Zoomlion equips pump truck with carbon fiber boom

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Changsha, China), a high-end equipment manufacturing enterprise, released the latest pump truck (ZLJ5460THBSF 63X-6RZ) equipped with a carbon fiber boom on Nov. 26 at its Lugu Industrial Park in Changsha, China. The innovation is a result of Zoomlion’s independently developed and patented carbon fiber composite material and manufacturing technologies.

This is reported to be the first pump truck with a carbon fiber boom completely designed and manufactured in China. According to Zoomlion, it has not only improved working efficiency and lowered production costs, but offers lightweight performance, a feature enhanced with an innovative composite-metal hybrid structure technology applied to the pump truck.

The weight of the boom has been reduced by 35%. Moreover, the 44-ton product is now able to reach a maximum feeding height of 63 meters, making it the world’s longest boom in the same tonnage class. With a chip sensor added in the structure — similar to “installing nerves in the bone” — it also offers a monitoring and predictive function to better serve customers.

Zoomlion’s pioneering technologies, including the new carbon fiber composite material and the company’s “hollow” boom design technology, are also said to be of great significance to energy conservation and emission reduction goals in the industry. Annually producing 2,500 units of Zoomlion’s Lingyun series pump truck, for example, which uses this new technology, can reduce steel consumption by 750 tons and carbon dioxide emissions by 1,500 tons. Such lightweight technologies also greatly reduce the amount of energy required during operation.

Importantly, Zoomlion has taken a comprehensive, green development path integrating green design, manufacturing and management, answering to market demands of high-quality, sustainable development.

“As the world is striving to move towards carbon-neutral goals, the construction machinery industry must step up to implement green technologies and manufacturing with new breakthroughs that promote the green and sustainable development of the industry chain and products,” says Fu Ling, chief engineer and vice president of Zoomlion. “Zoomlion’s insistence on a green development strategy has showcased the company’s efforts and responsibility by acting as a leader in the industry.”