The Schmidbauer heavy lift fleet has been reinforced with an SBL600 hydraulic gantry from Enerpac. The gantry will play a key role in the handling of almost 50,000 tons of cable for the SuedOstLink energy infrastructure project.
Over the next four years, the handling and storage of around 520 cable drums will be coordinated, each weighing 95 tons, where the gantry will be effective. The Enerpac SBL600 will be used at various sites across Germany to lift and hold a cable drum delivered by a long low-loader before it is lowered onto an SPMT for delivery to site. The gantry's side shift allows for efficient reel handling, with empty reels returning from site being lifted and lowered to the ground before the SPMT is reloaded with a full cable reel.
The team has already been trained and is ready to use the new equipment.
The Enerpac SBL600 is the first hydraulic lifting frame from Schmidbauer. "The SBL600 is ideal for the project handling cable drums and we were particularly impressed with the ease of use of the gantry on site. We have invested in six standard-20m-fixed-roof containers which allow us to transport the SBL600 by road, rail, and sea to projects around the world,” comments Philipp Verges, Sales Manager Global Projects of the Schmidbauer Group.
The SBL600 hydraulic gantry from Enerpac has a lifting capacity of 612 tons and a maximum lifting height of 10.6 meters. Schmidbauer opted for the electrically operated Enerpac side shift units, which enable the company's project team to operate two truck units side by side and transfer from one truck to the other without shunting, or to store cable drums temporarily and utilize the truck more effectively.
The controls for the electric side shift are integrated into the gantry base units and the wireless control system, which guarantees simple operation and maximum safety.
The foldable boom of the SBL600 enables transportation on standard flatbed trucks. Its design is optimized for easy transport, which significantly reduces the cost of using and setting up this size of gantry.
We wish the project team continued success and an even more efficient working method thanks to the new equipment!