Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

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All-electric Mini crane - Madea Corporation

Japan

Mini crane maker Maeda has announced the launch of the MC285CB-3, its first-ever all-electric spider crane model, which is powered by a lithium battery.
The new crane is based on Maeda’s existing 2.82t capacity MC285C-3 model which is powered by a regular IC engine.

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Innovation themes: Mini Electric Crane, Continuous operation on a full 3.5- hour charge of its lithium-ion batteries, can manage 150kg at its maximum radius of 8.2m, or lift 550kg on the full boom to a height of 9m, or a radius of 4m with a height of 8m.

 

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Instrumentation
  • Material sciences
  • Mechanical engineering

Domain

Energy Efficiency

Energy storage

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry