Beco Boforce has manufactured three triple booms for a customer from Abu Dhabi. The booms, which each have a reach of 21m, have been designed to be mounted onto a CAT 390 D L machine. The triple booms consist of a base boom, top boom and stick. The contract represents three orders for the same customer. The first order includes the assembly of the base machine in Vianen in the Netherlands.
The other two orders will be installed on site. The work will include the supply and installation of the complete boom, including hydraulic pipe work,
cylinders, pins, bushes, kinematics and an additional 13-tonne counterweight.
To operate the stretch cylinders, the base machine has been fitted with additional functionality which means they can be operated using a joystick.
The booms are transported by truck from Vianen to the Port of Antwerp in Belgium and then moved by sea to Abu Dhabi.