40 tonne lifting beam with manual chain blocks and load cells incorporated at each corner, to perform stiction release and lifting operations of the various sizes of concrete plug covering waste vaults at Sellafield.
Lifting beam design in Autodesk Inventor.
As the project engineer my responsibilities included the design calculations, ensuring compliance with BS EN 13155, manufacturing drawings, testing and documentation including the O&M manual and the machinery directive technical file.
Concrete plug lifting arrangement
Load testing the lifting beam
Lifting beam and parking stand assembly