Skidding systems
Holmatro’s Skidding Systems are suitable for moving industrial objects and installations with exceptional sizes and weights to locations where using a crane is not an option. Due to the user-friendly modular construction of both systems they are easy to adapt to each load size and project.
200-ton Skidding System: this system is exceptionally lightweight and designed for loads up to 200 tons. It boasts an impressively low construction height and consists of lightweight components, enabling easy usage without the need for additional lifting tools like a forklift. The 200-ton Skidding System is ideal for moving objects in situations with limited insertion space.
400-ton Skidding System: the 400-ton Skidding System is extremely robust and capable of handling heavy loads, making it suitable for moving very large and heavy objects, such as large transformers. This system's strength ensures smooth and efficient movement even for highly challenging tasks.
Holmatro's Skidding Systems provide reliable and effective solutions for transporting industrial objects of exceptional sizes and weights to their intended locations. With the flexibility and strength of these modular systems, moving heavy loads becomes a manageable and efficient process, offering an alternative to traditional crane-based operations.
Holmatro's Skidding Systems provide reliable and effective solutions for transporting industrial objects of exceptional sizes and weights to their intended locations. With the flexibility and strength of these modular systems, moving heavy loads becomes a manageable and efficient process, offering an alternative to traditional crane-based operations.
EQUAL PUSHING AND PULLING CAPACITY FOR CONTROLLED POSITIONING
The principle of the Holmatro Skidding Systems is simple; each system consists of a set of tracks, beams and push-pull units with a push-pull cylinder. The load rests on the beams, which move horizontally in the tracks. To optimally guide the beams, the tracks are fitted with extremely low-friction sliding pads. The beams are connected to the push-pull units, which are fitted with a push-pull cylinder with equal pushing and pulling capacity. This allows the system to perform both actions safely and in a controlled manner. The double-acting cylinders in the push-pull units are connected to a hydraulic pump by hoses. This powerful Twin pump has two equal oil flows that can be controlled independently.
Pieterjan Van Iseghem, Managing Director Heavy Lifting & Handling: “The destination in Stonehaven could only be reached via a poorly accessible, narrow and very steep slope. We even had to get the assistance of a dumper truck for the last bit of transportation. Eventually the transformer was unloaded at the right place and positioned on the foundation provided by using cylinders and Holmatro’s Skidding System. Without this system we would not have been able to carry out the job so safely and controlled.”