Multi-sleeper lifting beam
the alignment is kept all the way to the setting down.
Synthetic image.
Several sleepers taken together, laid down in line.
It is not an earthmoving tool:
it is a lifting accessory.
Other names for this tool: sleeper lifting beam, multi-sleeper grab, sleeper handler.
- Family
- Sorting and gripping
- Classes (t)
- Medium and large
- Coupler
- All, by plate
- Power source
- Hydraulic, one double-acting circuit — flow and pressure: we calculate it with you for your machine
What it is for
Right: one sleeper at a time on the sling, and the sleepers laid end up askew.
What sets it apart:
the gain is not in the piece picked up, it is in the cycle — one manoeuvre instead of several.
Computer-generated image.
The lifting beam spreads the grip over several points and closes on a batch of sleepers.
The gain is not in the piece picked up, it is in the cycle:
one manoeuvre instead of several, and an alignment kept all the way to the setting down.
It is used in track renewal and track removal, where sleepers arrive and leave in batches.
The pace of the worksite then depends more on the organisation of the working window than on the speed of the machine.
A lifting beam is a lifting accessory, and it comes under those rules. Inspections, records, limits of use:
these obligations exist, they are not set by the supplier of the tool, and they are not discovered on the morning of the job. See the safety check valve.
On which machine?
They exist for machines from 14 to 24 t.
For example, on a 10 to 20 t excavator, the weight is generally from 1 300 to 1 700 kg.
A multi-sleeper lifting beam fits medium and large class excavators.
It attaches to all couplers, via a mounting plate.
The exact class and the lifting conditions of the excavator: we calculate them with you for your machine.
What the tool does
It is one of the tools for sorting and gripping.
Its safe working load and its weight: we calculate them with you for your machine.
What is needed on the hydraulic side
It needs a double-acting hydraulic circuit.
It generally needs from 25 to 50 l/min, depending on the size of the machine.
The flow and the pressure: we calculate them with you for your machine.
Figures taken from 9 models on the market.
Your study sets the exact value for your machine.
Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.
Have your machine checked.
Tell us the type of sleepers, the number per pick-up you are aiming for, and from what position the machine works.
State the terms of intervention agreed with the operator.
- Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
- The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
- The coupler in place Its system and its class.
- The work The use, and the material.
Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.
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Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.
What determines the choice
- 01 — The number of sleepers per pick-up It sets the suspended load, and therefore the machine, before it even sets the tool.
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02 — The type of sleeper
Timber, concrete, mixed:
the grip and the clamping are not thought through in the same way. - 03 — The working position From the track or from the access road, the reach is not the same.
- 04 — The orientation when setting down Lining up a batch calls either for a rotation, or for a very well placed machine.
What is checked before ordering
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The type and condition of the sleepers
New or removed:
it is no longer the same material. - The load chart at the setting-down reach Full batch, arm extended.
- The conditions of access to the track Set by the operator, before any choice of tool.
- The records kept for the lifting accessory Who checks it, how often, and with what traceability.
- Family
- Sorting and gripping
- Trade
- Railways
- Classes
- Excavator from 10 to 20 t
- Classes
- Excavator over 20 t
- Compatibility
- The seven criteria in detail →