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Issue #6<br />
The magazine with a passion for crane technology<br />
Crane accessories<br />
for every occasion<br />
Highlights<br />
“SH” Generation<br />
of truck-mounted cranes
PALFINGER.<br />
The fine art<br />
of customer orientation.<br />
DEAR PARTNERS AND<br />
FRIENDS OF PALFINGER!<br />
As a premium supplier in the truckmounted<br />
crane sector, we are committed<br />
to top-class performances when it comes<br />
to innovation, quality and reliability.<br />
Being a leader in technology and quality<br />
means not only offering crane technology<br />
at the highest level but also putting<br />
customer-oriented solution skills to the<br />
test on a daily basis. Absolute top priority<br />
is given to customer orientation to<br />
meet these requirements when any new<br />
product is developed or existing products<br />
are enhanced.<br />
With the goal of making our customers<br />
more successful in their business,<br />
the focus when developing the new<br />
generation of SH High Performance<br />
truck-mounted cranes was clearly for the<br />
benefit for the user. So we at PALFINGER<br />
asked the very people who work with<br />
our products day in, day out and know<br />
what is important. We wanted to know<br />
from ambitious crane operators and<br />
experienced contractors: “What should<br />
the perfect truck-mounted crane be<br />
like?” Our designers and electronics specialists<br />
implemented requests in respect<br />
of efficiency, user-friendliness, comfort,<br />
safety and profitability to deliver truckmounted<br />
cranes that conform to the<br />
accepted rules of crane design.<br />
Among other things, crane operators<br />
want machines that have a range of uses<br />
thanks to perfectly coordinated supplementary<br />
equipment. That is reason<br />
enough to dedicate this edition to a<br />
detailed look at the topic of equipment.<br />
We show that PALFINGER emerges as a<br />
skilled and reliable system supplier with a<br />
wide range of attachments and accessories<br />
for sophisticated truck-mounted<br />
crane operation.<br />
In order to prove PALFINGER’s quality<br />
leadership, we will take a brief look behind<br />
the scenes. Know-how, innovation,<br />
state-of-the-art production technologies<br />
and rigorous specialization in component<br />
production enable the highest quality<br />
standards and therefore long-term<br />
solutions for our customers that hold<br />
their value. In short: It is easy to explain<br />
why a PALFINGER crane is the right<br />
choice. On one hand PALFINGER cranes<br />
have everything that makes a crane<br />
operator‘s heart beat faster. On the<br />
other hand, the quality benefits and innovations<br />
of PALFINGER truck-mounted<br />
cranes conceal the potential for enormous<br />
cost savings and a large number<br />
of potentially profitable uses for today‘s<br />
successful operator.<br />
On that note,<br />
let me wish you every success,<br />
CMO Wolfgang Pilz<br />
palfinger – passion – performance – power – perfection<br />
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Editorial 2 – 3<br />
PALFINGER EQUIPMENT 6 – 12<br />
PALFINGER “SH“ 13 – 15<br />
Top of PALFINGER High Performance.<br />
PC Cranes. 16 – 17<br />
Compact lightweights<br />
with true PALFINGER power.<br />
PALFINGER production technologies 18 – 19<br />
Information<br />
PALFINGER AG, Franz-Wolfram-Scherer-Strasse 24, 5020 Salzburg, Austria, www.palfinger.com<br />
Concept and text PALFINGER AG, Layout Rahofer Werbeagentur, Photos PALFINGER AG<br />
This medium is published for image purposes and not for detailed and complete product information.<br />
Published in March 2011, subject to printing and type-setting errors.<br />
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PALFINGER<br />
EQUIPMENT<br />
Crane technology thought through<br />
to its logical conclusion<br />
PALFINGER’s motto “We’ll make you more successful”<br />
means a company that thinks and acts with<br />
the customer firmly in mind. So of course efficiency<br />
and customer benefit are also top of the list when it<br />
comes to crane accessories.<br />
Everyday crane assignments are multi-faceted. So<br />
the crane’s design must be as flexible as possible and<br />
allow for expansion or upgrading. Crane operators<br />
want machines that have a range of uses thanks to<br />
perfectly coordinated supplementary equipment.<br />
The emphasis here is on “perfectly coordinated”.<br />
And it is exactly this that system supplier<br />
PALFINGER guarantees. With everything from a<br />
single-source supplier and tailored to the relevant<br />
assignment, the truck-mounted crane becomes a<br />
champion of versatility.<br />
Special solutions are also available on request in<br />
addition to the extensive range of standard products.<br />
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The PALFINGER crane as<br />
a multifunctional machine.<br />
Equipped with the appropriate attachment, the crane becomes<br />
