A very heavy-lift operation tends to inherently harbor risks on three axes, that being accidents or injuries as well as a breakable property, where the importance lies within effective, appropriate equipment.
Lifting beams represent some of the most efficient tools for lifting heavy loads. Spreader beams, in particular, spread the weight extremely evenly such that there is low probability of accidents and damage to the cargo. Balanced weight distribution ensures safety and efficient operations in lifting.
What are Loading / Spreader Beams?
Spreader beams are major tools for safe and effective heavy lifting operations. By having a simple design consisting of a horizontal bar with two attached slings, the weight lifts evenly, thus minimizing accidents as well as damage to the loads.
Lifting beams have two lifting lugs on top, which integrate to a chain or synthetic slings at a particular angle. This angle creates a compressive force that ensures an even weight distribution on both slings. This, in turn, stabilizes the load during the lifting process.
The slings are then attached to a crane, hoist, or other lifting machine, which provides the necessary control for the operation.
The bottom of the lifting beam contains two lugs, one on each end, as attachments for another sling or hook that directly connects to the load being lifted. By dealing with the tensile forces, the spreader beam ensures a secure connection between the load and the lifting equipment.
Role of Loading Beams in Industries
- Control Over the Load Lifting
These additional supports enhance stability and control during lifting operations, especially in critical environments such as nuclear facilities or offshore installations, wherein load stability is paramount to avoid accidents and damage.
- Productivity Boost
Lifting beams ensure efficient and productive heavy lifting due to their ability to uniformly spread the load. These evenly spread loads reduce lifting equipment stress, thereby reducing downtime from failure and planned maintenance. Faster and safer lifts allow for quicker turnaround times with improved productivity in construction and industrial environments.
- Exponentially Enhance Lifting Capacity
One common problem associated with lifting operations is that the lifting equipment has limited lifting capacity, which would not allow handling heavy loads safely and efficiently. However, adjustable spreader beams can solve this problem.
Welmeqs offers adjustable spreader beams, which significantly increase the weight-bearing capacity of the lifting equipment. The weight is spread across various attachment points to avoid overload.
Areas of Application for Lifting Beams
Lifting beams are pretty versatile equipment that can be harnessed in various applications to enhance the safety and security of loads, as well as enable a safe and sound working environment. Less time, more lifts.
- Construction Industries
When speaking of lifting objects, especially beams, the first image that comes to our minds must be the dusty atmosphere and the scorching sun in a construction site, yes and it is true, lifting beams for years have been and still are an integral part of such environments, mainly due to numerous reasons from productivity to cost savings.
Lifting of structural components requires a load of workforce, which in some cases can lead to hazards or accidents as well as enhanced cost of production. Therefore, contractors/builders make use of lifting beams. Handling humongous objects can be tacky at times, Lifting beams are necessary for a smooth and safe work flow in such environments.
- Oil and Gas
In UAE and the Middle East in general, Oil and Gas are an integral part of the economy, and lifting beams have a huge role to play here. Offshore platform construction and maintenance is an application where decks, pipelines as well and lifting modules have to be present; thanks to lifting beams, handling such heavy objects on uneven surfaces has become easier. Placing barrels from point A to point B is also crucial in such use cases.
- Automotive Industry
It’s no myth that assembly lines, especially in the automotive industry ( as we have seen on Discovery channels!!), are an important piece of machinery. Lifting moving car bodies, engines, or the entire car itself will be necessary in certain situations, and not just that, transportation of heavy machinery and raw materials, too, is critical.
- Shipping and Logistics
This application needs no introduction; loading and unloading is a usual suspect of this business world. Thousands of tons of cargo are handled every hour, and lifting beams ease out the heavy lifting parts; supply chain management companies stand by these tools to help them streamline the process without any hurdles, which is key to enhancing the speed of the operation as well as timely delivery of cargo if manual lifting by workers occurs in certain situations. The chance for mishandling of fragile items can be detrimental to smooth business.
Conclusion
Heavy lifting operations pose a great risk to workers in various industries, leading to several accidents and injuries annually. In response to these safety concerns, spreader beams have become a crucial tool for reducing risks and protecting workers when performing heavy lifting operations.
Welmeqs, with our years of industry experience and expertise, stands by our customers’ needs in every situation because we understand that every problem needs its tailored solutions. Therefore, it’s in the testimonial of our customers how important we view the valuable relation with them. Lifting beams are not extra but a quintessential part of industries all over the world that lead to enhanced safety and smooth operation.
To make an educated decision, feel free to contact us at +9715 8 545 3004 or leave an email at sales@welmeqs.com
