Science Illustrated

Iron Monster crawls between supports

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Once the supports are in place, it is usually a slow process to combine them by means of bridge segments. For every segment, large cranes and scaffoldin­g must be moved into position, which is not easy in steep, impassable terrain. So, the Chinese Wowjoint company has developed the SLJ900/32 bridge builder, also known as the “Iron Monster”. The 580 t and 90 m long machine can link supports all by itself.

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