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International | CRANE Passion Construction work with PALFINGER Solar energy for Ghana PALFINGER is playing a prominent role in a nationwide solar energy project for rural regions in the West African nation of Ghana. Use solar energy! The Ghanaian government is running a campaign under this slogan, with the primary aim of bringing electricity to rural regions in the West African country. Today, around half of all Ghanaians work in agriculture. Their main activities are growing cocoa, coffee, tea and coconuts and extracting natural rubber. The Ghana Cocoa Board has been running a long-term project since 2008 to install solar-powered street lighting and build houses supplied with solar energy in rural areas. The first solar street lights erected with the help of a PALFINGER loader crane were constructed in a small farming village without electricity around three hours from the capital Accra. So far, 11,000 solar-powered street lights have been installed in western Ghana, which is around the Construction: same size as the UK. Solar street lights are assembled using the PK 8500 and the In areas without an electricity supply manipulator PZM 0500. grid, lighting not only plays an important role in terms of safety in the evening. The sun goes down early in the evening in the tropical coastal land throughout the year, and so the artificial light from solar-powered street lights means that people can continue working or trading on markets or simply carry on with their social activities. The extra light improves people's quality of life in the rural western region of the country. A crane structure specially adapted by PALFINGER at the Austrian Mounting Competence Centre (MCC) is being used to erect the many solar lamp posts. As well as the loader crane, which has been adjusted for the application together with a manipulator from the PALFINGER Equipment Centre, the new two-axle vehicle has a loading platform for transporting the lamp posts and solar light modules. In addition to the street light project of the Ghana Cocoa Board, the electricity supply for private households and small businesses is also being consistently expanded in Ghana. The Ghanaian government is using free-of-charge, environmentally friendly power supplied by the sun to run a lighthouse project that is a prime example of sustainable energy production in the rural infrastructure of the Third World. A PALFINGER loader crane is also playing an important on-site assembly role in this project. 18
couNtry rEPort braziL tHrEE aPPLicatioN SoLutioNS with one vehicle – PALFINGER do Brasil set this efficient and affordable crane solution in motion in collaboration with the energy group AEL sul. PALFINGER is assembling a combined loader and working crane on a locallyproduced truck. The crane uses a hook device for carrying cargo, which can be replaced with a high-voltageisolated workman basket where necessary. This allows service personnel to work effectively, both when the power is switched off and when connected to the 46 kV high-voltage mains supply, without having to change vehicle. uSa PaLFiNGEr NortH amErica is launching the new generation of PW loader cranes on the major Us sales market. The PW 32001 and PW 35001 sH models make an impression on the demanding North American market with their continuous slewing mechanism with two rotary actuators. The two actuators have been hydraulically pretensioned against each other, and thus reduce the crane's rotation play to a minimum – an invaluable advantage during usage with large outreaches. The double rotary actuator ensures a high rotation torque and very precise crane movements. The compact set-up dimensions allow for maximum available loading space compared with competitor products. PEru at tHE Foot oF tHE HimaLayaS tHE PEruviaN PaLFiNGEr importer Zapler has ac- quired an important client in the form of the south Ameri- can mining company Cerro Verde. The mining group runs one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the south American country. Zapler has assembled a PALFINGER PK 76002 EH on a truck chassis to carry out servicing and maintenance work on the electricity pylon network. As well as carrying out servicing tasks in the copper mine in Arequipa, the PALFINGER truck also transports pylons to the group's other mining locations. Cerro Verde is so impressed with the performance capacity of PALFINGER products that – alongside ten of its own crane vehicles – around 70% of all third-party vehicles used by Cerro Verde today are equipped with PALFINGER loader and assembly cranes. bHutaN, where's that again? Bhutan lies at the foot of the Himalayas surrounded by India, Nepal and Tibet. A PK 100002 was sold here, which was waiting to be set up and approved. Michael Mödlhammer (Head of Training) flew out there on 23 November 2013 to add the finishing touches to the crane. The crane was sold by the local PALFINGER dealer in the country. Its main use will be to construct hydroelectric power stations, which will supply Bhutan and neighbouring India with electricity. 19
