About Sany America
SANY Group Company Ltd. was established in 1989 in China. SANY is the largest heavy equipment manufacturer in China, and also one of the top 10 heavy equipment manufacturers in the world. SANY employs more than 30,000 employees worldwide.
SANY Heavy Industry, a core entity of SANY Group, is a publicly traded company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. SANY Group has had an annual growth rate of 50% for the past 10 years. Despite the impact of global economy recession in 2008 and 2009, SANY Group maintained a 50% annual growth rate and achieved $3 billion in sales revenue.
As one of the overseas subsidiaries of Sany Heavy Industry Company, Sany America Inc. was founded in 2006. This North American headquarters is located in Peachtree City, Georgia.
September 12, 2007 Sany Heavy Industry signed an investment deal with the State of Georgia. According to this agreement, Sany shall invest in 228 acres and over $100 million to create and establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility constructing and engineering Sany products to be competitive both in price and quality for all of North America. We have broken ground on stage I of our facility and estimate completion in the second half of 2010. SANY America will focus on R&D, assembly, marketing and sales of our Truck Mounted Concrete Pumps, Stackers, Handlers, Motor Graders, Drilling Rigs, Excavators and Hydraulic Crawler Cranes which will begin production soon after the completion of our manufacturing facility.
With pride we integrate global resources to provide our customers with excellent equipment and services with unique advantages in cost, performance and localized manufacture, localized management and localized services. At Sany America, we are committed to the North American Market and bringing our customers a successful, outstanding product.
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Interest in Sany America at WOC2010 Points to a Promising Future
By: Ken Poshedly
Judging from the floor traffic and interest at the Sany America product display booth at the World of Concrete 2010 event in Las Vegas, NV, it won't be long before Sany America machines become commonplace at construction sites nationwide.
Interest was intense at the Sany America WOC location where no less than four of the company's truck-mounted pumps and a hydraulic excavator were available for scrutiny, with inquiries received about demo units for trial use.
The pump truck lineup consisted of machines with 37-meter, 46-meter, 56-meter and 60-meter booms; the 56- and 60-meter boom pump trucks were the first to be produced at the Sany America assembly facility in Peachtree City, near Atlanta, Georgia.
With the Sany America 37-meter pump truck already CPMA-certified and the 46-meter machine having passed its CPMA audit before final certification, the 56- and 60-meter pump trucks are soon to follow for their own certification as well.
Much of the pump truck interest centered around three features that make the Sany America equipment stand out -- electronic final axle steering system, hydraulic pump piston cup auto-retraction and a simple high-low output pressure switch.
While a nearby non-Sany pump truck also at the show uses mechanical steering on its 61-meter pump truck's sixth axle, the angular transducer method on Sany America machines weighs a fraction of the commonplace mechanical steering arrangement, for a considerable savings in maintenance expenses and weight. What's more is that Sany America's final axle steering system is the first to be factory-installed by Mack trucks.
Another time- and maintenance-saving feature is the piston cup auto-retraction arrangement on the hydraulic pump. While standard pumps require nearly four hours for pump service, the Sany America pump feature shaves down pump service time to about 30 minutes.
And pump output pressure switchover is now a breeze with a toggle switch. No more time-consuming and labor-intensive pump and hydraulic hose changeouts; just install an adequate inline piping system to the hopper, move the HI-LO output pressure switch to the "HI" setting and you're good to go.
As for hydraulic excavators, the Sany America SY235 (23-ton capacity) unit surprised many who wondered why an excavator at a concrete trade show and who also didn't realize that Sany America even offered a line of excavators.
After being reminded that yep, you're going to need that excavator for site prep before bringing in that pump truck (GREAT thinking by Sany America, eh?), the inquiries ranged from how do Sany America excavator units compare with those by more familiar names (Sany competes head-to-head with all of them), how does Sany America price its machines (VERY aggressively) and how to become a Sany America dealer (answer: call678-251-2869, or e-mail to sales@sanyamerica.com).
