ALE Struts Mega Jack 800

This latest piece of technology to be included in ALE’s Innovation Series is designed to bridge the gap in the capacities of current solutions, and is able to be integrated with other heavylift equipment.

The Mega Jack 800 is based on similar principles to those of the world renowned, record breaking Mega Jack. It will provide jacking solutions for a wide range of industry sectors including civil, mining, power generation and offshore.

The Mega Jack 800 is made up of jacking towers, each with a capacity of 800t, and is totally scalable to accommodate a wide variety of individual projects.

It is containerised, can be built completely at ground level and utilises a low assembly height for installation.
Multiple towers can be combined with a starter beam to create 1600t and 2400t capacity per jacking point.

The Mega Jack’s computer-based system controls the automated programming and operation of the cassette feed-in system. For minimal on-site disruption this feed-in system requires only one point of feed which can be on any side to adapt to restricted space.

The jacking cassettes plus starter beam and end cassette can be bolted together to take up to a massive 25% uplift per corner.

“This gives the unbraced system an enormous horizontal load capacity”, said Ronald Hoefmans, Group Technical Director of ALE.

For projects that require a multi-application solution the Mega Jack 800 can integrate with other services, such as skidding systems, to provide a complete solution and additional services such as bridge launching.

It is this high capacity relative to its size, together with its versatility, that marks this system out as both innovative and unique.

Harrie Smetsers, Research and Development Manager at ALE said: “We conceived the idea of the Mega Jack 800 through careful analysis of the current market, and identifying areas for improvement in efficiency.

We believe we have created a system which integrates successfully with current solutions by bridging the gap in capacity, and enhancing the capability we can offer”.

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June 4, 2014