Media release Whiting Corporation Nov 2013

(Attn media including cranes and lifting, defense, energy and engineering, infrastructure and
construction, materials handling, and industries dependent upon high precision lifting, including
manufacturing, safety, energy infrastructure, transport and railway, mining and resources media.
Editors please note: High resolution pictures available from whyte@bigpond.com)

Whiting Portable Electric Jacks used to hoist generators

Whitings portable electric jacks offer

global transportability and safety
when hoisting power units
Portable electro-mechanical jacks are being produced by Whiting Corporation to lift
and lower heavy diesel power units and generators on diverse and remote inland
and coastal sites.

The 25 ton specially modified portable electric jacks first deployed in a set of four
to lift truck-length power generators are based on Whitings proven and reliable MA
locomotive jacks, used to hoist rail freight and passenger cars for building,
maintenance and overhaul.
The customized low-maintenance transportable jacks, each weighing about 3000lb
(1361kg), feature an effective lifting height of six feet (1829mm) with built-in safety
and versatility features, including:

Modified lifting brackets to suit the particular lift

Front bearing pad extensions to enhance stability
Connecting pins to interface with customer-supplied lifting components
Upper over-travel limit switches

The initial set was to be deployed globally, wherever the power units were required.
This same versatility lends these jacks ideally to applications where portable and
safe heavy lifting is required over diverse sites, including infrastructure, construction
and transport, says Ed Slota, Director of Product Engineering at Whiting
Corporation.
While the initial set is powder coated for enhanced corrosion protection, they also
feature the same rugged construction as standard Whiting portable electric jacks
used in various demanding heavy transport applications, with a massive structural
steel column assembly welded to the base and housing an alloy steel jackscrew
containing a worm and worm gear.

Standard Whiting portable electric jacks used in heavy rail applications

Whiting portable electric jacks use a buttress thread design. They have never experienced a screw failure in
over 90 years.

A single operator manning a portable electric jack station controls the simultaneous
operation of multiple jacks, which can be equipped with a variety of special lifting
brackets to suit particular tasks. Whiting portable electric jack technology is designed
to complete heavy duty applications that keep equipment online with minimum
downtime.
The combination of a reversible electric motor, along with an integral disc brake and
worm gearing, contributes to the outstanding driving power of the Whiting portable
electric jack.

Structural features
Central to the strength and durability of Whiting portable electric jacks in capacities
ranging from 25-60 tons (22.5 to 54 tonnes) is a structural steel column assembly
which houses an alloy steel jack screw, complete with precision machined buttress
threads and an aluminium bronze lifting nut. The screw is keyed to the worm gear
and is supported by a large thrust bearing. The jack nut travels on the screw and
supports the lifting bracket, and an all-welded steel frame adds further strength to the
column assembly. The result is a Whiting portable electric jack with dependable
load-lifting capacity at any point within the lifting range of the jack system.
Whiting is the only manufacturer to use a buttress thread design instead of other
thread screw arrangements. The buttress thread has proven to be a robust design
that has been successfully and reliably used in service on several types of railcar

lifting equipment manufactured by Whiting. Whiting has been exclusively using a

buttress thread design in their jacks since the 1920s, and has never experienced a
screw failure in over 90 years.
Reliability is carefully engineered into every Whiting portable electric jack. The
outstanding buttress thread design and top quality construction of Whiting jacks
provides years of dependable service with minimal maintenance and downtime. This
continuous level of time proven quality has established Whiting as the foremost
manufacturer of portable electric jacks in the world.
Headquartered in Monee, Illinois, Whiting Corporation is a major manufacturer of custombuilt railcar maintenance equipment and overhead cranes for diverse industrial applications.
Whitings state-of-the-art facility is a fully-equipped, integrated manufacturing facility with a
complete machine shop for material preparation, fabrication, machining and component
assembly and testing. The facility also houses the headquarters and a regional office for
Whiting Services, Inc., which specializes in the maintenance and inspection of Whiting
railcar maintenance equipment and overhead cranes, as well as similar equipment of other
manufacturers.
Together, Whiting and Whiting Services provide high-quality, rugged overhead cranes and
railcar maintenance equipment, replacement parts, and world-class services, including
inspections, maintenance programs, installations, on-site repairs, training and
modernizations.
For further information about Whiting Corporation, please contact Melissa Markiewicz,
Marketing Manager, Whiting Corporation, 26000 Whiting Way, Monee, IL60449,
ph Direct - (708) 587-2222, email mmarkiewicz@whitingcorp.comwww.whitingcorp.com
For further information about this media release, please contact whyte@bigpond.com