a multi-functional machine and works cost-effectively. Hydraulic<br />
or mechanical – the PALFINGER Equipment Center offers an<br />
extensive range of attachments and equipment to turn the<br />
crane into a flexible tool with a variety of uses.<br />
A huge selection of rotators, grabs, pallet and wallboard forks,<br />
brick stack grabs, container emptying and mast insertion attachments<br />
are available from the “PALFINGER made by Kinshofer”<br />
range. The long-established partnership with the German<br />
system supplier is marked by close and constructive cooperation.<br />
PALFINGER’s input is incorporated in development, leads<br />
continuously to the refinement of details and ensures the high<br />
product quality that is now familiar. Workman baskets designed<br />
to meet country-specific safety requirements, earth augers as<br />
well as towing and weighing systems complete the range of<br />
attachments.<br />
PALFINGER is also perfectly set up to provide mounting<br />
accessories (pumps, tanks, oil coolers, auxiliary stabilizers,<br />
subframes, assembly units, and rear mounting brackets). The<br />
same applies here, cooperation with well-known component<br />
supply companies guarantees maximum product quality and<br />
efficiency.<br />
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➀<br />
➀ HPX-E quick changer<br />
➁ Exchangeable shells for clamshell buckets<br />
➂ Exchangeable shells for<br />
multi-purpose buckets<br />
➃ Exchangeable shells for timber grabs<br />
➄ Exchangeable shells for rock grabs<br />
➅ Exchangeable shells for hay<br />
and forestry grabs<br />
➆ Exchange aid<br />
New workman basket.<br />
Safe at all heights<br />
with PALFINGER.<br />
➁<br />
➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆<br />
The much cited High Performance motto “We‘ve made the best<br />
even better!” also applies, of course, to all crane equipment.<br />
The new range of workman baskets is presented with numerous<br />
detailed improvements.<br />
The new workman baskets have been developed specifically to<br />
meet our customers‘ demanding requirements in accordance<br />
with workman basket standard EN280. Apart from the low<br />
dead weight due to a steel and aluminum construction, the new<br />
workman baskets stand out by virtue of space optimization and<br />
their electronically controlled, continuously variable leveling.<br />
- Perfect fit for attachment to PALFINGER cranes<br />
- Low dead weight for maximum outreach<br />
- Electronically controlled continuously variable leveling<br />
- Optimized basket size<br />
- Easy attachment to the crane by means<br />
of quick-change system<br />
- Non-slip floor<br />
- Integrated tool case<br />
- Watertight box for documents<br />
- All-round protected handrail<br />
- Accessories: Safety belt and holders for<br />
radio remote control<br />
HPX-E.<br />
New paths in grab technology.<br />
Machines must be able to respond easily to rapid changes in<br />
requirements on the construction site. Here, the new HPX-E<br />
bucket drive system with exchangeable shells proves to be an<br />
ideal and unbeatable tool in everyday use. Customers benefit<br />
not only from the bucket‘s constant high closing force but also<br />
from the first real quick-change system in bucket and grab<br />
operation. The bucket is extremely rugged thanks to its compact<br />
design. The HPX-E owes its flexibility and versatility to the huge<br />
diversity of exchangeable shells.<br />
Straightforward quick-change bucket system.<br />
The shells and buckets of the HPXdrive Standard can be<br />
exchanged quickly and easily thanks to the HPX-E quick changer.<br />
The shells can be exchanged in only four minutes without bolts<br />
simply by removing and replacing two connecting pins. This<br />
means that one drive unit can be used to refit different types<br />
of shells extremely fast for different applications, e.g. clamshell<br />
bucket, multi-purpose clamshell, rock grab, timber grab, hay<br />
and forestry grab. The exchangeable shells are delivered with<br />
exchange aids that hold the shells in position and guarantee that<br />
the drive can easily be positioned on the shells.<br />
The advantages of the HPXdrive technology combined with the<br />
time saved due to quick and straightforward bucket changing<br />
make this system indispensable for local authorities and one-man<br />
businesses.<br />
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UNCONVENTIONAL.<br />
The right solution for EVERY assignment.<br />
Substantiating the motto, “Never say never”, PALFINGER Equipment<br />
Center also offers a large number of special fittings that one<br />
would probably never expect to find on a truck-mounted crane.<br />
Unconventional maintenance, installation and manipulation jobs<br />
call for equally unconventional solutions. It goes without saying<br />
that special manipulators, vacuum glass lifting attachments and<br />
other special solutions are also available upon request.<br />
The example below shows how a classic truck-mounted crane<br />
