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Once the container is loaded, a hydraulic barrier swings into place to hold the load back while the slip mat is removed by the dual-directional pulling
mechanism.
moved along by the dual-directional slips out from underneath the product once
pulling mechanism underneath, which the container is loaded.”
comprises four hydraulic cylinders moving
lengths between 6.1m and 12.2m and is
of the cylinders move up, fitting into able to carry 30 000kg in weight.
the sheet’s holes and securing it, while
The unit is free-standing, meaning it is
the cylinders pull the sheet forward, easily positioned wherever the container
ensuring that the product is guided into will be delivered to a factory. Alternatively,
the container safely, void of damage as Mc Vicar explains, “It can be free-
through unnecessary handling, dropping, or standing or mounted into the loading
scuffing. docks, within a customer’s building. We
When the load is fully loaded within
can then load the material/product within
the container, a hydraulic rear barrier (gate) the building. When the container comes to
affixed to the end of the platform and the loading bay, the contents are unloaded
positioned in front of the open end of the using the Slip Sheet.”
container, swings across the container
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The Slip Sheet can load containers in
in sequence. Hydraulic pins on the ends
After-sales is vital with any product
With the Combilift
Slip Sheet, we are
not limited to any
market; we will be
available in whichever
country we conduct
business, including
South Africa.”
Martin Mc Vicar, Combilift
Irish manufacturer Burnside Hydracyl, he
opening and is locked in place across the produced by Combilift, the MD stresses. informs. All hoses come from Gates, a
entire width of the platform. “The purpose He explains that the various components US brand, recognised as global leaders
of the barrier is to hold the material/product have different origins of manufacture, in power transmission and fluid power
within the container while the metal sheet with the Hardox steel made in Sweden, products and services. “The brand is well-
is extracted from underneath it,” Mc Vicar the hydraulic motors/pumps coming known internationally, even readily available
says and comments, “That’s where the from Bosch Rexroth in Germany, and in South Africa and is a standard SAE hose
name Slip Sheet comes from. The sheet the hydraulic cylinders being supplied by line,” Mc Vicar notes.
JULY 2018