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An enterprising Queensland
contracting company has developed
a safer, faster and more cost-efficient
way to assemble heavy ABON
coal feeder chain links by replacing
strenuous manual labour with compact
and powerful Enerpac hydraulic power.
Gibson Instrumentation Services
(GIS) has eliminated the need to use
flogging tools during on-site assembly
by introducing into its workshop a
neatly portable Enerpac combination
of C-clamp, 10-ton cylinder and
lightweight PU series electric economy
pump with pendant control and
pressure gauge for safety.
The new combination is used in
ABON OEM work in the workshop to
precisely assemble chain lengths often
weighing more than a ton, typically
achieving tasks in one day that
previously might have taken several.
The Enerpac combination – developed
by a GIS team led by manager Paul
Keenan – weighs less than half the
37kg of the previous customised tool
TO
HAMMERS
GIS manager Paul Keenan demonstrates placement of the Enerpac C clamp used in combination with an RC106 10-ton
single-acting cylinder, PUJ1201E economy pump with pendant and G253L pressure gauge for safety and control.
20 February 2019