The innovations introducedby ACE Sunward will go a long way in redefining the way Piling will be done inthis country in the future, writes ManojAgarwal.

“This is firsttime that anyone has tried such innovation where piling activity is handledthrough a tyre mounted crane and we feel that this innovation will change themanner in which Piling is done in this country.”

Manoj Agarwal, AVP – HED Sales and Product Support, ACE Cranes, Action ConstructionEquipment.

ACE – ActionConstruction Equipment Ltd., is India’s leading Material Handling andConstruction equipment manufacturing company incorporated in the year 1995. Witha dominant market share of 63 per cent, ACE is the largest Mobile Cranemanufacturer in India and the World’s largest manufacturer of Pick ‘N’ Carrycranes.

Committed towards ‘LiftingIndia’s Growth’, the company is continuously striving towards offeringinnovative products integrated with excellent customer support system through arobust sales and service network.

ACE entered into anexclusive strategic partnership with Sunward Intelligent Equipment group fromChangsha, China for their range of Hydraulic Piling Rigs in February 2019. ACE’sstrategic partnership with Sunward is for exclusive representation in India forSales, Service, Parts, and future growth together.

Partnership with Sunwardhelped ACE consolidate its product offerings in the market place and broughtabout a synergy in strengthening its position in the Construction space inIndia. ACE and Sunward offer a perfect combination for the Indian Market due tothe following:

ACE

• Trusted Brand inthe Indian Market.

• All IndiaNetwork: best reach and visibility.

• Experience of20+ years: Customer relationship, customer knowledge, and ability to convert.

Sunward

• Strongreputation in Underground and Piling Rigs in global markets.

• Focus onQuality, Innovation, and Engineering.

• Best-in-industryrange with focus on the largest rigs, hard strata application.

• Sunward rangebrings synergy to ACE product offerings for the Indian market.  

Sunward Piling Rigs arepromoted in India under the joint branding of ACE SUNWARD. Complete product rangeof features of the product offering are as given below:

• Best Range of Rigs: From Torque of 40 KN.m – 600 KN.m – Largest Rig in China ismanufactured by Sunward.

• High Performancefeatures like torque, winch capacity, and weight of machine – Sunward Rigs aredesigned for hard/rock strata application.

• Sunward Rigs arecapable of boring diameter from 350mm to 3,500mm and depth up to 135m.

• Best-in-classaggregates from European/Japanese manufacturers – engine, hydraulic, pumps,motors, gearbox.

• Undercarriagespecially designed for Piling applications.

• Crawler base –extendable while piling/retractable for transportation: Sunward Rigs arecompact in design and can work in confined areas.

• Experts inhigher torque machines suitable for hard soil/rock: Automatic sensing of theground condition and adjusting the torque while in operation.

• Highly stablemachines on difficult terrains.

• PatentedParallelogram design along with numerous other product patents.

• Unique featureof Auxiliary Landing leg for support during operation and maintenance.

• Power head iskeyed (patented design) with forced lubrication.

Most common modelsmarketed by ACE are SA60, SA175, SA210, SA250, and SA320. These models areworking across the segments like Urban Infrastructure, Metro and Bullet Trains,Bridge and Elevated Road building, Industrial applications like the Refinery,Power Plants, and Real Estate Infrastructure.

ACE Sunward Piling Rigshave been supplied across the country and are working in various prestigiousprojects with all the major contractors like L&T, Afcons, Tata Projects,KEC International, Keller India, etc., as mentioned below:

• Across MetroProjects in the country: Delhi Metro Phase IV, Mumbai Metro, Kanpur Metro, and KochiMetro.

• NCTRC RRTS: DelhiMeerut package.

• High Speed Rail Projectin Gujarat.

• NHAI elevationRoad Projects/Expressways across the country.

• RefineryExpansion projects.

• Industrial andReal Estate projects across the country.

ACE – Crawler Cranes

Action ConstructionEquipment Ltd. presently manufactures 40T and 75T Crawler Cranes for all typesof application – Piling activity, Loading/Unloading, Erection activity,shifting at major project sites.

ACE – FP 210 Piling Crane

Continuing our strivefor innovation and excellence in Material Handling, we have introduced a multi-activityPiling Crane model FP210, which can do Piling activity like

(a) CageHandling/Lowering,

(b) Concreting, and

(c) Casing Removal,other than doing the normal loading/unloading and shifting of material at thesite.

This is first time thatanyone has tried such innovation where piling activity is handled through atyre mounted crane and we feel that this innovation will change the manner inwhich Piling is done in this country. 

• 2-in-1:Multi-activity – two applications done by one machine.

• Piling Operation-cum-MobileCrane of 20T, 4-Wheel Drive.

• Capable of doingCage Lowering, Concreting, and Casing Removal.

• Can replace anew generation Mobile Crane + Crawler Crane at site.

• Meets all safetystandards and requirement s of site.

• Travels on itsown power – savings in terms of transportation cost.

• Have two winches– Main Winch for Cage lowering, Casing removal, assorted loading/unloading,shifting; and, Auxiliary winch with a runner assembly for Concreting.

• EnhancedProductivity and ease in doing work.

We have mobilized thePiling Crane model ACE FP210 at various prestigious sites across the country,some of which are mentioned below:

1. Delhi Metro RailCorporation Ltd (DMRC) Metro Project Phase IV: We had conducted the trials atKEC DC-01 site and now the crane is being deployed in the project.

   - At this site, the crane is able to lower 12msections of cage in the bore, which is of 1,200mm diameter and 36-40m depth. Supportsin the welding of the lapping sections and lowers the complete 36-40m sections.

   - The FP210 Crane through its auxiliary, winch is ableto do the complete concreting by providing the ‘jerking motion’.

   Casing removal is also done with the help of theCrane.

2. National CapitalRegion Transport Corporation (NCRTC) Delhi – Meerut RRTS project: Four Cranesare successfully working with L&T in package II and package VII of theDelhi Meerut project.

   - At this site, the crane is able to lower 13.25msections of cage in the bore, which is of 1,200mm diameter and 40-42m depth.Supports in the welding of the lapping sections and lowers the complete 40-42msections.

   FP210 Crane, through its auxiliary winch, is able todo the complete concreting by providing the jerking motion required whichearlier was only possible through a crawler crane.

   Casing removal is also done with the help of the Crane.

With the introduction ofthe above Cranes, it is highly beneficial to the project in enhancing the productivityunder safe environment and also in reducing the cost of the sub-contractor asit can replace two equipment viz. Crawler Crane and Mobile Crane at site.

The innovation done onthe ACE FP 210 will go a long way in re-defining the way Piling will be done inthis country in the future.