First Sany America Pump Trucks Set for World of Concrete
By: Ken Poshedly
Sany America announces the official introduction of the first two truck-mounted concrete pumps to be assembled and shipped out from the company's facility in Peachtree City, Georgia (near Atlanta).
The 56-meter (183 ft 9 in.) SYG5400THB56M(SZ) and the 60-meter (196 ft 10 in.) SYG5502THB60M(SZ) pump trucks will both be on display at the World of Concrete trade show February 2 - 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While both the 56-meter and 60-meter pump trucks feature a five-section, fully hydraulic boom configuration, dual-axle (front two axles) steering, and tri-axle drive (axles 3, 4, and 5), the six-axle 60-meter truck also features final-axle steering (axle 6) as well. Pump pressure for both trucks is rated at 1,204 psi (83 bar) and output up to 222 cubic yards (170 meters) per hour.
Other selected specs for the 56M -- Truck length 45 ft 5 in. (13.85 m), horizontal reach 167 ft 4 in. (51 m), reach depth 120 ft 1 in. (36.6 m), front outrigger spread 30 ft 6 in. (9.3 m) and rear outrigger spread 37 ft 10 in. (11.53 m).
Other selected specs for the 60M -- Truck length 51 ft 7 in. (15.72 m), horizontal reach 182 ft 5 in. (55.6 m), reach depth 131 ft 3 in. (40 m), front outrigger spread 37 ft 3 in. (11.35 m) and rear outrigger spread 40 ft 4 in. (12.3 m).
Sany America, Inc., was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Sany Heavy Industry Company (China) and is moving forward to produce a full line of U.S.-assembled truck-mounted concrete pumps, reach-stackers, handlers, motor graders, drilling rigs, excavators, crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes.
Sany is back on track for 2010 opening
By: John Munford
If all goes well, Sany Corporation’s assembly facility in Peachtree City
will be up and running by November 2010. The Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer already has its U.S. corporate offices in Peachtree City
with 72 employees. Once the assembly plant is online, there will be an additional 150-200 employees added to the mix, according to Sany America’s Jack Tang. “We are seeing recovery signs in the economy,” Tang said Monday morning. The assembly building will be located on a large tract off Ga. Highway 74 South adjacent to Cooper Lighting. The
site has already been cleared and is in the process of being compacted, Tang said.
The company has purchased $10 million in steel for the project, and about 30 percent of it is already fabricated, Tang said.
Announced in September 2007, Sany since has delayed construction of the assembly building due to the economy. Now the company is finalizing its new drawings for the facility. The facility will assemble heavy equipment with parts shipped in from China. About 90 percent of those parts will be pre-painted, meaning only 10 percent will need painting here, Tang said.
Products to be assembled here include truck mounted concrete pumps, stackers, handlers, motor graders, drilling rigs, excavators and hydraulic crawler cranes.
Once operational, the assembly facility will need staff for a variety of roles including assembly, welding, parts, shipping and receiving, and more, Tang said. Sany projects that once the assembly facility is operational, the company will see an increase in U.S. sales because of the company’s new presence here, which will also impact the company’s marketing and branding operations.
Meanwhile, the company is running out of space at its current office location to house the additional engineers Sany is hiring, Tang said. The company is actively looking for more space for its engineering division, he said.
The assembly building is only the first phase of Sany’s commitment to Georgia. The company has purchased a total of 228 acres and plans on future expansions to build its U.S. corporate headquarters along with research and development operations. An expansion of the assembly plant is also part of the company’s projected future growth here. Sany’s headquarters, once developed, will be a first for Peachtree City’s industrial park because it will include several homes that will be used for visiting corporate representatives.
Once all is said and done, Sany anticipates investing $100 million at its Peachtree City locations and having up to 600 employees here. One of the top 10 heavy equipment manufacturers in the world, Sany employs more than 30,000 people worldwide. Despite the global economy, in 2008 and 2009 the company has maintained a 50 percent growth rate and topped $3 billion in sales revenue.
