Gantry and Slinging Operation

A local company contacted B and W Machinery Ltd with a problem of installing a moulding press (weighing 25 Tonne) into a pit within a factory with very restricted headroom (maximum height 3.5 metres, press height 4.4 metres and pit depth 1.2 metres).
The company had been quoted for the removal of the roof and the use of a 300 tonne crane.

B & W despatched our senior lifting engineer to carry out a survey, who made recommendations and offered our services for the installation, utilising our four-leg gantry system, at approximately one third of the quoted option.

The contract was awarded to B & W.

B & W prepared method statements, risk assessments and lifting plans for the operation and liaised with the safety officer to avert any issues whilst production was continuing. The area was cordoned off with safety barriers and all personnel informed of the forthcoming installation and how it was to be carried out.

The main press being transported (in horizontal orientation) because of its least travelling height, was carefully offloaded by our versa lift (27 tonne fork lift truck) and travelled into a position in the doorway.
The press was carefully skated through the factory and into the area of the installation under supervision by the engineer.

B & W’s gantry operators, set up the gantry around the pit and the press.
Our lift engineers attached slings to the press at the pre-appointed position and under the guidance of our appointed person and the gantry supervisor; the press was carefully manoeuvred (rolled and moved forward) into the pit and into the vertical orientation, just avoiding the roof trusses in the process (as forecast in our lifting plan).

The operation was concluded with a clearance of debris and equipment stowed to transport and we left behind a suitably satisfied client.

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