13.05.2016

Italian naval Spider

The Italian ministry of naval defence has taken delivery of a Palazzani Ragno TSJ25/C spider lift from the Rinaldin Group.

The unit was delivered to the Arsenal , a complex of former naval shipyards and armories clustered together in the old part of Venice, Italy. The machine will be used for the maintenance of guttering and drainage systems, maintaining and installing external lighting and radio television antenna and for general inspections and interventions on the roofs and structure.

The tracked TJ25/C has up to 13 metres of outreach, a platform capacity of 250kg with overall width of 980mm extending to 1.3 metres. The unit uses a four section telescopic boom, topped by a long jib with 175 degrees of articulation. The Rinaldin Group established in 1999 specialises in the sale and service of agricultural, industrial and gardening machinery
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The Ministry's new Palazzani Ragno TSJ25/C spider lift

The Arsenal dockyards have been in the area since the earliest days of the city, but construction of the current buildings began around 1104 and it went on to became the largest industrial complex in Europe, prior to the Industrial Revolution, covering around 110 acres or about fifteen percent of Venice. It is surrounded by a two miles of ramparts.

In 1593, Galileo became a consultant to the Arsenal, advising military engineers and instrument makers and helping to solve shipbuilders' problems, many of them relating to matters of ballistics.

The area, still state owned, is now host to International exhibitions of Cinema, Arts and Architecture,