The little crane was brought in to bring the big one down.
Piece by piece
Motor - note visual aides applied to spool so motion is obvious.
Tower sections
Power connection (Electric ?)
the pads for the climbing mechanism.
Base of the climbing section
The little crane stands alone
Little crane in pieces.
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boardwalks and wires set up for working on the support arms.
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Note the tower is anchored to the core, not the edge of the slab.
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Couple of closeups of an FMC TG (1900?) at the International Gem tower on 47th Street in Manhattan.
Also shows the special Federated/DCM climbing system in a unique rectangular configuration.
Hi, I am new here, I stuble upon this forum while looking for details about tower cranes, as I am making 3D model of one. You can see it need lot of details to be finished, and you can see what i have so far:
Hi, I am new here, I stuble upon this forum while looking for details about tower cranes, as I am making 3D model of one. You can see it need lot of details to be finished, and you can see what i have so far:
An animation of the process for adding/removing sections would be great. One of the first questions most people ask when they look closely "how do they get taller"?
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That looks like a Peiner SK. I'm actually running one of those right now. Great pictures!
They were very nice and set it up next to my office ;-)
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I have a tower Crane Question. Is ther a standart height dieeferance between the height of a Tower Crane verse the height of the finished product? What I want to know is left say for example I was going to be building a 50 meter builiding how high would my tower crane be?
My observation has been that the crane is usually 1 segment taller then the finished building, at the finish. These cranes can be extended as the building progresses. Some (like 150 N Wacker above, or the new World Trade Center) climb up the elevator shaft as it is finished.
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In watching the Tour de France this summer, I've noticed that construction projects seem to use tower cranes even for very small projects, like a single house. Anybody have any idea why tower cranes would be used on such small projects?
Maybe because tower cranes take up such a small area?
One thing I've been wondering about lately is do tower cranes have a set regulation on how much clearance they have to have above the building they're working on? It seems like they usually clear the top of a building by at least 40 feet. But there's a tower crane working on a building in Austin right now that is clearing it by like 90 feet because there's another building under construction across the street, and I guess they have to clear that crane. But I was wondering if they have a minimum clearance requirement.
Maybe because tower cranes take up such a small area?
One thing I've been wondering about lately is do tower cranes have a set regulation on how much clearance they have to have above the building they're working on? It seems like they usually clear the top of a building by at least 40 feet. But there's a tower crane working on a building in Austin right now that is clearing it by like 90 feet because there's another building under construction across the street, and I guess they have to clear that crane. But I was wondering if they have a minimum clearance requirement.
As far as I know, the only requirements for crane height above the building are practical considerations: Roofop equipment, demob of construction equipment, neighboring buildings & cranes, etc.