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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
AUGUST 2016
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CONSTRUCTION
R
ental company Edins Byggkranar sup-
plied two Linden Comansa tower cranes
for the construction of the Kista tower,
Stockholm’s tallest residential building.
Construction company JM Sverige is about to
finish the Kista Torn (‘tower’, in Swedish), a
residential building located in the district of Ki-
sta, in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden.
The complex is formed by the 120 m high Ki-
sta tower (35 floors) and the smaller K2 build-
ing (15 floors), which together will house 362
apartments.
For the construction of the Kista tower, Lin-
den Comansa’s long-time partner, Edins Byg-
gkranar provided JM Sverige two brand new
Linden Comansa tower cranes in September
2013. The first crane to arrive to the job-
site was a Linden Comansa 21LC750 48 t,
erected with 50 m of both radius and height.
This flat-top tower crane helped to assemble
the second Linden Comansa tower crane, a
16LC185 8 t, with 35 m radius and height of
32 m.
Both cranes first collaborated in the construc-
tion of thick concrete walls in the basement
of the building. Soon afterwards the 21LC750
48 t started with the rising and positioning of
the prefab walls that shape the building. From
floor eight, both walls and floors were all pre-
fabricated allowing the crane to build each
floor very fast. The 21LC750 always worked
three floors ahead of a team of workmen who
set the electrical and pipe installations and
used a concrete pump to fill the floors, always
leaving two empty levels between the tower
crane and the workforce for safety reasons.
When the building gained in height, the Edins
Byggkranar erectors team jacked up the
21LC750 crane with the hydraulic cage up to
78 m. To reach the final height of 132 m, the
21LC750 had to be tied once to the building,
and had to be jacked up four more times.
To ensure an optimal performance at such
height, and with heavy loads of up to 22 t,
the crane was delivered with the optional 110
kW hoist motor that allows speeds of up to
88 m per minute. Also, although it was not
necessary for the Kista tower, Edins Byggkra-
nar ordered the crane with the optional high
capacity Lebus drum for 1 450 m of rope, to
be used in upcoming projects.
The 21LC750 48 t, which dismantled the
16LC185 8 t in April 2015, remained at the
Kista Torn project until March 2016.
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LINDEN COMANSA
hooks up with a tall Swede
The crane 21LC750
reached a final
height of 132 m.
NEW WEARCHECK APPOINTMENTS
W
earCheck has further enhanced its oil analysis and reliability solutions
services with the recent appointment and promotion of several skilled
specialists:
David Schumacher
has been appointed as
Diagnostician at the Durban laboratory of
condition monitoring specialist, WearCheck.
Steven Lara-Lee Lumley
has been pro-
moted to Technical Manager for WearCheck
in Durban. Lumley has served at WearCheck
for eight years as a senior diagnostician and
in technical development.
Thomas Madlala
has been promoted to
Business Development and Technical Sup-
port at WearCheck Steelpoort.
Josephine Rakolota
has been appointed as
Sales and Customer Support at WearCheck
Steelpoort. She has an in depth knowledge of
WearCheck’s customers, having provided cus-
tomer support for 17 years.
Sharon Pieterse
has joined
WearCheck
Rustenburg to
handle Business
Development and
Technical Sales.
Sharon Pieterse
David Schumacher
Thomas Madlala
Steven Lara-Lee Lumley
Josephine Rakolota