Skip to main content

Russian firm uses crane to help bridge building

Russian construction company BaltMostStroy has been using a Sennebogen 7700 crawler crane to build bridges along a new freeway route The 300tonne capacity crawler crane has been used to lift prefabricated parts weighing as much as 100tonnes onto the concrete foundations. LLC Lonmadi in St Petersburg is Sennebogen’s Russian sales and service partner and supplied the contractor with the 7700 crawler crane. This versatile crawler crane is being used on demanding infrastructure construction work in Russia. A
May 5, 2015 Read time: 3 mins
The contractor has been using the Sennebogen crane to move components weighing up to 100tonnes while constructing an 800m long freeway bridge
Russian construction company BaltMostStroy has been using a Sennebogen 7700 crawler crane to build bridges along a new freeway route

The 300tonne capacity crawler crane has been used to lift prefabricated parts weighing as much as 100tonnes onto the concrete foundations. LLC Lonmadi in St Petersburg is 2924 Sennebogen’s Russian sales and service partner and supplied the contractor with the 7700 crawler crane. This versatile crawler crane is being used on demanding infrastructure construction work in Russia. A recent task has been the construction of a bridge 800m in length, which forms part of the new A121 highway between St Petersburg and Priosersk-Sortavala. Equipped with a 41m boom and auxiliary jib, the 300tonne capacity crane was used to lift steel elements onto the concreted bridge abutments. This required high precision and was extremely time-intensive, as the machine had to be aligned in order to securely place the necessary chains and straps. The actual lifting itself only took a few minutes.

Over 10 additional bridges are being constructed using a similar methodology along the route. The route features hilly terrain and steep inclines, which provide challenges to machines being used that must be overcome for machine implementation on these particular challenges. Last but not least, the machine must lift heavy components while ensuring that they remain horizontal, and then position them with high precision. This difficult task is said to be aided by the machine’s sensitive controls.

The Sennebogen 7700 model is equipped with an 8m wide crawler undercarriage and 135tonnes of ballast to ensure stability. A powerful 313kW 178 Caterpillar diesel engine drives the two 220kN winches, while an important feature according to the contractor is the machine’s ability to under load.

The compact uppercarriage of the 7700 features a transport width of just 3m, helping to make the 300tonne capacity crane both easy to manoeuvre and transport. The maximum 2.43m width of all the boom sections, as well as the Starlifter undercarriage, are said to make transportation easy even if the machine is being shipped in a container. Meanwhile the booms can be set up in only a few steps due to the innovative self-assembly system.

The driver benefits from the Maxcab cabin, which can be inclined and offers high all-round visibility. The machine is also said to be robust and easy-to-service.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Innovations in piling technology
    December 15, 2017
    The market for piling machines is seeing new technology come to market – Mike Woof writes UK firm BSP is now offering an improved range of piling systems, with its SL30 model and compact BH120. The SL30 can be used to drive Z piles in pairs and its hammer has a drop weight of 2.5tonnes, delivering an impact energy of 30kNm at up 84blows/minute. The SL piling hammer is designed for driving sheet piles and small bearing piles and is available with legs and inserts for use when freely suspended or with back
  • Heavy lifting
    January 7, 2019
    UAE-based crane service provider Al Faris dispatched a team to Hamriyah, to lift three 72m-long, 130tonne spud legs from a barge. The job needed a powerful and precise crane and a Demag CC 3800-1 proved to be a highly suitable machine for the project. The unit first had to be transported to the worksite. The company’s own lowbed trailers needed a good ten hours to complete the 82km journey from the Al Faris location in Dubai Industrial City to the worksite. Al Faris’ own all-terrain cranes were used in ord
  • New wheeled loaders are coming to market
    August 10, 2021
    Several improved wheeled loader models are now being offered by major manufacturers
  • Asphalt paving is seeing innovative new technology
    April 4, 2013
    With new machines coming to market, the asphalt paving sector is seeing an array of sophisticated technology now available