The market for Tyre Mounted medium and heavy categoryas well as Crawler Cranes across categories has picked up positively. Thesecranes are used mainly for high-speed railway, refineries, expansion in Steeland Cement plants across India, and metro projects.
There is demand for heavy duty Crawler Craneswith higher tonnage capacity in the Wind Turbines requirement of increased hub height.The cranes are designed keeping in mind the economy and ease in operation,assembly, and transportation factors.

SCHWING–XCMG Crawler cranes feature integratedtransport design to reduce assembly time, while the modular design of sameplatform products ensures inter-changeability of components and nesting ofsmaller booms inside larger booms to reduce the number of trailers required fortransport. The company has also introduced the ‘Counterweight AssemblyCylinders’ feature in some of their models as required ensuring fasterassembly.
Tyre mounted cranes feature sliders to increasecontact area between boom sections, thus improving overall integrity ofextended boom structure. Patented Telescoping technology controls boomextension and retraction sequences for smoother operation of telescopic boom.
SCHWING-XCMG are also first in India tointroduce ‘All Axle Steering’ in Truck cranes to significantly improvemanoeuvrability.
SCHWING–XCMG Cranes are rolled out with a lot ofadvantages in terms of ease of assembly, handling of the crane, andtransportation. Few examples can be the use of Gantry Self Erection system, andBoom Pinning Cylinders in Crawler Cranes, which save time and cost of having tohire smaller cranes during assembly.