Comet Paca (Mellone Construction group), with a fleet of several Sennebogen compact telescopic cranes, is a long-standing Sygmat customer. For one of its worksites on the Côte d'Azur, where the use of a tower crane was not authorized due to regulatory constraints, the company turned to M&S Translev to deploy the new-generation 80-tonne capacity Sennebogen 683E crawler crane. This crane will lift the southern part of the site, i.e. three sets of R+4 buildings. Comet Paca uses a variety of construction techniques, and the crane handles a wide range of components: prefabricated elements, conventional or insulated blocks, concrete skips, excavated material, and conventional construction equipment (props, beams, floors, formwork, etc.).
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Positioned at the center of the worksite, the 683E's ability to move on its tracks enables it to cover a vast working area and thus meet the needs of each team. The 42 m telescopic boom, with no pinning and equipped with an HD runner, can adjust its reach up to 40 m for lifting over all the buildings.
An innovation on this site was the use of the Sennebogen 683E crane, controlled entirely by radio remote control. All crane operations are therefore carried out remotely: "It's unique; the radio control of the 683E allows me to operate the crane with precision, both from the ground and on the work zone on the floors of the buildings. I can carry out both lifting operations on the ground and precise positioning of loads, working directly with the operators in the assembly areas," explains Sébastien Greuzard, manager of M&S Translev, who has been maneuvering the crane on this Hyères site for several months. It's also an advantage in terms of safety: "Thanks to this crane, the operator has a direct view of the entire machine area, and maneuvers are much safer when the crane operator is working close to the workers, rather than blindly with a radio link or camera.
