A simple task one would have thought for one of the country's leading suppliers and installers of industrial lifting equipment until the client explains that the facility is already finished, jam packed with machinery, ducting and conveyor equipment and in full production. The area is also in a highly sensitive / secretive production facility that also requires a heightened state of cleanliness throughout installation and during use. And the installation has to be completed within a very tight schedule so as not to disrupt production, then the simple just became a little more difficult.
No stranger to the extraordinary (one look at their website will confirm this), the Hoist UK team set about a design that would weave its way through a maze of duct and pipework and was both simple & practical to install and above all met the timescale and specification from the client.
Hoist UK technical sales engineer, Colin Jones says, "The crane system has a safe working load of 500kg, runway length of 19.5m, and 3.5m span supported by four separate goal post structures, which were mounted avoiding all the site obstructions and pipework, which could not be moved. The system was installed for maintenance of machines which are running 24/7 and the system was successfully installed during in a tight shutdown and maintenance schedule on site.
"Whilst we are unable to divulge who the customer was, they were very happy with the crane system which was installed and commissioned over a three-day installation period on their site," comments Hoist UK technical director Paul Jordan. "The crane system is a variable speed powered bridge crane fitted with a Verlinde VR electric chain hoist with radio control function."
"Hoist UK are not only able to provide standard equipment to suit our customer's needs, but we are also able to supply specialist and bespoke products manufactured here in the UK, using our own in house design and manufacturing facilities. We are UKAS accredited to ISO9001, ISO18001 & ISO14001, and to give the customers additional peace of mind we are also Achilles registered and are SMAS approved installers, our company motto Safety Above All says it all," adds general manager Louise Dickson.
(Jim Evans)
