With the LR 13000, the most powerful crawler
crane in the world of conventional design,
Liebherr is clearly extending its range of crawler
cranes, and steadily upwards. The most important
area of operations for the new LR 13000 will be in
the power station construction sector. With
nuclear power stations of the latest generation in
particular, the lifting of extremely heavy
individual items is essential, while preassembled
modules also have to be lifted as complete units,
and that also drives the unit weights upwards.
But in refineries, too, there is an increasing
demand for industrial columns weighing 1.500
tonnes and with lengths of 100 metres to be
erected. Larger and larger cranes are also needed
for the pre-assembly of offshore steel structures,
such as oil platforms. The new LR 13000 from
Liebherr is the only crawler crane in this size class
which can work without derrick ballast. This is
achieved by an extremely powerful slewing ring,
developed and manufactured by Liebherr
themselves.