Industrial design of lifting beams and accessories

Bespoke Industrial Turning Columns

Colonnes de retournement installées chez le client

The turning columns are lifting and turning devices. CIPAL designs and manufactures them to order for industrial applications. They handle heavy and bulky components at floor level. No overhead travelling crane is thus required for the turning operation.

The system combines a motorised column and a free-rotating column. Each column integrates a motorised vertical translation slide. Both vertical movements are synchronised to ensure even lifting of the component. In the event of a power failure, the slide positions are furthermore maintained automatically.

The motorised column drives continuous 360° rotation of the load. The free column consequently follows the movement without constraining the component. Mechanical interfaces adapted to each mould or component therefore ensure precise and safe connection throughout the turning cycle.

CIPAL adapts each set of columns to component dimensions and operational output. The engineering department moreover takes into account the specific workshop constraints. Every unit is delivered with a complete technical file: operating instructions, structural calculations and CE marking.

Technical Specifications

 

  • Configuration: 2-column set, one motorised and one free-rotating
  • Safe Working Load (SWL): Defined according to application
  • Vertical stroke: Tailored to required turning height
  • Rotation: Continuous 360°, horizontal axis, motorised on master column
  • Synchronisation: Both vertical movements via flow divider
  • Safety: Position maintained in the event of power failure
  • Load interface: Horizontally sliding spigot, adaptable to span variations
  • Enclosure: Mechanism protection against dust
  • Design standard: NF EN 13001 compliant, calculations per FEM 1.001 edition 3-98
  • Marking: Identification plate, CE marking, certificate of conformity

 

Applications

 

  • Turning of moulds and heavy components in workshops without overhead crane
  • Handling of large-scale structures at floor level in complete safety
  • Precast concrete, plastics and heavy mechanical engineering industries
  • Production environments requiring full 360° floor-level turning
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