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Scaffold Hoists
Builders scaffold hoists are electrically driven devices used for lifting and lowering heavy or awkward loads up to a specific working level. Scaffold hoists are available with different power levels, single or three phase, and 110volt or 240volts. Builders scaffold hoists also come with varying lengths of wire rope dependant on the height of lift required, and are also available in varying speeds of lift, again depending on your needs. Builders scaffold hoists are used when you need to get heavy or large loads up a scaffold to the workers at different high levels, especially when the need for moving materials is frequent. Specialist accessories can be used with a builders scaffold hoist, such as wheel barrow chains, mortar buckets, skip chains, rubbish chutes and counterweight baskets, to assist in lifting more awkward items. You would mainly expect to see a builders scaffold hoist on a construction site, where buildings are being erected. The scaffold hoist clamps on to a scaffolding pole, or sometimes certain hoists allow you to hook them over the pole, they can also be fixed to a gantry system or a prop. Builders, construction workers, and roofers are the most common people to use a scaffold hoist. Scaffold hoists provide builders with an efficient way of lifting heavy loads like mortar, and other tools and materials up their scaffolding. This provides a fast and extremely cost effective way for the manual handling needs on a construction site, as materials get to where they are needed much quicker, needing less man power, as it eliminates the need for workers to climb up and down the scaffolding tower at regular intervals, but most importantly scaffold hoists provide workers with a much safer working environment, did you know that 20% of all fatal falls involve scaffolding, and one third of all construction industry accidents involve material handling, also many construction workers have time off for back, neck and knee injuries, often resulting from carrying heavy loads, up to high levels. Therefore by using an electric builders scaffold hoist, not only can the risk of accidents and injuries can be minimised, resulting in less time off by workers and possible insurance claims, but the time saved on the job can be great, reducing the overall time taken to complete the job, and often can reduce the manpower needed. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Lifting equipment LTD has provided scaffold hoists / builders hoists for many years, for more information please visit www.liftingequipmentdirectuk.co.uk |
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