Palfinger Crane Passion 11 2014

doStErt | CRANE PAssIoN

doStErt | CRANE PAssIoN „ essentiaLLy, We do things that others can't. there is no such Word as "can't" at our comPany. hydrauLics even characterise our thoughts! “ FraNz doStErt, dirEctor oF atELiErS mÉcaNiquES doStErt, HuNSdorF iN LuXEmbourG For example, his holiday agenda features extremely frequent visits to his foreign PALFINGER importer colleagues. The exceptional design engineer, who has received several innovation awards, believes the global exchange of information is extremely important. Dostert is now the oldest living PALFINGER importer, which doesn't stop the enterprising expert from setting the course for expansion for the company's future with an impressive new construction in Rouscht, Bissen. on the spacious new company premises, Franz Dostert wants to enhance performance potential with an in-house sandblasting facility, paint shop and hydro jet cutting system system. The representative PALFINGER customer area and an extensive spare parts warehouse in the fully underground, spacious hall are leading the innovative workshops of the Dostert family company to a new era of the company's 130 years of history. A semi-trailer tractor lifting platform with a lifting capacity of 60 tonnes, abundant parking spaces and an in-house TÜV testing facility complete the comprehensive offer, which had always suffered from problems with space at the old location. The likeable senior Director and his 38 employees in the new, ultramodern PALFINGER branch will have no problem bidding farewell to the historic workshop in Hunsdorf, where Franz Dostert witnessed the fascination surrounding shaped metal in the forge when he was just a child. However, Franz Dostert does not want to forget the company's history after moving into the modern facilities. The historic forge, where founder of the company Bernard Dostert shaped the first metal parts in 1884, will remain in Hunsdorf as a company museum. driviNG ForcE For iNNovatioN For morE tHaN 130 yEarS Dostert's company history can be traced back to the French Revolution. 1884 is the official founding year of the mechanical Dostert workshops in Hunsdorf, Luxembourg, where Bernard Dostert ran a blacksmith and wheelwright's workshop, from which an in-house vehicle construction facility was born over the decades. Construction of truck tipper bodies and the manufacture of pumps and cylinders began in 1936. The year 1946 saw the arrival of an innovative waste collection vehicle with a tipper container for compacting waste on the market. In 1974, current Director Franz Dostert took on the role as primary importer of PALFINGER products for Luxembourg, which he continuously expanded together with his son Charles. In 2014, Ateliers mécaniques moved to the new location in Rouscht, Bissen, where the company's activities are being further expanded. Bernard Dostert bELLoWS aNd ForGE: in 130 years, dostert has evolved from what started as a Blacksmith and wheelwright's workshop into a high-tech specialist. 16

CRANE Passion | Mounting Competence Center EXPERTISE in a compact design PALFINGER presents new compact crane assembly kit for 3.5-tonne vehicles at IAA. The lightweight loader cranes stand out from the crowd with short assembly times and PALFINGER quality. The PALFINGER Mounting Competence Centre (MCC), known for crane projects in the high-end performance range, is now demonstrating its strengths with small vehicles as well. The experts from Lengau, Austria, present their latest development – an assembly kit that can be used to install compact cranes on lightweight 3.5-tonne transporters much more easily and cost-effectively. Until now, comparatively high assembly and installation costs in relation to the vehicle purchase price have represented a market hurdle for these compact all-rounders on the loading platform. The head of MCC Gernot Pichorner and his experts worked together with their sales colleagues to survey dealers and customers in depth. Their aim was to clarify the requirements profile for lightweight loader cranes in this Europe-wide vehicle class. Based on this, the PALFINGER developers created an extremely assembly-friendly kit that can be configured for the standard models of leading suppliers in this segment. SIMPLE PRINCIPLE: THE COMPACT PC LOADER CRANES ARE EASY TO ASSEM- BLE WITH NO NEED FOR INTERVEN- TION ON THE CHASSIS AND ARE AVAIL- ABLE FOR ALL STANDARD 3.5-TONNE TRANSPORTERS. „ WITH THE NEW COMPACT CRANE ASSEMBLY KIT, WE OFFER A "PLUG- AND-USE" ASSEMBLY SOLUTION THAT GUARANTEES ALL-ROUND PALFINGER QUALITY AT REASONABLE COSTS. “ GERNOT PICHORNER, HEAD OF ASSEMBLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PALFINGER PLANT IN LENGAU The design of the PALFINGER PC crane does not feature an additional auxiliary frame to reduce the payload or additional welding or drilling work on the chassis. Only the longitudinal profile of the platform substructure and the screen-printed wear floor of the platform is cut out for crane assembly. The new crane kit does not need any further interventions on the chassis or the ladder frame construction of the platform. The 120-millimetre high, extremely compact cross-rail for the stabiliser support system is assembled separately from the crane and is fixed to the chassis using screw and clamp connections like a hydraulic crane. "This design means that the crane can be assembled, retrofitted or transferred to a new chassis without any problems," states Gernot Pichorner, explaining the innovative assembly concept that yields benefits for a wide range of customers. The lightweight KTL dip-painted PALFINGER crane is much easier to assemble and can be constructed in appropriately qualified workshops. The new PALFINGER crane kit entails only around a third of the time required to assemble other types of crane, which translates into a significant cost advantage. Three power classes, ranging from the lightweight PALFINGER PC 1500 with 1.4 metre tonnes and a lifting capacity of up to 990 kilograms and the PC 2700 to the PC 3800 with 3.7 metre tonnes and a maximum lifting capacity of 2.000 kilograms cover the wide-ranging fields of application on the transporter platform. An electrohydraulic pump assembly or a hydraulic pump driven by the engine V-belt with a magnetic clutch is used to drive the fully hydraulic compact crane. With the new compact crane assembly kit, PALFINGER has enabled operators of lightweight commercial vehicles to benefit from the usual PALFINGER quality, even with all their sensitivity to costs. 17