Strongest Liebherr tower crane  erected in Hürth-Knapsack

Stärkster Liebherr Turmdrehkran steht jetzt in Hürth-Knappsack

Europe's most powerful Liebherr tower crane of the EC-H series is located in Hürth-Knapsack

As part of the construction of a so-called mono-incineration plant by RWE, WASEL has now installed the most powerful tower crane of the EC-H series from LIEBHERR. The type 1188 EC-H 40 Fibre crane, specially designed for high lifting capacities, was installed in a configuration with a hook height of 60 m and a radius of 75 m. Its performance data are impressive. Its performance data is impressive. At a radius of 24 meters, the crane can lift a full 40 tonnes. At maximum radius, the lifting capacity is still 12.9 tons. In this dimension, it is currently the largest Liebherr tower crane in Europe.

The innovative technical components, such as the new fiber hoist rope, are also impressive. “In addition to around 40 percent higher peak lifting capacities of the fiber cranes compared to steel rope variants, the fiber rope has a four times longer service life with the same use as a steel rope,” explains Michael Klein, Project Manager at WASEL Tower Cranes. At the beginning of November, the crane was assembled and put into operation at a central location on the construction site by the experienced WASEL assembly team using a 450-tonne mobile crane.

 

Liebherr 1188 EC-H 40 Fibre on the RWE construction site in Hürth
Liebherr 1188 EC-H 40 Fibre on the RWE construction site in Hürth

RWE Power is investing 80 million euros in the construction of a CO2-neutral sewage sludge mono-incineration plant on Knapsacker Berg. When the new plant goes into operation in 2026, 180,000 tons of municipal sewage sludge will be thermally recycled every year. The project will secure the disposal of sewage sludge from the region's sewage treatment plants in the long term.

Impressions of the assembly of the Liebherr 1188 EC-H 40 Fibre

WASEL's in-house heavy-duty transport department ensured the smooth just-in-time logistics of this project, with a total of two ballast trucks for the mobile crane and eighteen additional truckloads of components for the tower crane.

Further impressions can be found in the picture gallery on the right and in the video below:

Assembly of the most powerful Liebherr tower crane in Hürth-Knapsack

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Liebherr 1188 EC-H 40 on the RWE construction site