becomes a special machine with most precise tuned movements<br />
mounted on an all-terrain caterpillar vehicle (realized by<br />
PALFINGER Germany and the company Wemo-tec).<br />
Intelligent equipment like this vacuum glass manipulator delivers a perfect<br />
performance during the installation of glass elements weighing up to 650 kg.<br />
PALFINGER “SH“<br />
Top of PALFINGER<br />
High Performance.<br />
It is easy to explain why a PALFINGER crane is the right<br />
choice. On one hand PALFINGER cranes have everything<br />
that makes a crane operator‘s heart beat faster in the way<br />
of performance, comfort and safety, while on the other<br />
hand the quality benefits and innovations of PALFINGER<br />
truck-mounted cranes conceal the potential for enormous<br />
cost savings and a large number of potentially profitable<br />
uses for today‘s successful operator.<br />
It was quite clear during development of the new generation<br />
of SH High Performance truck-mounted cranes that<br />
the focus was on benefit for our customers. The result: The<br />
finest truck-mounted crane technology for discerning users<br />
who want every comfort possible!<br />
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“What should the perfect truck-mounted crane be like?”<br />
The crane should make use<br />
of all its power and even be able to<br />
go one better if necessary.<br />
“S-HPLS”<br />
for maximum power.<br />
PALFINGER High Performance cranes are true powerhouses due<br />
to their geometry and technology. Intelligent electronic systems<br />
for increasing the lifting power come into their own in situations<br />
where more power is needed on the short term. The new<br />
S-HPLS offers a 5% increase in lifting capacity compared to the<br />
established E-HPLS. Unlike the E-HPLS, which is switched on<br />
manually, activation of the SH system is fully automated. The<br />
lifting power is increased continuously when necessary.<br />
The crane should “think actively” and guide me safely, particularly in limited situations.<br />
Comfort and safety.<br />
With the Paltronic 150, PALFINGER offers a high-end electronic<br />
solution for the series-production crane. Numerous safety and<br />
comfort functions are controlled via the “crane‘s brain”.<br />
Greater safety and comfort due to “soft stop”<br />
Sensors detect the angle of main boom and knuckle boom to<br />
increase user-friendliness and safety. A signal is transmitted<br />
continuously to the Paltronic 150 and the crane‘s movements<br />
are monitored intelligently.<br />
The perfect truck-mounted crane should be comfortable and operator-friendly,<br />
easy to control and give me a feeling of security.<br />
A new function recently implemented by PALFINGER is the electronic<br />
limit position damper, referred to as the “soft stop”. This<br />
brings about gentle braking of all the crane‘s movements before<br />
the mechanical end stop is reached. This means that jerky movements<br />
and load collisions due to swinging loads can be prevented<br />
in order to protect the driver, the load and the vehicle.<br />
Radio remote control<br />
with graphic display.<br />
PALFINGER High Performance cranes are operator-friendly and<br />
easy to control. In the SH models, the state-of-the-art radio<br />
remote control provides the operator via the LCD graphic display<br />
with precise information about a variety of operating conditions<br />
such as capacity usage, active systems, servicing intervals<br />
or movements currently accessible. It is even possible to provide<br />
an accurate visual display of the position of the stabilizers. It is<br />
easy to navigate through the menus and to switch to the actual<br />
functions desired by using four softkey functions and four menu<br />
buttons. The operator is guided clearly and safely in peripheral<br />
limit areas. The indicator on the display directs the crane operator,<br />
helping him to keep a cool head in any situation and to<br />
make the right decision.<br />
Ease of maintenance<br />
and reduced maintenance expenditure<br />
PALFINGER SH cranes are designed in every detail for ease of<br />
servicing and maintenance. Functional design elements, easy<br />
accessibility to components, simple installation and removal of<br />
components and the intelligent diagnostic software PALDIAG<br />
are just some examples of this. The maintenance-free extension<br />
system significantly reduces the usual maintenance expenditure.<br />
No further servicing work is required after one-off initial lubrication<br />
using a special food grade grease. A clean appearance of<br />
crane, vehicle and a workplace (no dripping lubricates) are an<br />
added bonus.<br />
Service made easy. The new PALFINGER radio remote control<br />
is completely integrated into the data bus system of the SH<br />
series so that all data and parameters can be managed centrally.<br />
Integration into the CAN bus of the overall system means that<br />
diagnostics can be run by connecting directly to PALFINGER’s<br />
diagnostic software. As a result, it is a breeze for PALFINGER’s<br />
