MDT 809 M40

THE TOPLESS CRANE WITH THE HIGHEST CAPACITY

Equipped with the new Crane Control System the MDT 809 M40 provides greater performances. This user-friendly crane control system offers owners the highest levels of comfort flexibility ergonomic control – translating to better return on investment.
MDT CCS Topless concept allows complex multi-crane installations. The assembly erection transport and even maintenance phases are shortened. Optimum productivity and greater safety make MDT CCS cranes the best alternative for all users and hirers.

Features

  • Crane Control System (CCS)

    Manitowoc Crane Control System (CCS) – Offers a user-friendly interface, full graphic display, ergonomic controls, a jog dial for easier navigation and data input, and parts commonality across Grove, Manitowoc and Potain product lines enhancing operator familiarization and serviceability.

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  • Potain Cab-IN

    Potain Cab-IN

    Potain Cab-IN, the new Potain cranes operator lift
    Access ladders installed in parallel to the operator lift
    Operator lift developed with our partner GEDA

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  • Top Tracing 3

    Top Tracing 3 Anticollision System

    Anticollision System - Device for controlling working zones and interference between cranes.

    Top Tracing 3
POTAIN | Top-Slewing Cranes

MDT 809 M40

  • Max capacity 44.1USt 40t
  • Max radius 262ft 80m
  • Max tip capacity 9.1USt 8.3t
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Specifications

  • Description

    Groundbreaking performances for a Topless

    • Specific design based on the Topless concept with low space requirements to adapt to multi-crane jobsites
    • High working heights obtained through newly developed installation bases and mast sections:
    • Integrated CCS control system

    Optimized and economical transport

    • Compact size and limited weight of each of the crane elements
    • 11 convoys at the most for transportation of the whole slewing crane part with a 80 m jib.

    Fastest 40 t tower crane assembly

    • Simple and rapid unfolding of the ballast cage
    • Wired towerhead/cab assembly fitted just once (no intersite dismantling)
    • Cathead/jib foot is single element
    • Modular jib without tie bars: several configurations are possible; lighter package weights with quick and easy handling
    • Cross-shaped base comprised of a main girder and 2 half cross-girders connected easily using pins
    • Quick and easy commissioning adjustment of safety devices done in cab on the CCS screen
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News

Lenkin Enterprises chooses Potain MDT 809 cranes for major projects in the DC area

• One MDT 809 with a custom 279-foot (85 m) jib can reach most of the perimeter of an art museum renovation project in Maryland.
• A second unit is delivering the required jib-end lifting power for an office building overhaul at Georgetown University.
• The MDT 809 is Potain’s largest topless tower crane for the U.S. market.

Strabag deploys Potain MDT 809 topless crane for FAIR particle accelerator facility construction in Germany

• Strabag has deployed Germany’s first Potain MDT 809 tower crane, which, with a capacity of up to 40 t and 80 m of jib, is the largest topless crane ever to be built by Manitowoc.
• The Austrian contractor required the giant crane to meet its capacity and reach requirements for the FAIR particle accelerator facility construction project in Darmstadt, Germany, where it was installed on March 31 and will remain for three years.

Manitowoc scoops “Tower Crane Assembly of the Year” award at JDL Expo 2020

Manitowoc won best tower crane assembly at the JDL Expo tower crane awards in Beaune, September 10, for the Potain MDT 319 working on the DUO Towers in Paris.

Brand & Range

Brand

POTAIN

Potain tower cranes are known around the world for their lifting power, reliability and innovative designs. Potain builds more than 60 types of tower cranes to fit a wide variety of job sites: high capacity top slewing cranes on infrastructure jobs, luffing jib cranes that construct “supertall” skyscrapers, topless cranes reshaping our urban environment and Hup self-erecting cranes transforming residential construction. Known for their ease of use, efficient transport and quick erection times, there are many reasons why Potain tower cranes dot skylines across the globe.
Range

Top-Slewing Cranes

Top-Slewing cranes are the large construction sites most strategic equipment for productivity. Whether on large infrastructure, high rise jobsites, crowded urban areas or wide open sites, they make it possible to hoist and distribute loads high and far. The Potain brand is a global leader with its multiple ranges of topless cranes, luffing jib cranes and large hammerhead cranes that can also be customized to match special applications.