The first Terex® CC 2800-1 NT Crawler Crane to be delivered to Brazil was recently handed over to José Eduardo Teixeira de Carvalho Filho, Director of Operations, IMPSA Wind.

IMPSA Wind is dedicated to providing comprehensive, wind-power solutions from the design and manufacture of 1.5 and 2.1 MW wind turbines, to their installation and maintenance worldwide. Given Brazil's rapidly growing market, owning the right heavy-lift equipment was a priority for IMPSA since cranes in the 600-tonne class play an essential part in the optimization of the production process. In addition to market growth overall, both the size and weight of turbine modules are steadily increasing so crane performance must be capable of adapting to these needs.

The CC 2800-1 NT delivered to IMPSA is equipped with an 84-meter main boom, light fixed jib (LF 2) and S7 kit to provide the huge lifting capacity required for the erection of wind turbines. The S7 kit consists of up to four, heavy 12-meter sections which can be mounted after the boom foot section when lighter 12-meter sections below the tip are removed.

A Superlift Kit is also on order to further increase the crane's lift potential (97.5 tonne loads lifted up to 130 meters at 138-meter hook height) on wind turbine construction sites throughout the country.