global service team to set the perfect parameters for each<br />
customer‘s controller and to carry out a diagnostic if servicing is<br />
required.<br />
Ease of servicing and as little maintenance expenditure<br />
as possible are always right at the top of my wish list.<br />
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PC Cranes.<br />
Compact lightweights<br />
with true PALFINGER power.<br />
In many cases, a cable winch is the most important accessory<br />
when using a telescopic crane and the power of the winch<br />
has a significant effect on the efficiency of the whole crane.<br />
Equipping models of the PC range with an 800 kg cable winch<br />
tremendously increases their value and expands their range of<br />
use enormously.<br />
Functional cable winch<br />
- 800 kg lifting power<br />
- 25 m cable length/8 mm diameter<br />
- Compact dimensions<br />
- Use of the tried and tested mechanical solution<br />
for extension stop and limit switches<br />
Small but mighty! PC cranes by PALFINGER compare with their<br />
big brothers in every aspect of safety and operator comfort. On<br />
one hand, with their safety equipment they comply with the<br />
new Machinery Directive MD/2006/42 EC as well as the new<br />
EN12999:2011, and on the other hand, the compact small<br />
cranes have been equipped with a convenient radio remote<br />
control and cable winch solution since January 2011!<br />
Comfortable pocket-sized radio remote control<br />
- Proportional control using pushbuttons<br />
- One-handed operation<br />
- Control of the stabilizer rams included<br />
- 6 on/off functions<br />
- Freely programmable speeds<br />
- Adjustable via PALDIAG<br />
- Min. 12 hour battery life<br />
- Rugged housing with ergonomic design<br />
The perfect connection. The PALFINGER Equipment Center<br />
with its new “power packs” offers efficient hydraulic units for<br />
PC cranes that stand out by virtue of their compact design and<br />
high performance yet low energy requirement. The new units<br />
pump up to 13% more hydraulic oil while consuming the same<br />
power!<br />
- Protected mounting in a rugged box<br />
- Simple and convenient “plug and play” installation<br />
- Space-saving accommodation of the tank<br />
- High-quality multi-layer painting<br />
- Low noise generation<br />
- Chromium VI-free execution<br />
- Connection cable kit available for all models<br />
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PALFINGER<br />
production technologies<br />
Precision is our secret.<br />
Quality our promise.<br />
Cylinder production. Structural<br />
and production engineering expertise.<br />
The foundation stone for quality is laid in the production depart-<br />
PALFINGER’s key skills are centered primarily in the production of<br />
PALFINGER is among the world’s largest producers of hydraulic<br />
in hydraulic cylinders. In cooperation with its partner Nimet,<br />
ment. PALFINGER makes ongoing investments in new produc-<br />
safety-relevant welded structures (made from high-strength fine-<br />
cylinders with approx. 126,000 cylinders a year leaving the<br />
PALFINGER coats its cylinders using a particularly high-quality<br />
tion technologies in order to meet the high quality requirements<br />
grain structural steels) and hydraulic cylinders as well as durable<br />
Tenevo plant. We have concentrated expertise in both production<br />
galvanic nickel/chromium process.<br />
to its products. PALFINGER optimizes its processes and thus<br />
surface coating technologies (KTL).<br />
engineering and construction in a skills center that specializes<br />
increases productivity and quality by specializing component<br />
production in the individual PALFINGER production facilities.<br />
Structural steel. Precise and fully<br />
automated production technologies.<br />
KTL. INNOVATIVE PROCESS ENGINEERING FOR<br />
LONG-LASTING SURFACE PROTECTION.<br />
When it comes to processing steel, PALFINGER has access to<br />
- Cutting technologies<br />
The right surface treatment forms the basis of durable and<br />
rinsed, activated, coated with zinc phosphate, rinsed again,<br />
state-of-the-art cutting, beveling and welding technologies at<br />
- Beveling technologies<br />
long-lasting surface protection. The passage of components<br />
passivated and after a final rinse with ultra-pure water are<br />
its production sites. It is possible to process and machine high-<br />
- Welding technologies<br />
through the individual process stages of KTL coating is fully au-<br />
coated electrostatically with the KTL coating in a dip process.<br />
strength fine-grain steels with the utmost precision thanks to<br />
- CNC processing machines<br />
tomated in the cathodic dip painting plants of the Marburg and<br />
Paint robots finalize the surface treatment.<br />
automated production technologies.<br />
Lengau production facilities. The components are degreased,<br />
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PALFINGER AG · 5020 Salzburg, Austria, E-Mail: info@palfinger.com · www.palfinger.com