Taisun (;
Taishan) is a
gantry crane with a
safe working load of 20,000 metric tons (22,046 short tons). Taisun was designed by DHHI (Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry) and built for the installation of very large modules in
semi submersibles and
FPSO projects. It is located at
Yantai Raffles Shipyard in
Yantai,
Shandong
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Province,
China
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. The gantry crane holds the record for the heaviest weight lifted by a crane.
The amount of wire required to operate Taisun is nearly 50,000 meters or just over 31 miles, allowing it to lift a maximum of 80 meters.
Concept
Taisun was built to install very large (up to 20,000 tons) integrated modules on top of a vessel's hull. Traditionally, offshore vessels such as drilling semi submersibles or FPSOs were built from the ground up in modules of 1000 to 2000 tons, which meant that much installation, hook up and commissioning work was left to be done on board where access is limited and efficiency is decreased.
Taisun facilitates simultaneous construction of the lower and upper parts of the vessel which allows for a shorter overall project schedule, manpower improvements of up to two million
man-hours while safety and quality levels are improved.
Lift Record
The
Guinness World Records
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state that Taisun holds the world record for "heaviest weight lifted by crane", set on April 18, 2008 at 20,133 metric tonnes (44,385,667.25 lb) by lifting a barge, ballasted with water.
However, it was surpassed by the
Honghai Crane when the new crane was completed in 2014, with a lift capacity at 22,000 tonnes.
Particulars
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.cimc-raffles.com
www.slideshare.net(Presentation of COSL Pioneer deck box lift)
Google 3D warehouse(downloadable 3d model of Taisun)
;Videos
Construction of TaisunTaisun's first project, installing the 14000-ton deck box of the COSL PioneerTaisun sets world record for Heaviest Topsides Crane Lift with Saipem's Scarabeo 9TAISUN installs the 12,000-ton deck box of Schahin's SS Amazonia
Individual cranes (machines)
Yantai