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120,000kg Facility Upgrade
JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd is proud to announce the latest upgrade to the outside facility crane at Skelmersdale, Lancashire. The IHI CCH1200 replaces the Hitachi KH300/1 doubling the lift capacity available to 120,000kg at 5m radius. The primary use of the crane is for the placement of goods into outside storage with the crane available for the transhipment of goods from one vehicle to another. JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd 12 acre facility is fully secure with 24-hour security and monitored CCTV. Whether internally or externally, the company is able to off-load and place heavier pieces into storage using hydraulic gantry lift systems or jacking and skidding.
United Lifting In Central London
JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd has enhanced its experience in technical handling of heavy equipment with the lifting of transformers in central London utilising strand jack technology. With the transformer located 8m beneath a car park, JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd were tasked with providing a solution to remove a transformer from its operation position and replace with it a new transformer.
The solution involved the utilisation of JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd hydraulic lift system and stand jack technology were the two components were united to produce a unique jacking system with an unlimited lifting capability.
The redundant transformer was lifted from its operating position 8m below ground level and loaded directly to transport in one simple and safe operation. The replacement transformer was placed to its operating position by the same safe and simple operation but in reverse.
All the engineering, planning and sleepless nights were rewarded with a successful project which was completed safely within schedule.
More details can be found and downloaded in our Case Studies section of the website.
Biomass – Storage – Delivery – Installation
Assisting a new build biomass power plan JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd where contracted to offload and place a 65,000kg steam turbine, 29,000kg oil frame and a 52,500kg generator. All three pieces where delivered into our warehouse for storage before being delivered to site and installed through openings in the building roof using a 500,00okg capacity mobile crane, once on the plinth the pieces had to be jacked and skidded into their respective operating positions