PECM Issue 43 2020 | Page 165

Orplex bring together innovations, focus, ideas to the areas of lifting, hoisting, rigging and cable management. Powered winches – electric, battery and petrol. Accessories for fitting include; ropes, webbing, slings, shackles, snatch blocks, ground anchors and mounting brackets. Products are offered in a range of materials and finishes including; • Steel – painted finish for most indoor standard winching / pulling applications • OCP – Organic Compound Protection Coating for marine / clean room applications • Stainless steel - for marine / offshore and pharmaceutical / clean room environments • Zinc - for marine, outdoor and pharmaceutical environments • Polyamide – for aggressive, corrosive or clean room environments Applications include • Manufacturing in process engineering • Handling & movement of objects in cleanrooms • Winches for trailers, or for pulling in boats and caravans (on driveways, slips ways for example). • Movement of tower masts, lighting towers and scores boards. • Operation of drape / curtains, washing lines, clothes maidens, blinds. • Movement of trolleys / bogies on rails. • Lifting of doors / hatches for example in Biomass applications. • Scaffold hoists for construction • Battery and petrol powered capstan winches for cable handing, forestry and agricultural • Operation of sluice gates in canal / water works, lifting/ lowering of pumps in water treatment works. For further information, please visit www.orplexltd.co.uk or www.winchshop.co.uk or call 0161 674 9136 Issue 43 PECM 165