What is behind the new C-Adapter from Heavydrive?

04/19/2022 | Print view

Installations in difficult-to-access situations often require the use of various lifting devices. - © Heavydrive — © Heavydrive

Installations in difficult-to-access situations often require the use of various lifting devices.

Different Heavydrive assembly devices were used on the new building of the chamber music hall in Kronberg in Germany. The new Heavydrive C-Adapter was used for installing the outer panes under the eaves. Find out how it was done.

The new C-Adapter (pictured left) from Heavydrive has been specially developed for glazing glass panes and building elements under narrow projections, such as balconies or canopies. It is a new adapter that can be flexibly adjusted to suit the exact construction site situation.

The horizontal arms can be easily extended in a few simple steps to match the depth of the projection. The C-Adapter can be attached to any construction crane. It has a load capacity of up to 2 tonnes.

The C-Adapter from Heavydrive shows its strengths particularly in the case of building projections and installations under canopies and balconies.

"The C-adapter can be adjusted in all directions. This means that corners and slab edge projections can be bypassed without any problems," explains Heavydrive Managing Director Günter Übelacker.

For the 1.9 m wide and 2.6 m high facade elements as well as the up to 6 m wide and 2.6 m high glass panes of the music hall in Kronberg, a vacuum suction unit LSG 2000 KMHL was attached to the C-adapter, which safely sucked in the 230 kg heavy panes.

Then the fitters were able to insert the glass elements safely and accurately under the almost 1m deep eaves at a height of 9m.

Which Heavydrive units were used for the project in Kronberg?

The fitters in Kronberg assembled the 6.3 x 3.2 m facade elements, weighing up to 1700 kg, using the Heavydrive MRK 158 and MRK 195 assembly cranes and the LSG 2000 KMHL vacuum suction unit. The compact, powerful mini cranes were safely extended in sometimes very cramped conditions and the glass panes could be accurately installed under the projections, which were up to 2.8 m deep, without any problems.

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Due to the extremely cramped site situation, the two cranes handed the glass pane to each other. The use of other cranes, such as a truck-mounted crane, was not possible.

Was lifting equipment also used inside the building?

Yes, curved, 7.1 m wide and 2.3 m high glass panes were installed in the interior of the chamber music hall in Kronberg. This was done with the help of the vacuum suction unit LSG 600 KRQ. This system has a load capacity of up to 600 kg and was specially developed for convex and concave curved glass panes with an inside or outside radius from 450 mm.

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The HDL 1400 glass transport trolley was used to transport the large glass panes in the building to the site.

Application diagram of the C-Adapter from Heavydrive.

"We already work closely with the customer in the planning phase. This enables us to put together the optimal assembly solution as well as to develop special custom-made products for the building project, if necessary," explains Günter Übelacker.

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Thanks to the Heavydrive installation and transport equipment, the installation of all glass panes in the interior and exterior of the new music hall in Kronberg was completed on time and without incident.