Lifts, swings and rotates
September 1st 2006

Specialists in the design and manufacture of work handling equipment, Brixworth Engineering, has recently supplied a special purpose jib crane to BE Aerospace.

The hydraulically powered unit was produced to comply with client specifications for the safe handling of total loads up to 750kg, while also operating in a multi-cell working environment.

The system is fully compliant with all current and predicted Health and Safety legislation within the UK and is fully CE marked.

The work project involved the raising of three tool lids from large resin transfer moulding (RTM) tools. Theses are then swung clear before the lids are rotated and lowered at a cleaning station. This process is reversed once cleaning has been completed, but meanwhile, the same jib crane unit is used to undertake similar operations at two further adjacent working cells.

Prior to the supply of the new Brixworth handling device, the work was carried out with several pieces of handling equipment for the separate lifting, placement and rotation of single individual loads.

The whole operation required two operators and involved some safety hazards.

With the installation of the Brixworth floor mounted device, however, all operations can be undertaken single-handedly.

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