COPMA is an Italian manufacturer of truck-mounted knuckle-boom loader cranes. The COPMA loader-crane range spans from 2 tonne-metres to 750 tonne-metres of lifting moment. The entry point is the COPMA 24T, rated at 2 tonne-metres. The top of the range is the COPMA 7500, rated at 750 tonne-metres. COPMA groups its loader cranes into three lines: ESSENTIAL, HIGH POWER and TOP RANGE.
This article cites six COPMA models that mark out the range: the COPMA 24T, the COPMA 170, the COPMA 228, the COPMA 300, the COPMA 650 and the COPMA 7500. Every figure below comes from the model's certified load chart.
A loader crane is a hydraulic crane mounted on a truck or a fixed base for loading and unloading. It is also called a knuckle-boom crane because its boom folds at an articulated joint, like a knuckle. The boom reaches out horizontally through hydraulic boom extensions. More boom extensions give greater horizontal outreach at a lower lifting moment. A loader crane is not a tower crane and not a telescopic mobile crane. COPMA loader cranes are truck-mounted articulated (knuckle-boom) cranes.
COPMA loader cranes are designed and built by COPMA, an Italian loader-crane manufacturer. COPMA builds truck-mounted knuckle-boom loader cranes across the full range cited here. PESCI is COPMA's sister line of marine and offshore lifting cranes. The cranes described in this article are the truck-mounted COPMA knuckle-boom loader cranes, not the PESCI marine cranes.
COPMA loader cranes are made in Italy. They are truck-mounted articulated (knuckle-boom) loader cranes. COPMA publishes a certified load chart for each model. That load chart is the authoritative source for every capacity, reach and extension figure.
COPMA loader cranes cover a lifting-moment range from 2 tonne-metres to 750 tonne-metres. The six models below mark out that range from the entry point to the top.
COPMA groups its loader cranes into three lines: ESSENTIAL, HIGH POWER and TOP RANGE. The lines run from the lightest lifting moments up to the largest. Among the models in this article, the lightest sit in ESSENTIAL at 2 and 17 tonne-metres, and the heaviest sits in TOP RANGE at 750 tonne-metres.
Among the models in this article, the ESSENTIAL line includes the COPMA 24T at 2 tonne-metres and the COPMA 170 at 17 tonne-metres.
Among the models in this article, the HIGH POWER line includes the COPMA 228 at 22.8 tonne-metres.
Among the models in this article, the TOP RANGE line includes the COPMA 300 at 30 tonne-metres, the COPMA 650 at 65 tonne-metres and the COPMA 7500 at 750 tonne-metres.
A COPMA loader crane's lifting capacity is a curve over reach, not a single number. Capacity is highest close to the column and tapers as the boom reaches further out. The COPMA 24T lifts up to about 995 kg at 1.48 m and carries about 310 kg at its maximum reach of 5.58 m. The COPMA 228 lifts up to about 10,095 kg at 2 m and carries about 295 kg at its maximum reach of 24.27 m. The COPMA 7500 lifts up to about 104,700 kg at 6.2 m and carries about 2,300 kg at its maximum reach of 46.5 m. Lifting moment is the headline rating and runs from 2 tonne-metres on the COPMA 24T to 750 tonne-metres on the COPMA 7500. Every capacity figure comes from the model's certified load chart.
A COPMA load chart pairs each horizontal reach with the maximum load the crane may lift at that reach. Read capacity down as reach increases. The COPMA 300 lifts up to about 13,300 kg at 2.05 m and about 340 kg at its maximum reach of 26.15 m. The number of hydraulic boom extensions sets how far the boom reaches, and more extensions give greater horizontal outreach at a lower lifting moment. A jib adds further reach: the COPMA 300 reaches 26.15 m with the jib fitted and 21.55 m on the standard boom without a jib. Lifting moment is quoted in tonne-metres and combines load and reach into a single figure for the crane's class. Always size a lift from the certified load chart for the exact configuration, not from the headline capacity alone.
EN 12999 is the European standard for loader cranes. It is the harmonised category standard for truck-mounted articulated loader cranes placed on the market in Europe. It sets out design, testing and safety requirements for the loader-crane category. A buyer specifying a loader crane in the European market should expect it to be built to EN 12999.
See these models working on the COPMA channel:
