Overview
Lifted level, set in
for the engineers.
The customer was building energy-storage units in Sheffield and needed delicate pipework lifted into them — level, controlled, and with nothing bearing on the pipe ends — for the engineers to fit to the brackets.
Altida ran it as a full contract lift on a Demag AC 45 City crane, with a Mod 6 spreader beam taking the slings out wide of the pipe ends and holding the load dead level as it went in.
The lift was planned in-house by Altida's Appointed Person, with a CPCS-qualified supervisor and slingers on site — so a fragile, awkward load was picked and placed under full control.
The Brief
Fragile pipework, into a unit under construction.
The customer was building energy-storage units in Sheffield, to be tested before they ship out for install on sites across the UK. The pipework had to be lifted into each unit and fitted to its brackets.
It was a delicate, awkward load — pipework that couldn't take any pressure on its ends, that had to go in dead level, and be placed precisely enough for the engineers to fix straight onto the brackets.
- A delicate load. Pipework that couldn't take any load on its vulnerable ends.
- Dead level. It had to hang flat for the engineers to fit it to the brackets.
- A spreader beam. A Mod 6 beam to carry the slings wide of the ends and keep the load level.
- Full contract lift. Planned by Altida's Appointed Person, with a CPCS supervisor and slingers on site.
The Approach
A spreader beam, and a planned lift.
Altida ran it as a full contract lift on a Demag AC 45 City, a compact crane to work in close on the build. The lift was planned in-house by our Appointed Person, with a CPCS-qualified supervisor and slingers rigging and guiding each pick.
The rig was built around protecting the load: a Mod 6 spreader beam to take the slings out to the beam ends rather than onto the pipe, endless slings, and M16 swivel lifting eyes set into the load.
A spreader beam to spare the ends
Slung directly, the lift would have pulled in on the fragile pipe ends. The Mod 6 spreader beam carried the slings out wide instead, so the load hung clear and dead level.
Planned and supervised
Altida's Appointed Person planned the lift in-house, with a CPCS-qualified supervisor and slingers on site to rig the load and guide it in.
Set in for the engineers
Held level on the beam, the pipework was lifted into each unit and set down for the engineers to fix to the brackets — ready for the units to be tested before they shipped out.
The Outcome
In, level, and ready to test.
The pipework went into the energy-storage units level and under control, and was set down for the engineers to fix to the brackets. Each unit could then be finished and tested before it left Sheffield for install on site.
It is the kind of planned lift Altida is built for: a fragile load, the right rig to protect it, and an Appointed Person and crew to put it exactly where it needed to go.
