Tadano Valla pick and carry cranes have played a key role in the construction of passenger units for two monorail lines in Cairo.
The Valla V210RC and Valla 250E mini cranes were used to lift components from lorries at the factory in Derby where the monorail trains were built before being shipped to the Egyptian capital.
The electric battery powered pick and carry cranes was ideal for the task because they could lift and safely place large component elements that made up the advanced train units.
Demonstrates Valla crane capabilities
Hird supplied the mini cranes to logistics specialist Daher, which was responsible for managing the transportation of key components for the monorail units from China to the UK.
Hird Sales is the UK and Ireland authorised distributor for Tadano Valla pick and carry cranes and acts as a global sales specialists for supplying the mini cranes to the aviation industry.
Hird Sales and After-Sales Manager Carl Cooper said: “The success of this project demonstrates the capabilities and value of Valla cranes in manufacturing and engineering settings.
“Using the Valla cranes represented the optimum solution in terms of productivity, safety, and sustainability. These cranes, especially the latest V-Series models are recognised world leaders.”
Valla cranes – optimum lifting solution
A Valla 250E mini crane, which has a maximum safe working load (SWL) of 25t, a maximum working height of 13.2m and a maximum working radius of 9.2m, was deployed to test and prove the lifting method.
With the solution confirmed, an even more compact Valla V210RC pick and carry crane – one of Valla’s new V-Series cranes – was selected to support the two and a half year monorail unit build programme.
Monorails vital to economic development
The Cairo monorail project is seen as vital for the continued development of Africa’s largest city. It has required the building of 68 fully-automated, driverless trains, with a total of 272 individual passenger units.
The trains were supplied to operate on two monorail lines running 96km east to west across the city, which has a population of more than 23 million people.
Each line will have a capacity of 45,000 passengers per hour in each direction when fully operational, which will provide support to the city’s economic development.
Train manufacturer Alstom was commissioned to built the monorail train units at its Litchurch site in Derby, the UK’s oldest and largest train factory.
Remote control option for safer crane lifting
The Valla V210RC pick and carry crane can be operated from a cabin or by wireless remote control for all crane and drive functions.
It has a maximum safe working load of 21t, a maximum working height of 12.5m and a maximum working radius of 8.1m. With its hydraulic fly jib deployed, this performance extends to a working height of 15.2m and a radius of 10.9m.
Lorries carrying the train components were driven into a covered area where the off-loading operation could be carried out in controlled conditions.
As a fume-free electric mini crane with non-marking tyres, the Valla V210RC was perfectly designed for indoor lifting like this.
The highly manoeuvrable mini crane could be positioned in the best location to lift loads from transporters, then set them down safely into dedicated stillages, ready to be taken to the train assembly area.
Valla V-Series – most advanced industrial cranes
The Valla V210RC is one of growing number of V-Series mini cranes available from Hird Sales, which are among the most compact and advanced battery electric industrial cranes in the world, with industry-leading working envelopes and operating systems.
They are specifically designed to be used with a wider variety of accessories, adding to their flexibility, including hydraulic fly jibs, hydraulic winches and self-levelling fork attachments.
All can also be operated by wireless remote control. Examples include the Valla V36R cabless mini crane, which has a SWL of 3.6t and a maximum working height of 7.5m.
The Valla V80R is another cabless mini crane with a maximum SWL of 8t, and is one of the models that can be fitted with hydraulic lifting forks.
The Valla V130RX has a maximum SWL of 13t and an extending chassis that allows lifting duties to be optimised in very constrained locations.
Find out more
Talk to the Hird Sales team about the power and flexibility of Valla pick and carry cranes.
We can also provide CPCS A66 Compact Crane (B Mobile Industrial) training or in-house, task-specific training at either a Hird depot, or at customer sites, if the facilities are suitable.
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