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round slings below the beams, and wire rope slings above. Osaka-based business
Nakamura Industry is a distributor of Modulift spreader beams and delivers throughout Japan. It also supplies a variety
its type in the country and the spreader beams were deployed twice: once to load the train onto a boat in Japan and then again to offload the train when it arrived at Hualien Port in Taiwan. Two MOD 34 spreader beams, at a span of 3.5 metres, provided four lifting points underneath the train to evenly distribute the weight. The two spreader beams were attached to drop links and shackles at the end of each beam, with synthetic
Britlift’s 400t lifting beam for lifting sub-sea cable reels
of products from wire rope and synthetic slings to hooks and shackles. Sumihide Haruta, executive officer and general manager, Sales Division, at Nakamura Industry, commented: “The Modulift spreader beams' adaptable design allowed our customer to safely configure the lift for the EMU3000. These beams were transported with the train, facilitating easy disassembly, shipping, and reassembly before offloading.”
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OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS Offshore work is also proving to be a key application area utilising lifting and spreader beams. Teesside, UK-based Tusk Lifting, for example, required a 400 tonne
lifting beam to ensure safe lifting of giant subsea cable reels. To realise this it turned to
Dorset, UK, lifting beam, spreader beam and lifting frame designer and manufacturer Britlift. “Our client needed a beam
that could lift cable reels of up to 400 tonnes, with offset centres of gravity,” said Julie Montgomery, sales and systems support lead for Tusk Lifting. Working closely with Tusk Lifting and its client, Britlift supplied a custom box spreader beam with a cradle/stand and heavy-duty sling adjustor. Britlift’s technical team also specified a more hard-wearing paint job to better withstand offshore conditions. Britlift also supplied proof of load testing and MPI, with an enhanced quality pack which included an ITP, as well as welding maps with related procedures and qualifications, plus reports covering structural calculations and the paint spec.
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