Sany received $1.2 million from the state of Georgia, Fayette County and Peachtree City to fund land acquisition. Also officials agreed to a property tax break that incrementally increases from 10 percent the first year by an additional 10 percent each year. By the end of the 10-year period, the company will be paying its full property tax rate at an estimated $500,000. That figure represents just the first phase of the development, not including the corporate headquarters nor a potential assembly plant expansion.
By: Ken Poshedly
Photography: Sylvester Garza
It was an eerie scene – much like one from the 2005 film “War of the Worlds” (based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name). A vibrant, bustling community with all the trappings and traffic that accompany it, now occupied by three giant, metallic invaders illuminated by nearby streetlights, poised upright, but “probing” downward as if studying smaller creatures in a foreign landscape. The constant hum of the drive systems
of these mechanical “beings” draws bystanders closer.
In the movie, the innocent earthlings met an untimely end; such was not the case one recent autumn evening in downtown Houston, Texas. That’s where folks, out for some nightlife, were drawn to nearby sidewalks and virtually mesmerized by the sight of the towering booms of concrete pump trucks nodding ever so slightly as three Sany America THB truck-mounted concrete pumps poured concrete throughout the night into a pit that would form the mat for the Embassy Suites Hotel to be located at 1515 Dallas Street in downtown Houston.
When completed sometime in 2011, the 19-story hotel will have about 6,000 square feet (557 m²) of meeting space, a rooftop swimming pool, spa and fitness center, restaurant, street level café, wine bar and 262 two-room suites. But like all great things on the surface, a solid and strong foundation must be the logical beginning – and that is where our story takes place.
After careful mat sizing and other calculations were completed, it was determined that a continuous pour rather than start-stop batches would take advantage of the night’s cooler temperature. In order for this pour to work, the timing of many factors was critical: the exact number of appropriate sized pumps had to be continuously fed the right volume of concrete mix by the right number of mixer trucks, all the while with the right-size crew in and around the pit making sure every cog and every gear worked as planned.
At the heart of it all were the three Sany America truck mounted concrete pumps, two model SY5361THB48 meter units and one model SY5400THB52 meter unit – each on a side near the pit wall at street level feeding a different section of the mat 35 feet (10.7 meters) below. (A Sany Model SY5360THB45 meter unit was held in reserve, but was never required.) Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping, Inc of Houston, Texas owns 30 Sany America pump trucks, so the units working this night were only a small part of the company’s total fleet. Barclay Branch, Senior Sales Representative at Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping, attributed his company’s choice of Sany America machines to “good quality, good service – good performance and value.”
With pump pressure for all three Sany machines rated at 1,204 psi (83 bar) and of up to 222 cubic yards (170 m³) per hour, meeting the output required for the job was no problem for the Sany units. The work began at 11:45 p.m., September 25, 2009, with a pair of Southern Star mixer trucks at each of the three Sany pump hoppers. As one mixer emptied, the other mixer continued feeding, with the first truck pulling away only to be replaced within a minute by another from the long line just outside the work area.
Without missing a beat, the pour continued. With the Mack chassis-mounted 5-section, R-Z style booms of the Sany SY5361THB48 meter and the SY5400THB52 meter pumps, coverage was never a problem at all as the pit crew easily guided the placement booms across the rebar, directing the steady flows of concrete to fill the voids. While each Sany 48M unit allows a 144 ft (44 meter) horizontal radius and nearly 102 ft (31 meter) vertical reach, the Sany 52M machine takes you out to a 154 ft (47 meter) radius and 108 ft (33 meter) vertical – all these units include a 10 ft (3 meter) end hose.
The pumps continued to hum, more mixer trucks arrived, unloaded and pulled away while workers in the pit supervised concrete placement and spreading under the bright lights running along the top of the pit’s perimeter. Problems? – Zero. Breakdowns? – None. Concrete Shortage? – Never happened.
