Recently, the 33-ton heavy-duty forklift self-developed and manufactured by Sany Port Machinery Co., Ltd. had finished the trial and adjustment for all the specifications, and had been delivered to the customers. The successful development and manufacturing of the these 33-ton heavy-duty forklifts was a sign that Sany Port Machinery had become more and more mature in terms of producing series of heavy-duty forklifts, and also a symbol of Sany officially entering the heavy-duty forklift industry as a new sector of port machinery field, which showed that Sany was capable to make different kinds of port machinery.

Heavy-duty forklifts, also called counterbalanced forklifts, were mainly used to undertake the task of handling the large-tonnage materials under the outdoor environment, the installation, dismounting and maintenance of large-sized port equipments as well as the loading and unloading of 20-foot, 40-foot containers on the comprehensive docks and stack yards. As another series of new products developed and manufactured by the Port Machinery Department in Sany after the successful production of 46-ton heavy-duty forklifts, this 33-ton heavy-duty forklift was 9440 mm long, 3520 mm wide, 4000 mm in terms of the highest lifting hight, 35000kg of rated loading capacity and the largest driving force up to 235kN, which was manufactured by Sany Port Machinery under the requirements of Fujian Putian Port Corporation in the aim of enhancing the comprehensive material handling operation of Putian Port Terminal. Until now, Sany Port Machinery had designed six categories of products with various loading capacity including 16 ton, 18 ton, 25 ton, 30 ton, 35 ton and 46 ton, and also finished the development of heavy-duty forklift prototypes respectively of 46 ton, 35 ton, 30 ton and 18 ton capacity, among which the 46 ton heavy-duty forklift was theforklift of the largest tonnage in Asian area. At present, Sany Port Machinery Institute focused on researching series of heavy-duty forklifts, endeavoring to complete the development of ten types of products with different capacity and series within one year.

According to the introduction, the heavy-duty forklifts self-developed and manufactured by Sany Port Machinery was featured with high lifting height, heavy loading weight and stable performance of forklifts, standing in the status of leading the industry. The developing team applied the advanced system of trial and checking to conduct strict trials to each new forklift in terms of performance and industrial specifications such as fatigue and vibration control, through setting the indicators including strain-stress, pressure and movement to assure the reasonable and manoeuvrable features of the forklift structure.
 
About Sany

Sany Group is a global company in the construction machinery industry with a vast product range of construction machinery, road machinery, excavating machinery, pile driving machinery, hoisting machinery, port machinery,and wind turbines.

Sany group began in 1989 as a small welding material factory. Its founders are Liang Wengen, Tang Xiuguo, Mao Zhongwu and Yuan Jinhua. Now it has grown into a global corporation with five industrial parks in China, four R&D and manufacturing bases in America, Germany, India and Brazil, and 24 sales companies around the world. Currently, Sany employs over 60,000 people in more than 120 countries.

At Sany, we believe that developing and manufacturing of quality, industry-leading products is always a top priority. Each year, Sany group re-invests 5-7% of its sales revenue into the R&D, making it possible to expand its product lines to concrete, road, port, hoisting, pile driving, excavating machineries and wind energy products. Now as one of the most successful enterprises in China, Sany group is also the world’s largest concrete machinery manufacturer and ranks 6th among the top 50 global construction machinery manufacturers.

Besides constantly improving the quality of our products, Sany group is also committed to providing customers with all-round and efficient services. 15 logistics centers and spare parts warehouses have been set up with logistics and service systems all over the world.

With its unique advantages, Sany is striving to help build a better world.