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Elebia Launches NEO50 Lifting Hook
The NEO50 is also equipped with a load
cell. This load cell is precise, reliable, rugged, compact and fully integrated into the lifting hook, representing no increase in weight or dimensions of the unit. A high capacity battery can be charged
in three hours to provide enough power for 5,000 cycles/250 hours in standby mode. An LED indicator shows the lifting hook’s battery status at all times, with a bright four-colour colour-code scheme visible from the operator’s position. Two operating modes further help increase battery performance of the NEO50: “Always On”, where the colour-code
> Elebia Autohooks S.L.U., the Spain-based smart lifting solutions company, has developed the NEO50 lifting hook. With a 50-ton (110,231lbs) lifting capacity, the NEO50 has been designed as a solution for lifting and transporting any load, as well as for oversized lifting points of up to 130mm in diameter. The new Elebia NEO50 lifting hook
comes with a safety factor of 4:1. It has been designed, like the rest of the company’s range of lifting products, under a fail-safe principle that makes it impossible to drop a suspended load. NEO50 can be remotely engaged and released with any Elebia remote control, which all allow simple and reliable fail-safe management of the lifting hook. All necessary orders can be sent and received with any of the remote controls straight to the NEO50 lifting hook. Oscar Fillol, founder and CEO at Elebia,
says: “There are still many lifting operations in all industries where hooks without a safety latch are used. The NEO50 simplifies this procedure and avoids the need of any human intervention necessary in securing a hook to the load. To aid lifting and maneuverability, the geometry of NEO50’s design avoids lifting any load on the tip of the hook, or tip loading. It also eliminates the human factor with no need to manually intervene during the procedure and minimises the risks associated with the lifting process. “A laser pointer serves as a guide to perfectly
place and set the NEO50 lifting hook in the correct position when approaching the lifting point. This is particularly useful in lifting operations where distance can cause the sense of depth to be misjudged.” Suitability for use with oversized lifting
points is achieved by a dedicated space for the placement of the pin with enough area to load lifting points of up to 130mm in diameter.
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scheme of the LED status indicator is always visible: blue for closed and green for open are continuous for 10 seconds and then display in an intermittent pattern in order to save battery; “Smart Nap”, which reduces battery consumption by activating the LED’s colour- code scheme when the NEO50’s hook commences its closing motion. Up until that moment, the lifting hook is in sleep mode with its electronics and battery not active. With this mode, the battery can last up to two months in standby mode. Fillol adds: “By means of the eMAX
remote control, the electronics of the lifting hook can be configured so that when the battery charge is below a preset threshold by the user the hook can only be opened. With this threshold, even if the battery is almost discharged, you will always be able to open the lifting hook and release the load. The hook will remain closed even if the battery expires during use. A three-hour charge will then return the battery to full capacity.” y
RRS Uses Hydra-Slide Fleet to Install Transformer
4m unit. Two standout problems were the live substation environment, which had several areas that could not be shutdown, and uneven terrain as a road sloped away in two directions. RRS selected its latest 270t capacity
HT300 hydraulic skidding system with new push / pull rams and skid shoes, powered by a four-port synchronous power pack, while 100t support stalls, Ekki timber blocks, and AS500 alignment shoes completed the Hydra-Slide lineup onsite. RRS continues to represent the Canadian manufacturer in the UK and Europe as its international partner. Paul Barber, managing director at RRS,
said: “We used the HT300 because the ground conditions between the road and the final landing position 15m away was not all concrete; some areas were just loose stone and weren’t load bearing. Uneven ground meant there was a 450mm height difference from unloading position to landing spot. [Using the HT300] we were able to set the support stands out every 3m to level the track in both directions. The HT300 is designed to work without the tracks being fully supported, allowing it to bridge gaps.” Barber explained that an added benefit of
having a range of Hydra-Slide equipment is that RRS can use one power pack for jacking, skidding, and final alignment. An integrated propane engine powered the 23-2-4P; although the site was a power station there were no three-phase supplies for the electric power pack. A crane was considered for this project but due to limited space onsite and the aforementioned ground sloping, hydraulic skidding was the preferred option. Additionally, there isn’t a crane big enough based on the Isle of Wight so the cost of shipping would have been prohibitive. Barber said: “This was the second
> Portsmouth, UK-based lifting, transport and storage specialist Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) overcame a series of challenges to install a 45,000kg transformer at East Cowes Power Station on the Isle of Wight recently. RRS accepted a scope of work from
transport and logistics company CTS SpA to unload and skid the transformer into position upon its arrival from Italy, where Tironi had manufactured the 6m by 2.4m by
transformer we have installed on this site in the past year. We won the work off the back of previous successful transformer installations across the UK. The Hydra- Slide fleet has given us the ability to carry out tasks like this in a safe, efficient manner. Our customers are working on sensitive sites where safety is the highest priority, and having us turn up with fully-engineered, CE-marked equipment with operating manuals, rather than homemade or makeshift solutions, makes approving method statements and risk assessments much easier. Cost always plays a part in winning work; the synchronised skidding system allows us to use a smaller team as we don’t need to employ winches and other components.” The total track length was 18m and at its highest point, over the final landing position,
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