Used In Construction Industry

This project called for Hoist & Winch to supply 3 Off “Special” scaffold structure mounted profiled track monorail lifting beam systems with the following lifting capacities a)  1 Off 1,000 kg Swl and b) 2 Off 2,000 kg Swl and each fitted with an electric hoist, and to be used in the refurbishment of a 5 storey building located in central London. 

After consultation with our customer (a large Scaffolding Contractor) Hoist & Winch was contracted to supply the equipment as specified below for installation by the customers own installation team but with final inspection, overall equipment commissioning, load testing & certification by Hoist & Winch.

Specification Details

System 1 – Location: Indoor -  Ground floor To building basement area

1000 Kg Swl x  9 metre long scaffold structure mounted profiled track monorail lifting beam

110 v 1Ph CMCO Lodestar electric chain hoist with 5 metre lifting height & push/pull manual trolley

Operating speeds: 4 m/min raise & lowering

Systems 2 & 3  - Location: Outdoor - Top of Building  To Street Level

2000 Kg Swl x 32 metre long scaffold structure mounted profiled track monorail lifting beam

400v 3Ph Stahl ST Series electric hoist with 25 metre lifting height & friction wheel drive powered trolley

Operating speeds: 8 & 2 m/min raise & lowering & 20 & 5 m/min trolley speeds

Special features:

• 2500 kg Swl Single fall hoist unit design de-rated and marked to 2000 kg Swl
• PVC Outdoor weather covers
• PTC Thermistor protection for hoist motor
• Special design friction drive powered trolley
• Radio remote control operation for hoist & trolley
• 32 metre long cable management system
• Cantilevered Design  Profile Track/Scaffold Structure design  to allow the hoist unit hook coverage to reach past the edge of the building and to allow offloading/lifting operations from delivery vehicles parked in the roadway below.

 

This was the longest and largest capacity scaffold structure mounted profiled track monorail lifting beam system that our customer has purchased/installed to date. 

In view of this, we worked very closely with our customers Consultant Engineer, who was present during the load testing procedures for the roof top mounted systems.

Due to local traffic access and pedestrian walkways, the commissioning and load test of the equipment was very demanding, and extensive planning and site surveys were required.

All works carried out were closely monitored due to the safety critical nature of the installation work, which called for very careful planning of all work activities and detailed documented Risk Assessments and Method Statements. These were reviewed and approved by the Site Project Manager before work could commence.

On completion, Hoist & Winch Ltd issued a LOLER Thorough Examination Report for the completed scaffold support structure, electric powered chain hoist and profiled track installation work.

From order placement to completion of all work, the timescale was 6 weeks.

Our customer was extremely satisfied with the successful work completion and based on this, Hoist & Winch Limited have secured an inspection/maintenance contract with the customer to attend site twice a year, in order to ensure continued trouble free operation.