When one of the country’s largest Steel Manufacturers and Recyclers needed a below-the-hook lifting device to lift varying sizes of steel sheets with magnets, they selected Bushman Equipment, Inc. to engineer the solution.
The end product was a 14,500-pound motorized telescoping magnet beam.
“Telescoping” in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object. For this project, there’s a fixed frame with telescoping inner frames on each end.
There are five magnet locations in all: [1] centered on beam, [2] fixed at 12’ centers and [2] telescoping from 18’ to 32’centers.
Capacity equals 32,000 pounds live load plus the five magnets at 4,100 pounds each—making for a total load with magnets at 52,500 pounds.
The telescoping feature allows the user to handle a wide range of sheet sizes and adjust for different-sized sheets quickly. The robust construction, which Bushman is known for, allows the beam to handle shock loading that occurs when lifting with chain mounted magnets. The beam also features twin mounted replaceable bail pins.
Contact Bushman Equipment for a quote on a Telescoping Magnet Beam for your heavy duty material handling needs.
