Experience

Lifting awkward loads by hooking from above can mean massively escalating costs. If a roof has to be removed, or steelwork and services dismantled for access, the costs of manpower and lost production time can be substantial.
When access is difficult, a lifting method that quickly adapts to the problem, with the versatility to set up over, under, around, or adjacent to the load is required. MEGALIFT provides this solution.

The MEGALIFT system is only as good as those who use it, however. Experience in applying the system to the problem and designing tailor-made solutions are paramount.

MEGALIFT had to draw on all their experience and expertise when presented with a problem by Vauxhall Cars in Ellesmere Port on the Wirral.

The problem encountered was the re-positioning of a Press line to accommodate changes to one of the model range of cars. The problem centred on a Transfer Press. Weighing in at some 200t, the machine also stood within a Pit, meaning that the customer was contemplating stripping, re-positioning, and re-building the machine in its new location. This would not be possibly during the period of eight weeks available to carry out the task, and they simply could not afford the resultant loss in production. At this point, MEGALIFT were contacted to draw on their experience in moving similar machinery.

Two lengths of track were erected either side of the Press at right angles with the MEGALIFT cylinders placed on the track, two per rail, with large lifting beams passed through the Press. The MEGALIFT system then lifted the press clear of the pit, and, still carrying the press, travelled sideways over the pit and safely into its new location.

By drawing upon their considerable experience in the heavy lifting market, the MEGALIFT team had redesigned the task into just three days, with huge financial savings for the customer.