This is 'Big Carl', the largest crane on the planet thanks to its 250 meters high

This is 'Big Carl', the largest crane on the planet thanks to its 250 meters high and load capacity of up to 5,000 tons

It was baptized as SGC-250, which means "Giant Crane of Sarens 250", but because it is a great technological wonder it was best to find a more familiar name: 'Big Carl', which today is the crane more biggest in the world.

Although its appearance leaves a bit of the traditional design of what a crane is, 'Big Carl' is a prodigy of modern engineering, which meant an important advance in both the development and construction processes. The person in charge of this monster is Sarens, a Belgian company dedicated to the rental of cranes worldwide.

Your first mission: build the first nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom in 30 years

'Big Carl' is a monster with infarct specifications. For example, it has a maximum height of 250 meters, it is capable of carrying 5,000 tons, which places it as the largest in the world in both size and resistance.

Its configuration allows you to move and do 360-degree turning and lifting operations on its own axis. And it is powered by 12 engines that are grouped into 6 power units. The counterweight of 'Big Carl' is 52 containers of 100 tons each, which allows it to have that large load capacity.

Right now 'Big Carl' is in Somerset, in the United Kingdom, where he will be responsible for the construction of Hinkley Point C, which will be the first nuclear plant in the United Kingdom in 30 years.

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Last September work began to send 'Big Carl' from Belgium to the United Kingdom, which meant a month of work and 250 trucks to transport all its parts, not to mention the assembly work. The idea is that the plant is ready for 2025 and has a budget of $ 25.4 billion.

For the operation of 'Big Carl', they had to install just over six kilometres of rails, where the crane travels to all the sites of the work. This route has both straight and circular areas at each point so that the crane has freedom of movement in 360 degrees.

In the work will operate another 53 cranes, but 'Big Carl' will be the only one that will work during the nights. His work will consist mainly of moving concrete structures, steel and reactor equipment for the plant. It is estimated that the crane will lift the 600 heaviest and largest elements of the plant, which were prefabricated and sent to the construction site.