Moving heavy machines, equipment and other products that are beyond human strength in workspaces is dependent on mechanical lifting.
Without efficient lifting operations, companies will not be able to achieve increased productivity and would have to spend more on budget.
Lifting in large industrial and distribution companies is done using heavy lifting equipment. It is important for any company that is bent on achieving increased efficiency to use high standard lifting equipment for all lifting activities.
Over the decades, Hydraulic Cylinders have been used for productive lifting in industries across the globe. They are actuation devices that use pressurised hydraulic fluid to produce linear motion and force.
Hydraulic cylinders can be categorised into two major groups;
- Single-acting hydraulic cylinders.
- Double acting hydraulic cylinders.
Single-acting hydraulic cylinders are pressurised for motion in only one direction, while double-acting hydraulic cylinders are pressurised to move in vertical, horizontal or any other direction.
The various types of hydraulic cylinders that are used for lifting include high tonnage construction cylinders, lightweight aluminum cylinders, hollow plunger cylinders, long-stroke/high cycle cylinders and general purpose cylinders.
Operational lifting activities in your company can be easier, faster and safer when you make the right hydraulic lifting cylinders readily available. When lifting is done with low standard hydraulic cylinders, it exposes workers to severe injuries and makes your company non-compliant to safety standards.
Protecting the health and wellbeing of your employees often depends on how proactive you are in promoting safe working conditions.
Being proactive to occupational health and safety standards does not only protect you from being exposed to sanctions from regulatory bodies but also promotes a culture of increased efficiency.
What to consider when choosing a lifting cylinder
Before making a choice of hydraulic cylinder for lifting operations in your company, you should have a clear understanding of the underlisted. This will empower you to make the right choice of hydraulic cylinder for your lifting operations.
- What is to be lifted, pushed, pulled, pressed or held and the weight
- Distance in which the lifting will have to take place
- The cycle of the lifting operation i.e. is it high or low?
- The state of the operating environment, i.e. internal or external?
- Available space for positioning the cylinder.
- How available is the supply for hydraulic accessories.
- Special safety and protection requirements for using the hydraulic cylinder.
PowerTeam Hydraulic Cylinders for Industrial Lifting
PowerTeam is strategically positioned to help companies address all their hydraulic equipment needs. We understand and strongly believe that increased productivity can be achieved through the provision of the right equipment for the right job.
Our highly efficient products for safe and productive lifting include,
C – SERIES General Purpose Cylinders
PowerTeam C-Series General Purpose cylinders are powerfully built. They are adherent to all quality standards and are long-lasting. They are perfect lifting and pressing actuators that are single-acting. They have spring return actuators that provide forces from 5-100 tons.
The C-series hydraulic cylinders are perfectly designed to suit all general lifting operations in any environment. They have aluminum bearings that reduce wear facilitated by off-center loads. Their maximum-sized spring speed return prolongs the life of the spring, which further promotes your cost savings on budget.
In order to make the cylinders thread properly and efficiently onto piston rods, collar or cylinder rods, PowerTeam has a wide range of C-Series hydraulic cylinder accessories that makes that feasible.