Tutt Bryant Equipment recently confirmed the arrival of a second Sany SCL10000, the largest capacity All Terrain Lattice Boom Crane in Australia. The crane was delivered to a Western Australian wind farm and put straight to work. Simon Davies, General Manager Tutt Bryant Equipment explains more.
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“In mid 2022 we began discussions with Goldwind, the purchaser of the first Sany SCL10000. They purchased that crane for a wind farm project in Queensland and they recently purchased a second for a wind farm in Western Australia.
“The Sany SCL10000 is quite a unique bit of kit, featuring an all-terrain carrier with a lattice boom upper works. With a lifting capacity of 1,000t it can be configured with a maximum boom length of 171m, plus 12m of fixed jib when operating in superlift,” said Simon.
“As the wind towers get taller and the blades get bigger, larger capacity cranes are required to erect them, and the mobility of the all-terrain is needed on the wind farm sites. This is because ultimately, wind farms do not have flat, hard stand surfaces where a wind tower is going. It’s normally undulating ground conditions and windy,” he said.
The Sany SCL10000 is a beast of a crane, with a maximum lifting moment of 12,100 tonne-metres, and it can be configured with a maximum boom length of 171m, plus 12m of fixed jib when operating in superlift.
The eight axle carrier was specially designed on a lightweight frame that has been optimised to an anti-torsion box structure and powered by an 8-cylinder Mercedes-Benz 502 V-type diesel engine. Its ZF automatic transmission provides a wide range of speed ratios, with 12 forward and two reversing gears.
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The upper works of the SCL10000 is driven by a Cummins Tier III (Tier IV optional) engine, and it is based on the widely accepted SCC8000A crawler crane, so operators would be familiar with the controls inside the Porsche-designed cabin. Between the upper structure and the carrier are the X-type two-stage telescopic outriggers.
In a further step towards decarbonisation, the engines of the SCL10000 have been cleared to run on renewable diesel as a drop-in replacement fuel. Renewable diesel is Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) made from 100 per cent sustainably sourced raw materials such as used cooking oil and animal fat from food industry waste. On a wheel-to-wheel basis, HVO is expected to result in as much as 75 to 95 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions over the fuel’s lifecycle, when compared with fossil diesel.
The Sany SCL10000 has approval for concessional Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) entry, allowing it to be registered for road use in the relevant state or territory.
Goldwind is the manufacturer of the wind towers, turbines, blades and towers, and they are also contracted to install and commission the wind towers – which led to Goldwind buying the Sany SCL10000s.
“It’s not normally something that Goldwind does, they normally use contractors, but this time they have purchased their own cranes, and they selected the Sany SCL10000 because of the crane’s capabilities and the local support of Tutt Bryant Equipment,” said Simon.
“The lead time was excellent which was also an important factor. There are not a lot of this size of crane made each year in the world and for this style of crane, Sany is seen as one of the better products in the market,” he said.