Team of UNIC Spider Cranes on Tandem Escalator Lift
A pair of UNIC mini spider cranes were paired up to complete a complex tandem lift at a UK Shopping Centre. The lifting team was made up of two URW-706 mini spider cranes. As part of the Phase 2 development of the huge shopping centre the escalators had to be removed and then re-installed at a new position.
The redevelopment of the London shopping centre is a £1 billion plus project that will add 665,000 square feet of high-quality retail, residential and mixed-use space to create an appealing townscape with a vibrant pedestrian quarter. The precinct’s new homes, shops and businesses will be a valuable addition to the community that lives and works in the White City area of the capital.
The two spider cranes were tasked with lifting the escalators which weighed in at 6 tonnes each; a task that the spider cranes, with a combined lifting power of 12 tonnes, could handle with ease. However, it wasn’t just the weight that made this lifting job complex; the length and width of the escalators meant that the two mighty cranes had to work in perfect sync in order to complete the lift safely and efficiently.
UNIC Cranes Europe’s team of lifting experts were able to manoeuvre and place the load with millimetre precision via radio remote control. The UNIC URW-706 crane model has a safe load indicator that enables the operator to set a working area limitation for better control in sensitive environments. The Lift-Smart Advanced Safety System also includes over winding alarm, computer controlled intelligent voice warning system, intelligent throttle activation and audio-visual warning device.
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