Bin Block Lifters By CraneGear
Bin Block Lifters are essential to safe hoisting practices. We have a couple of ways to lift them from Eichinger.
Bin Blocks Lifted Correctly
Bin Blocks are Lifted regularly for traffic control, retaining walls and for other purposes. The way it’s commonly done involves grabbing it with an excavator with the thumb which can damage them if it’s a finished product. If it’s a system with a lifting eye built in like an ecology block, you’ll see people lift them with the eye. If this is a rebar eye it’s no doubt rusting and degrading by day. If it has a lifting eye in it, most manufactures will rate it for three lifts. From the form. To the Truck. Off of the truck and put in place. Manufacturers don’t want the long term liability, so they limit it said liability by rating it for three lifts. And if you’ve seen the ripped out rebar, or a failed buried in lifting loops, then you understand why it’s a bad idea to rely on these. So you might have people lift them off of the ground so they can get rigging under the blocks. It’s a massive amount of time putting the slings on and taking them off. Risk is in the mix while using the lifting eye. The rigging is in danger of cutting on sharp concrete edges as the D/d ratio isn’t respected when you choose to sling it. Then you need dunnage to land it on to protect the rigging from crushing damage as well. Or, alternatively, you can set the lifter down on the product. The cam switches on it’s own. When you lift it again, the block is lifted and you move off to the destination so you can set it down in place. If you fully release the load, the cam will switch. The clamp will no longer clamp on the material. And it’s off to the next lift.
Time Saved Equals Money Saved
Saving time means saving money. Crane operations can be $500 an hour or more. Every minute is $8.33. So if we can save two minutes per lift cycle with an automated cam versus putting on and taking off rigging, that’s nearly $17 per lift saved. Even if our clamp costs $4200, it’s 240 lift cycles or so to pay for it. If you are lifting blocks regularly, this is an easy decision. The truth is that you could get 10x that before you have to replace the rubber rails. 100x that before you are considering pins and other structural parts that might be equal to 5% of the cost so you can start the life cycle over with the same lifter. It can last whole careers with light maintenance. You might find ROIs are 20 to 50x on the expense if you are using the clamps.
Bin Block Clamp Options from Crane Gear
Bin Block Clamp Options can vary based on cost and what blocks you are lifting. For cost, our 1567 Ecology Block or Bin Block Lifter is dedicated to lifting Bin Blocks or Ecology Blocks. If you are lifting more than just a Bin Blocks, we have a load of options. Landscapers for example would love our 1562 Block Clamp due to the adjustability and load capacities. At the center of the lifter we have a set of pins that allow you to adjust the clamp surface in or out to match your lifted items width. For example, you can lift a K-Rail up to 8800 lbs and an Ecology Block with the same clamp. If you have small precast items to lift, we have smaller clamps you could select for those and save on the cost of the clamp, but still manage moving your precast materials quickly and easily.
Bin Block Clamp pin to change the width
1567 Bin Block Clamp
Lifting Clamps From Eichinger
If you need a lifting clamp for any precast lifting purpose, Eichinger and CraneGear are here to help. With our 20 page catalog, we’ll have what you need. If you don’t see what you need and you can’t find it on the market, give us a shout any way to see if we have it, but aren’t advertising it. Or maybe your need will be the motivation we need to manufacture the solution.
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