Lifting Equipment Testing
Ensuring compliance with industry regulations is critical for safe and efficient operations. Towne Lifting specializes in comprehensive load testing services to meet these stringent standards. Our capabilities include load testing, pull testing, destruction testing, and non-destructive testing, ensuring your equipment performs reliably under all conditions.
Our in-house testing facilities feature advanced test beds capable of handling loads up to 150 tons. This allows us to rigorously test and certify your lifting equipment, providing peace of mind and adherence to safety regulations. Trust Towne Lifting to deliver precise and reliable testing solutions, safeguarding your operations and enhancing equipment longevity.
All tests come with a written test procedure for client approval and can be witnessed in our Stockton test house. Our specialist team can carry out a wide range of testing to suit your needs including
- Load tests of up to 130t on our calibrated test bed
- Cranes, jibs and hoists
- Lifting beams and frames
- Runway beams and supporting structures
- Bespoke fabrications
- Deck cranes, davits and pad eyes on board vessels
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Following LEEA guidelines, calibrated weights with a prescribed overload replicate the lift. We conduct this test with our own weights and water bags, where appropriate, on Ship’s cranes and Davits for example.
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This is more of an efficient way to test onsite, and consists of using a ram or pulling against a fixed point and measuring the load with a calibrated load cell in order to get the overload.
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We have in-house facilities that allow for up to 150t to provide a controlled overload test.
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For newly designed equipment or batch testing, we recommend getting a Destruct Test. It determines the SWL of equipment by breaking the apparatus by applying increasing loads on our test beds. We are able to carry out a load test and then submit a certificate for the results. We require a complete set of design calculations for any items with a defined SWL to verify its construction before we can issue a certificate for it.
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This may be required by surveyors in order to check the integrity of the welds. The test is performed on a clean weld, 24 hours after the weld has been initially made; it cannot be painted or covered as it will interfere with the testing process.