Mighty Machine Crane Metal Model SPECIFICATIONS: 52 Pieces Difficulty level 3 Hours to assemble (average): 3 Model size (cm): 8×14×8 Model size (inch): 3,15×5,51×3,15 Rotating Body Lifting and lowering the load Manual Control PROTOTYPE HISTORY People began to invent devices designed to increase human strength from the moment of building activity of mankind. Therefore, it is impossible to say who invented the lifting crane. However, we can observe samples of large-scale work created using lifting machines. And the most impressive of them are the Egyptian and Latin American pyramids. And the installation of the idols of Easter Island maybe was not without the simplest cranes. Through centuries of technological progress, the lifting machines had a long line of reincarnations and turned into engineering masterpieces, but the basic principle of their operation remained the same: a heavy platform, a long jib, and a block system. This design allows you to solve several main tasks of the crane: to increase the mass of the raised cargo, the height to which it needs to be lifted, and the force attached to this process. Modern cranes have no limit in all these parameters. Therefore, this symbol of construction is an interesting model for technical creativity.The designers of “Metal Time” analyzed many types of lifting machines and as the basis for their new self-assembling model chose a prototype of the port crane. The model demonstrates a large-scale mechanism for working with big loads. Therefore, it was called “Mighty Machine”. Features The model for self-assembly “Mighty Machine” consists of a platform with four supporting “legs”, a jib, a cab, and a lifting mechanism. The model consists of many moving parts. The jib can change the angle of inclination, thereby adjusting the height to which you can raise the load. The cab and jib rotate on the platform at 360 degrees. The crane is equipped with a system of gears that allow it to imitate the movement of the lifting mechanism, stretching the rope with the hook through the block system. The position of the jib, as well as the lifting and lowering of the cargo, is carried out manually using the control wheels. The mechanism also has two stoppers for fixing both wheels. The “Mighty Machine” model is made using color stainless steel, which gives it an original form of a bright detail of the model range. This turns it into a bright toy, and into part of the installation or layout in corporate colors, or an element of the decoration of the room. “Mighty Machine” is made with great attention to the details. The staircase, cabin door, control panel, hook, ornaments, and structural elements give it reliability and originality. Four pillars make the model stable and allow it to be used as a crane in children's games without fear that it can fall.
