








Recently, at the EO/EG unit site of the Gulei Refining and Chemical Integration Project, XCMG's 4,000-tonne-class crawler crane XGC88000 hoisted the upper section of the world's largest thousand-tonne-class EO/EG unit washing tower high into the air. At an altitude of 50 meters, the upper and lower tower sections were perfectly aligned and welded together, and the \"World's No. 1 Crane\" once again added a legendary chapter to lifting operations.

Difficulty Level Raised Across the Board, \"A Pillar of a Great Nation\" Undaunted by Challenges
It is reported that this washing tower is one of the core pieces of equipment of the EOEG (ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol) unit, with a diameter of about 9 meters, a total height of 102 meters, and a total weight of about 2,000 tonnes. Both its extra-large diameter and its ultra-heavy tonnage rank first among washing towers of the same process in the world today. Erecting such a \"big guy\" is truly no easy task. Because the lifting of the entire tower is extremely difficult, the tower body was cut into upper and lower sections at the factory, and assembly was completed on the project site by hoisting the lower section into place and then aligning and welding the upper section in mid-air.

A Thousand-Tonne-Class Powerful Alliance, Main and Auxiliary Cranes Working in Concert