Conveyor Gearmotor Lifting Beam

Client:

Large food processing plant

Location:

Beenleigh

Project description:

Design and fabrication of a conveyor gearmotor lifting beam for a food processing facility.

• A 300kg gearmotor needed to be replaced
• It was located 6m above the floor level
• It needed to be lowered down close to the building entrance

What were the challenges?

• The galvanized lifting beam had to be installed without the use of welding due to its location within a food processing facility.
• The gearmotor needed to be lifted from its location and wheeled along a beam to an area that was unobstructed below and then lowered to the ground.
• Safety was of paramount concern and access to the area below was restricted during construction for safety reasons.

How did Davis Welding and Fabrication solve these challenges?   

• The positions of the surrounding beams were carefully measured as was the position of the gearmotor and the location where it could be lowered to the floor.
• A 3D model of the area was created. Using this model, a suitable monorail lifting beam was designed which clamped on to the existing surrounding structure.
• Scaffold was used to get access to install the monorail.
• The new monorail was certified by an engineer to ensure compliance and safety regulations were met.

Project result

• The newly fabricated and installed metal monorail allowed the gearmotor to be replaced easily and safely.