18.04.2005

Fassi win the SED award for excellence

Fassi, Genie and Hitachi were short listed for this years SED Cranes and Access award for excellence, all with excellent entries, the judges reached their decision today though giving the award to Fassi for its latest mid range truck loader cranes the F215A / F235AXP.
The New cranes feature all linked connections between booms to maintain lifting capacity throughout the articulation arc, ideal for bulky loads. In addition the linkages allow the second boom to rotate up to 15 degrees above horizontal, providing a useful additional lift arc for low headroom applications.
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The Fassi F235 XP, winner of the SED award for excellence, demonstrates its 15 degree above horizontal second boom articulation

The competition was hot, but very different; Genie entered its groundbreaking Z135/70 articulated boom lift, bristling with patents, including its highly innovative extending chassis.
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The fantastically innovative chassis on the new Genie Z135/70 which was a runner up

NRC the Hitachi dealer for the UK entered the new Hitachi SCX400T 40 tonne fully haydraulic telescopic boomed crawler crane. The now model has an extending undercarriage and an all stability based load chart.
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The 40 tonne Hitachi SCX400T telescopic crawler crane was a runner up

It is hard to see how the judges could choose between such different products, but that is the nature of the competition and choose they did.

All three new products will be on display at SED from May 17th.