Right on time, shortly after sunrise on Saturday morning, it was finished; 3,460 cubic yards (2,645 m³) had been poured throughout the night into the 35 ft (10.7 meter) deep pit and a sturdy concrete base measuring 6 ft (2 meter) thick and approximately 125 x 150 ft (38 x 46 meter) in area for the soon-to-be luxury hotel was now in place where only a dirt pit and rebar had been before. Besides the mat, one of the Sany America pumps was used from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to pour an additional 80 cubic yards (61 m³) for a vertical wall portion of the foundation – again with no problems.
In the end, everything went well – spectacularly well. Ches Bromley, Job Superintendent for General Contractor Linbeck Construction, was himself very impressed: “We had to make sure about the flow of mixer trucks into the site, and as it turned out, our staging plan worked very well – we received no complaints.”
It would be less than 48 hours later – Monday morning – when the next crew arrived to begin structural work for the new tower on the mat itself.
The staging plan was coordinated by Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping.” Says Golden Arrow’s Barclay Branch, “We coordinated everything with Linbeck, (general contractor), Xavier Structure Corp. (concrete contractor), and Southern Star Concrete, (readymix provider) by letting them know that we were looking to achieve 450 cubic yards (344 m³) per hour. Southern Star dedicated 80 mixer trucks for the project, batching from four different production facilities.”
"The actual mix was high in fly-ash,” says Southern Star’s Joe Lucas, “because it doesn’t produce as much heat during the cure. Heat hydration was a concern. You don’t want to get over 165° F because that high of a temperature changes the strength of the mat and creates more chance for thermal cracking.”
Perhaps the biggest acclamation for Golden Arrow’s Sany America pumps was that they surpassed the output goal and helped cement (pun intended) a promising working relationship between Xavier Structures and Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping.
In a congratulatory message, Project Manager Eric Curry of Xavier Structures thanked Golden Arrow for its commitment to the project and to Xavier Structures. “It was a great feeling to see weeks of planning and collaboration come together in one night and to show the true power of teamwork. Our initial goal was to average 450 cubic yards per hour; we not only met that goal, but exceeded it and in fact, averaged 480 cubic yards per hour. We could not have done that without Golden. I’m looking forward to a safe and productive project and forming a stronger bond between both Xavier Structures and Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping.”
Another pleasant surprise was that according to both Barclay Branch and Linbeck’s Ches Bromley, were the lack of any noise complaints from anyone in the nearby hotels, due to the low-decibel operation of all three Sany America machines. Branch (with 17 years in the concrete pumping industry), said “The Sany machine does not appear to generate as much noise as competitors, but produces the same, if not more, pumping volume.”
The World’s Biggest Reach Stacker Successfully Produced
Recently, the combined reach stacker RSC45C2-P, the result of Sany Port Machinery Company’s independent R&D was constructed and delivered to the client.
At the end of 2008, Sany Port Machinery Company received an order from an Alaskan Company asking for a unique reach stacker with a piggyback telescopic spreader. Though Sany manufactures no such kind of equipment, the demand from Europe and America is huge. Engineers from Sany Port Machinery Company worked hard and encountered many technical difficulties. Finally they finished this project successfully in a half year and delivered the product to the client in July 2009.
This new reach stacker RSC45C2-P （wheelbase up to 7000mm, self weight up to 80000kg）is thus far the biggest reach stacker in the world. This equipment has excellent technical performance, top grade configuration, powerful lifting capacity, and high reliability. It also has an advanced electro-hydraulic control system, security protection system and a comfortable operation environment. Moreover, this equipment has many core technology patents such as “anti-collision system”, “secondary ROPS” etc
Sany reach stackers (RSC45C2-P) are applicable in ports, logistics center and other places to load or upload and handle containers (or containers and trailers as a whole). The successful R&D of this reach stacker (RSC45C2-P) has greatly improved the international competitiveness of our port machinery series.
