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Felbermayr-Engineered Solutions moves gantry crane with self-propelled vehicle
In mid-December, Felbermayr relocated an approximately 18-metre-high gantry crane in the port of Duisburg. Thanks to a solution from Felbermayr's new Engineered Solutions division, it was possible to…
Civil Engineering for bridge refurbishment
A 57-year-old bridge in the Hausruckviertel in Upper Austria needed to be renovated. To continue to make safe passage of the bridge possible, Felbermayr Technical Civil Engineering was commissioned to…
Bridge brought in with SPMT
In mid-November, a 750-tonne bridge was fast tracked into place, so to speak. However, the heavy-duty equipment used was not a crane, but two SPMTs, referred to as “Self-Propelled Modular Trailers”.…
“ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS” – Felbermayr starts a new division
Supported by the areas of crane hire and heavy transport, Felbermayr has already been an important partner for heavy-lift handling when it comes to heavy equipment installation for some time; nearly…
Relocation of presses as a team effort
Concentrated know-how was demonstrated by the Felbermayr subsidiary Wimmer during the relocation of a press for the production of steel rims for the automobile industry. The Wimmer employees received…
Dual heavy transport by water and road
For a German mineral oil company, the Felbermayr subsidiary Bau-Trans transported a waste heat boiler weighing almost 100 tonnes from Nüziders in Vorarlberg towards Germany in mid-September. In…
A 10-tonne bronze horse erected with a lifting frame
Felbermayr Linz was assigned a heavy transport order with a historical background. In mid-August, the bronze casting of Alexander the Great’s legendary warhorse Bucephalus was transported to the…
Record length push convoy
At the beginning of August, a large-capacity push barge was used to ship concrete parts with a total weight of 500 tons from Felbermayr Wasserbau in Vienna. The prefabricated parts are required for a…
A world first with 70 meter working height
The new F-70 LTK work platform, a world first in lifting technology, recently brought the Felbermayr operating personnel and two employees of a cleaning company up into the air. In doing so, a…
Heavy transport for environmentally friendly energy
A total of 16 pressurised heat accumulators, each weighing 90 tonnes, were transported from Rain am Lech to Cottbus for the conversion of a combined heat and power plant from lignite to gas operation.…
Crane ship for bridge construction in use
In May, the crane ship from Felbermayr hydraulic engineering was used for the construction of a temporary bascule bridge for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The installation became necessary due to…
Lifting frame used for fruit press installation
In mid-April, the heavy equipment installation team from Felbermayr was called in to replace a fruit press weighing around 25 tonnes. The setting was the factory of the Austrian fruit juice producer…