UNIC Spider Crane Delivers Super Car to UK Airport

One of UNIC Cranes Europe’s mini spider cranes was recently used to lift a Porsche Cayman S into pride of place at UK Airport.

It took an impressive machine to get the Porsche into position. The UNIC URW-506 mini crane has the small dimensions needed to fit through a standard double doorway overcoming the challenges of getting heavy lifting equipment into an airport terminal.  In most airports the Police close the access roads and remove concrete bollards to get the car and lifting equipment into the terminal. Any doors, pillars, x-ray machines and metal detectors have to be removed to gain access to the airside part of the terminal.

Once the car and crane made it airside they were set to work, the UNIC URW-506 made light work of the 1,415kg car thanks to its 3 tonnes of lifting power. The project manager on site said:

The UNIC Cranes Europe team were (as always) amazing.  Well planned, calm, cautions and proactive. It was a first for the airport and in the face of some pretty nervous management across various departments; it was universally declared a triumph.

The Porsche is 1.8 metres wide and its wheelbase measures in at 2.48 metres, the crane teamed up with a car hoist. The portable hoist consists of two steel box sections to support the wheels and sturdy slings which attach to the frame’s four points, so the car’s weight can be evenly distributed and lifted. The frame is simply slid underneath the car, straps and slings can be adjusted depending on the length of its wheelbase then the car is ready for lifting.

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