How heavy lifting on a small footprint can be done safely

At AIS Eurelo, many of our projects involve lifting heavy machinery and equipment inside factories throughout Europe, often in confined and congested spaces. As experts in heavy machinery moves and heavy lifting operating across Europe, we have both the expertise and the specialist equipment to deliver heavy machinery removal and heavy machinery installation projects on a small footprint, safely, efficiently and cost-effectively.

Assessing your heavy lifting requirements

The first step in designing a heavy lifting project around your requirements is for our team to visit your site, and carry out a site survey. Our Europe-wide branch network means we have the international reach to assess your project requirements in this way.

We talk to your team about your operational needs and safety protocols, and inspect both the asset that needs to be moved, and your factory environment, so that we have all the information we need. If your heavy machinery move project involves the installation of a new machine, we may also liaise with your machinery supplier for detailed information about the weight and dimensions of the asset, and any potential for lifting it in sections to enable assembly at the installation site.

With this knowledge, we can advise you on any modifications that may be needed to your building in order to carry out the heavy lifting project, and any operational requirements, such as isolations or diversions of mechanical and electrical services. We can also create a bespoke risk assessment and method statement (RAMS), which will specify the most appropriate heavy lifting equipment and trained personnel from our team.

Preparing for your heavy lifting project

All our heavy lifting projects are meticulously planned and carefully choreographed by trained personnel from our team, using the most appropriate heavy lifting equipment from our fleet. Prior to the heavy lifting project we can carry out a range of preparatory operations including:

• Match marking.
• Footings and foundations.
• Mechanical and electrical isolations.
• Mechanical & electrical diversions.
• CDM services for temporary access/egress.

By helping you prepare in advance, we can limit any downtime or disruption involved in your heavy machinery lifting project.

What’s the best lifting equipment for heavy machinery lifting on a small footprint?

At AIS Eurelo we have a varied fleet of lifting equipment and commercial vehicles based across our European branch network. but the heavy lifting equipment we most commonly deploy for heavy machinery moves and heavy lifting is our Megalift range of hydraulic gantries.

Our Megalift hydraulic gantries can lift up to 1000t on a small footprint, making them the ideal heavy lifting equipment for heavy machinery moves, machinery removal and machinery installation in a confined space – including factory reconfiguration, asset rationalisation, and factory set-up projects.

Our Megalift hydraulic gantries enable safe and efficient heavy lifting and heavy machinery moving projects for a wide range of scenarios including:

• Where there are restricted floor loadings.
• Environments with oversailing restrictions.
• Buildings with access/egress limitations.
• Projects with a requirement to lift a heavy asset with no dismantling.
• Projects where there is a need to turn or rotate heavy machinery or equipment.

Using the power of hydraulics, our expert teams use our Megalift hydraulic gantries to raise, lower, turn, tilt and traverse safely and efficiently, without the added costs or disruption involved in dismantling roofs and steelwork.  Our Megalifts enable our teams to set up under, over, around or adjacent to the load, so that we can design the heavy machinery lifting project around your requirements. That includes considerations of the weight, shape and sensitivity of the asset that needs moving, along with the location, your operational needs, and health and safety best practice.

Flexible heavy lifting equipment for every environment, anywhere in Europe

Our expertise in heavy lifting and our Megalift hydraulic gantry systems mean that we can complete an entire heavy machinery lifting and moving project with a single piece of kit. With their travelling jacks, our Megalift hydraulic gantries allow us to move the heavy load forward or back. They also have a side shift system which enables heavy machinery moves from side to side. We can even rotate the asset as part of a heavy machinery lifting and moving project, thanks to our Megalift turntable system, and we can increase the distance of the lift using counterbalancing techniques.

With Megalift hydraulic gantries that run on either diesel or gas within our fleet, our team can advise you on the safest and most efficient choices for your specific heavy machinery lifting project and operating environment. Get in touch with us to find our more about how we can deliver your heavy equipment lifting project in Europe on a small footprint or in a confined space.