Engineered heavy lifting specialist Sarens has endured the harshest of environmental conditions in Turkey to complete 41 heavy lifts on an oil facility in Adana.
Completing the operations on behalf of manufacturing company Gemon Endüstri Tesisleri Imalat and project owner SASA Polyester, Sarens persevered through an earthquake – as well as extreme winds and rain – to successfully lift 41 heavy units. Of those units, the largest was a 700-tonne, 22m oxidation reactor a 700-tonne, 52m rectification column, and five 350-tonne, 52m silos.
To complete the lifting and placement of these units, Sarens employed the use of specialised spreader bars, smaller mobile cranes, and three high-capacity crawler cranes: the Tadano Demag CC2400-1, the Liebherr LR1750, and the Tadano Demag CC8800-1 with boom booster.
Due to the conditions at the job site in Adana, Sarens couldn’t use anything larger than its CC8800-1; so, the Belgian heavy lifting and logistics specialist devised an engineering solution using the boom booster. Adding extra height to the 1600-tonne capacity machine’s 156m boom, the solution ensured Sarens’ heavy lifts could be completed in the challenging conditions presented in Turkey.
The most difficult of the lifts pertained to the silos, where Sarens needed to crawl the CC8800-1 for approximately 100m, and then lift the 350-tonne objects into place with the Liebherr LR1750.
On the logistical side of the operation, Sarens’ equipment arrived from Germany within eight days and was ready to be moved into action after a further month of delays was added by customs clearing the equipment. From there, it was transported to the job site in three days and assembled within 18 days. The main crane was transported via 100 trailers between Turkey’s port and the job site, while the 12 jib sections were transported by 12 trailers from Croatia.
Enduring the harsh climate on the ground for Sarens were two project managers, two site supervisors, eight to ten crane operators, and one engineer.
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