31.01.2017

Samson launches new loading platform

UK lifting equipment company Samson Equipment has launched the Hardideck loading platform for loading materials onto high rise towers with cranes.

Designed in Australia as a crossover between a fixed and a retractable loading platform, the Hardideck aims to prevent the risk of relocating traditional type cantilever loading platforms between floor levels.

The platform is made up of two interconnecting halves, and ‘inboard’ section which is fitted to each floor and which remains fixed in position within the building, while only the outboard/cantilever section needs to be relocated between floors. This takes away any risk associated with working on an open edge, eliminating the need for harnesses.
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The outer half of the Hardideck platform being lifted into position

Each section weighs less than a tonne, meaning it can be installed and shifted between floors with self-erecting and smaller city tower cranes. Also a load bearing handrail means long materials such as formwork beams can be easily loaded out of a floor without the need for front opening gates often seen on traditional platforms, which can carry present additional hazards.
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The new Hardideck platform range

UK installations manager Jason Sudborough said: "The Hardideck platform is a truly amazing piece of kit with nothing like it available anywhere else in the UK. After some initial onsite training, crane crews have been able to relocate these decks between floors within five minutes, without ever being exposed to an open edge which makes it incredibly safe to use."

Managing director Steve Hardiman added: "These decks are used extensively back home in Australia and it was an obvious step to introduce them to the UK market once we had established Samson Equipment over here. The feedback we have had so far from our UK customers using the Hardideck system has been fantastic and we hope that new customers will soon realise that the safety features incorporated in the Hardideck also add up to time savings on site."