The "world's No. 1 crane" XCMG XCA2600 surges at high-end, leading the wind power industry

Leading the way again in the thousand-ton class

In terms of global sales of large-tonnage cranes, XCMG leads by a wide margin. This is not only an honor for Chinese crane brands, but also a realistic portrayal of Chinese brands' upward climb, the recognition of high-end technology and independent innovation by global users, and a deep reflection of the enterprise's "pure user thinking".

As a 2,600-ton crane regarded by foreign enterprises as "impossible to achieve", the development of this equipment "originated entirely from a user's request. They hoped to create a device with a higher lifting height, greater weight, and greater stability, but without sacrificing any passability." In this regard, Ding Honggang, assistant general manager and technical director of XCMG's Crane Machinery Division, recalled.

The demand may seem simple, but on an already extremely large product, every additional bit of hoisting height poses a huge challenge to the overall technical strength of the product. The key to XCMG's breakthrough lies in its numerous "globally pioneering technologies".

Among them, the most intuitive one is undoubtedly its leading boom technology. To cope with the greater installation height and weight of wind turbines, the boom of XCMG's 2,600-ton crane is designed as a "super fishing rod" with a complex three-dimensional structure, capable of easily undertaking the hoisting of the world's tallest and heaviest wind turbines, with a wind turbine installation coverage rate leading the industry by more than 20%.

In addition, on the chassis, XCMG has introduced an "independent suspension structure" that is an absolute first and unique in the global crane industry. Meanwhile, among the global crane products, XCMG has increased the number of drive axles to 8 on the only visible 10-axle structure, ensuring the equipment's load-bearing capacity, mobility and passability to the greatest extent.

In addition, based on decades of experience accumulated by XCMG Crane Machinery, it has independently developed functions such as "Super-lift one-click fixed-length tensioning" and "active control of boom shape", making the 2,600-ton crane a typical representative of being safer, faster, more accurate and more efficient in China's wind power installation. With the support of numerous independent innovations, "XCMG's products and values are hard to imitate and even harder to surpass." In response to this, the first batch of users of XCMG's 2,600-ton cranes commented as follows.

In the field of wind power, only XCMG stands out

As the world's largest wheeled crane, the biggest stage for 2,600-ton class products is undoubtedly wind power hoisting. In 2023, which is regarded as the "big year for wind power", XCMG's 2,600-ton cranes are enjoying another high-profile moment.

According to the data statistics of Daily Wind Power, in 2022, the domestic open market added 103.27GW of new tenders (excluding framework tenders), which increased by more than 100% year-on-year. This lays the foundation for the high growth of wind power installed capacity in 2023.

In addition, it is estimated that based on the current installed capacity of wind power, to achieve the goals of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the average annual new installed capacity of wind power from 2023 to 2025 will be between 65GW and 75GW, nearly doubling the installed capacity in 2022. All these bring great certainty to the growth of the wind power industry in the next 2 to 3 years. Among them, XCMG's super-large tonnage cranes are also becoming the absolute main force in installation projects.

Among the top 10 wind power hoisting enterprises in China in 2022, XCMG's crane brand has maintained the top position in terms of brand ownership, especially for super-large tonnage cranes, where the market share of the XCMG brand has a significant leading advantage. Meanwhile, in the 50-megawatt wind power project of Three Gorges New Energy in Liutuan, Changyi, Shandong Province - a project with considerable difficulty and scale and strict schedule requirements - XCMG's 2,600-ton crane has also become the absolute main force and leading role.

The larger the project, the more demanding it is that the equipment be of high quality, the technology be excellent and the efficiency be high. It can be said that in the field of wind power hoisting in China, XCMG has no tough nut to crack. In this regard, an experienced user with rich business experience commented as follows.