Righthite Mobile Platform

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Canal Engineering, the UK’s leading manufacturer of Tanker Access Systems, has developed a “Light Weight Mobile Vehicle Access Platform”. The equipment is designed to cater for tanker loading areas where floor space is considered to be at a premium. This is often an issue in the chemical industry and also applies to other operations elsewhere, such as those using bulk powder loading bays.

The concept of the system is for the operator to easily transport the platform to wherever the vehicle may be parked. The height of the platform is adjusted to suit that of the vehicles used by way of a mechanical hand winch. Once in position and secured, a safe access onto the vehicle can then be achieved, without compromising the safety of the operator at all.

The mobile platform is constructed from various aluminium and mild steel materials, which when combined, give structural strength, flexibility and manoeuvrability to the unit. This is particularly important to end users, as is the fact that the end unit is light in weight and requires minimum effort to operate and manoeuvre.

Righthite Step Access System (Folding Step Unit)

The Righthite Folding Step Unit has a primary function in the loading of road tankers. They are put to use by a wide range of companies that include Petrochemical, Cement, Ash Reclamation (including power stations), and the Milk Marketing Board.

The Units are mainly used to provide a safe working environment to anyone who wishes to gain access to an area that is of a different height, and where safety is a priority. They are supplied with handrails that run from the top fixed step to the end moving step and can also incorporate a full cage to enclose the worker in a safe area.

There are many variations of the Righthite Folding Step Unit available and all can be manufactured specifically to suit the environment in which they will be used.

The range begins with the Mk.2 Unit that, as the name suggests, has two steps, and continues upwards to Mk.3, Mk.3A, Mk.4, Mk.4A, Mk.5, Mk.5A and Mk.6A. This allows access to various heights using one unit. The ‘A’ denotes that the units’ moving steps are manufactured from aluminium to minimise the weight of the overall item and thus make operation easier.

All the Step units are available in various tread widths, the standard range being 800mm, 1000mm, 1200mm and 1500mm. Specific customer requirements outside of these widths can be supplied on request. In the case of the wider Units (1000mm - 1800mm) it would be usual to fit aluminium treads to minimise overall weight.

In general the units are used in the maximum down position of 45°below horizontal and therefore do not require a ‘locking off’ facility.

In cases where the unit is required in any other position a locking system is available. There are two different types of locking mechanism that can be supplied. The first is a manual type which is actuated by the operator and uses a cam system to hold the Step unit in 15°increments anywhere on an arc from 75°above horizontal down to 45°below horizontal. If the unit has to be locked off in a position which is not on a 15°increment, a hydraulic parking lock is considered advisable. This system uses a hydraulic ram that is attached to the compression spring of the step unit, so that when the unit is in the required position the cylinder is actuated by the operator, locking the Step unit in place.

Righthite Step Access System Mk4

Applications

• Barrel Tankers
• Iso Tankers
• Maintenance Platform

Typical Droprite Bridging Platform

Typical Droprite Bridging Platform in the closed position (handrails folded)

Services Offered

• Supply only – complete with full installation
  instructions
• Full installation and commissioning
• Staff instruction
• Annual maintenance and inspection