Case studies
Engineered lifting solutions in the field.
Selected projects delivered across UK rail depots, steel mills, aerospace fabrication halls, grid-scale power installations and civil nuclear decommissioning programmes.
- Aerospace
- Aluminium
- Nuclear
- Power generation
- Rail
- Specialist steels
- Steel
A family of billet lifting beams for a global aluminium leader
Coordinated range of purpose-built lifting beams covering the full variety of billets produced on one of the most advanced primary aluminium facilities in the Middle East.
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85-tonne motorised duplex slab tong for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India
Heavy-duty motorised duplex slab tong designed to lift slabs up to 85 tonnes at temperatures approaching 1,000 °C across a demanding slab envelope — for one of India's leading integrated steel producers.
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A hydraulic billet tong built to outlast its predecessor
15-tonne hydraulic billet tong for a leading European specialist-steel mill — direct replacement for a Somers tong that ran reliably for 20+ years, Factory-Acceptance-Tested at Wednesbury under customer witness.
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Six-column wireless lifting bank — EMU overhaul depot
Wireless-synchronised six-column vehicle lifting bank replacing an ageing wired system, recovering 1.5 hours of planned downtime per overhaul cycle.
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Automated scissor tong retrofit — continuous-caster slab yard
Latch-trip gravity scissor tongs replacing manual chain-and-hook slings for slabs up to 25 t, cutting cycle time by 30% and removing operator proximity to hot slabs.
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Branched monorail system — aerospace composites hall
Under-slung branched monorail with switchgear integrated to automated tooling at each bay, handling wet-layup modules between process stations.
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CAD-engineered four-point H-frame with integrated load cells for a grid-scale transformer placement, delivered and proof-tested inside 14 weeks.
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Shielded handling tong — legacy nuclear decommissioning
Bespoke radiation-shielded handling tong with remote actuation for a legacy nuclear decommissioning cell, designed to customer-specific engineering standards.
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