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Anthony Culshaw: Senior Design Engineer

Spreader & Lifting Beams: Setting the Standard

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Contents

About Modulift

Lifting Equipment and

associated Standards

QA and Project
Specifications

Conclusions

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Modulift is the premier supplier of below the

hook lifting equipment
Spreader beams
Lifting beams
Various frames and custom solutions

Lifting various load types in excess of

2000t and up to 100m long. (Jackets,
Cable Reels, Monopiles)

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Spreader Beams

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Lifting Beams

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Spreader Beams

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Lifting Beams
These, along with
custom fabrications
and frames, are nonfixed lifting
attachments
Main benefits include:
Spreader Beams weight and cost
effective
Lifting beams
reduced headroom
required

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Spreader Rig Arrangements

Versatility
Re-useable means good value
Complex rigging requires
knowledge and experience

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Spreader and Lifting Frames

CMod Modular Spreader

Frame

Lifting H Frame

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Other Lifting Attachments

Semi Spreaders
Combination Rigs
Lattice Beams
Spreader & Lifting Frames
Hanging Plates
Tension Beams/Slings

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Quality Standards
Certificate no. JXXXX-1

Certificate of Conformity
Issued to:
C t
N
Customer
Name
Customer Address

Spreader standards in the last year:

Date: XX/XX/XX
Client ref: PO #

15

Our ref: JXXXX

Australia

Sheet: 1 of 1

Description of goods:
ITEM
1

Description

Identification no.

Mod 12 components:
6 x End Units
6 x End Units
3 x 1.0m struts
6 x 1m struts
2x0
0.75m
75 struts
t t
2 x 0.5m struts
2 x 0.25m struts

Mod12/EU/G376, G377, G380, G381, G384, G387

Mod12/DL/G388, G396, G400, G401, G403, G408
Mod12/S1.5/G189, G191, G199
Mod12/S1/G343, G344, G345, G348, G349, G350
M d12/S0 75/G109 G111
Mod12/S0.75/G109,
Mod12/S0.5/G184, G194
Mod12/S0.25/G139, G142

These items are components from the Modulift 12 sy stem.

For more information on SWL (Safe Working Load) and set
configurations at different spans, please refer to table no. 2
'Load v Span' on the User Instructions.

Hereby, Modulift UK Ltd, Poole, Dorset, United Kin gdom, declares that the Modulift Spreader S ystem
or Modulift Spreader components or Modulift compone nt referenced hereon conform to your purchase
order, and are in compliance w ith the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the Machinery
Directive 2006/42/EC and The Lifting Operations a nd Lifting Equipment Regulations (1998) (LOLER).
We can confirm that these products w ere thoroughly examined before despatch.
Applied Technical Standards:
- AS 4991 - 2004: Lifting Devices
- BS2573: Rules for the Design of Cranes: Part 1: Spec. for classification, stress calcs
& design criteria for structures.
- ASME B30.20-2010
B30 20 2010 (R
(Revision
i i off ASME B30.20-2006)
B30 20 2006) ffor b
below-the-hook
l
th h k lifti
lifting devices.
d i
- ASME BTH-1-2008: Design of Below the Hook Lifting Devices

ASME, AS,BS,DNV, NORSOK, AISC, etc.

All of these Standards have differences

which need reviewing

Same timescale and cost for a 2t beam

as that of a 2,000t beam

Signature:
For and on Behalf of Modulift UK Ltd
Modulift UK Ltd, Unit 12, A lbany Business Park, Cabot Lane, Poole, BH17 7BX, United Kingdom

Tel: +44
44 (0)1202 621511 Fax: +44
44 (0)1202 632811

Email: info@modulift.co.uk

Web: www.modulift.co.uk

Registered in England and W ales Registered No. 4601952

VAT No. 803 2566 52

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Standard Similarities

Modulifts standard range of equipment passes all of these standards

BS 2573-1:1983 Rules for the design of cranes uses permissible stress

ASME:BTH-1:2011 uses factored loads but only small changes

Drop Link At each end of our Spreaders

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Setting the Standard

What Does The Law Say?

LOLER Lifting Operation and

Lifting Equipment Regulations

EC Machinery Directive

What do they include?

= Must use a standard
= New Design must be proven
= 6 Monthly Inspections

What does this mean?

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Option 2

Option 1

3.1 Material Certs

WPQR, WPS

Standard Paint

Certificate of Conformity
(shows compliance with
UK law)
-20C Standard
Type approval

Cost:
60% - 70%

Lead:
Next Day

*Based on a 100t Spreader

As per previous box plus:

ITP

Weld Maps

Proof Load Test &

Procedure

3rd Party Witness

Offshore Paint Spec

Calculations Report

NDT & Procedure

Cost:
75% - 80%

Lead:
3-6 Weeks

Option 3

As per previous boxes plus:

3.1/3.2 Material Certification

Full Welding Book inc. Weld

Maps

DNV Certification of
Conformity for Manufacture

Supplementary Procedures

Weld Consumable Storage

Procedure

Materials Handling & Storage

Procedures

Up to -40C - Low
Temperature Material

Cost:
100%

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Lead:
6+ Weeks

In Conclusion

Keep an open mind

Know what is available

Consider your specifications

Safety above all else

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Thank you for your time
Please feel free to ask any
questions

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