Lifting device - Import export

Three identical vacuum lifting devices to lift and transport precast concrete piles at the outside storage facility in the United Kingdom. The Aerolift vacuum lifters ensure fast, efficient, and safe handling. Expected time saving of 70%!

The Aerolift pipe lifting solutions are applied for many different situations and places. During production, storage, transhipment, and internal transport. For this specific situation we designed a lifting solution to handle bare and coated pipes aboard the ship. The ship, The Amazon, was converted to an ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel. Our vacuum lifting devices are installed on 4 cargo hold cranes. In tandem mode the cranes will be used to load and unload 24-meter-long pipes in a cargo. The lifting devices are designed to limit deflection of double joint pipes or to handle the entire pipe by vacuum only.

Handling tunnel segments by vacuum technology. Aerolift designs customised lifting solutions for the complete handling process of precast tunnel segments. The lifting solutions are used during production, transhipment and in the tunnel boring machine (TBM). The unique features of vacuum handling are highly suitable to handle concrete products, such as tunnel segments. Why choose vacuum handling Specially for concrete products, vacuum offers many interesting advantages compared to other lifting methods: Demoulding after 8 to 10 hours Demoulding, lifting, and turning by one lifting device Efficient during handling and the use of storage space No damage or deformation to the tunnel segment Less chance of cracks in the concrete Easy and fast handling Reuse of the same mould Reduced chance of accidents, because no one has to be near the load before, during or after handling Very safe due to the high safety standards of vacuum handling Handling tunnel segments during production