[Image: AXIS MOBILE CRANE]
04 March 2009

AXIS MOBILE CRANE

About the design

AXIS Mobile Crane provides new solutions by changing the structure and appearance of traditional cranes. The new design includes the following solutions:
  • The counterweight is located on the chassis to lower the barycenter.
  • The cab can turn 360 degrees, making it more convenient for the driver to move the crane.
  • The boom operating machine is integrated into the cab, lowering the cost and making it easier to operate.


Prize

Lotus Prize 2008, Gold prize winner in Category C: Equipment Design

About the designer

Designer: Ma Chaoming
School: Hunan University (China)

About the award

2008 Lotus Cup International Industrial Design Prize is a brand new international design prize that aims to encourage and celebrate all the innovative achievements of industrial design and the contributions of designers both inside and outside of the Hunan province, China.

Through this competition, the organiser and sponsor, the Hunan Provincial Government of China, aims to promote the innovative nature of society and the business world, and to use design as a way to create an environmentally friendly and resource-effective society in Hunan Provence.


For more information, please contact:

Long lingyun, Peng Cheng
1102 Science & Technology Building, Yuelu Ave.
Changsha, Hunan
P.R. China 410013
t: + 86 731 6541807
f: + 86 731 8988862
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w: www.lotusprize.com
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