Lattice tower booms versus climbing and mobile booms
TRUEMAX placing booms divide by how they are supported. Climbing booms ride a structure or formwork upward; spider and mobile booms stand or roll on a floor; the lattice tower boom stands free on its own mast. The PB38BT-4R-E is the free-standing tower type — it needs no structure to climb and no slab to sit on a long boom, because it builds its own height from mast sections. Where a job needs an independent boom with both elevation and wide reach, the lattice tower is the answer; where the boom can ride the building or move along a floor, the other types are lighter and simpler.
How a tower placing boom works with a pump
As with every placing boom, the PB38BT-4R-E does not pump — it places. Concrete travels from the batching plant by truck mixer to a stationary or line pump, which lifts it up a riser run up the mast to the boom. From the top of the tower the boom distributes the concrete across a 38 m radius under electro-proportional control. The pump supplies; the tower boom places — together they pour large, tall structures from one fixed position.
Choosing within the lattice tower range
TRUEMAX builds the lattice tower placing boom in two sizes: this PB38BT-4R-E at 38 m radius and 40 m free-standing height, and the flagship PB51AT-4R-E at 51 m radius and 46 m free-standing height on a heavier mast. The PB38BT-4R-E suits large pours that need a free-standing boom of substantial but not maximum size; the PB51AT-4R-E is for the very largest reach and height TRUEMAX offers. Both self-erect and run electro-proportional control; the choice is how much reach and height the structure demands.