24.02.2010

New lightweight portable crane

The Porta-Davit is made from aluminium and is lightweight enough to be carried easily by two people, then lifted into embedded sockets on site and is ready for use within minutes.

The new crane, the Porta-Davit has been designed, developed and manufactured by Chepstow, UK, based Reid Lifting and is specifically designed for water and waste treatment plants where pumps, valves and filters need to be lifted for inspection on a regular basis.
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MD Nick Battersby with the new Porta-Davit

Many of the pumps weigh over half a tonne and currently engineers have to rig up large machines or build permanent structures to carry out this work.

Managing director Nick Battersby said: “The water industry in particular struggles with increasingly heavy pumps and filters that have to be lifted and the benefits of such a unique system as ours were immediately recognised.

Reid Lifting specialises in the design, development and manufacture of lightweight lifting systems, such as its five tonne Porta-Gantry 5000.