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Hoist and Winch offers an optimal solution for a challenging industrial lifting application
ith many successful water industry infrastructure projects under its belt, leading industrial lifting equipment supplier Hoist & Winch was once again approached to provide a comprehensive and robustly tested lifting solution for a specialist marine subcontractor. This demanding reservoir application required the transfer of three large-diameter pumping station pipes – each weighing 30 tonnes – across the reservoir waters and up the inclined slope of its dam wall. As always, Hoist & Winch proved up to the task.
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This complex hire equipment project required a triple-aspect approach. Firstly, to move each pipe across the water, Hoist & Winch had to supply, install, commission, load- test and LOLER-certify two air-powered chain hoists offering 20-tonne safe working load
(SWL). The company proposed a pair of JDN top-hook suspension air hoists, each with its own load chain collector box, air service unit and air supply hoses. The hoist units are each controlled by an individually connected, heavy-duty, air-powered pendant control. They were fixed to the customer’s free-standing fixed gantries on two fabricated floating pontoons (20t SWL), which Hoist & Winch also had to load-test and LOLER-certify. Secondly, Hoist & Winch was tasked with providing a similar package of services for a large-capacity hydraulic winch system. Here, the company recommended a 12t SWL floor- mounted hydraulic winch with wire rope,
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diesel-powered hydraulic power unit, joystick control stand and interconnecting hoses. The winch was required to pull each pipe up the inclined slope of the reservoir’s dam wall in conjunction with two rail-mounted travelling gantries (20t SWL) fabricated by the customer. Hoist & Winch also provided various other aspects of technical consultancy, including guidance on lifting equipment legislation, lifting operation planning/management, the specification and procurement of a portable diesel-powered compressor, and operator handover training.
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