lift manufacturer Omega Platforms has shipped two track mounted loader cranes for tunnel work to AG group of Norway.

The first unit was designed and built at the end of last year and proved its worth picking steel mesh sheets from an on-board stack and placing them into the roof and walls of tunnels. The second unit has just been delivered.

The unit which uses a Fassi F110.A24 loader crane, has an overall length of six metres, a width of 2.4 metres and an overall height, when stowed, of just over three metres.
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Omega Platform's special rebar mesh panel manipulator

The loading/carry deck is 2.4 metres wide for transport, but can be extended up to 3.5 metres as required. The tracks are equipped with rubber pads and the unit has a maximum drive speed of five kph and is operated via radio remote controls.

The gripper head has 360 degrees continuous rotation and can articulate 190 degrees in the vertical plane and 45 degrees left or right in the horizontal plane.
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The 'gripper' head has a wrist-link articulation and can rotate 360 degrees

Omega said: “Although this machine is designed for a specific task, we do believe that this unit can be adapted for many other types of applications.”
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The machine at work in Norway, teamed up with a boom lift