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Lifting and rigging solutions for offshore projects

September 2024 Motion Control & Drives

BMG’s dedicated Tools & Equipment Lifting and Rigging division provides solutions for lifting and rigging challenges in all industries, including automotive and tyre manufacturing, paper and pulp, sugar, forestry and agriculture, and marine and mining. “BMG’s dedicated Lifting and Rigging team supplies and supports a broad range of quality branded equipment, which is enhanced by a technical advisory and support service designed for simplified, efficient and safe procedures in every application,” explains Tools & Equipment Lifting and Rigging specialist, Tanita Rousel-Brett. “An important sector of our service is in offshore projects, which demand specialist solutions for safe and effective lifting and rigging in arduous conditions.”

BMG’s Kito Crosby product portfolio, which is perfectly suited for dependable use in offshore projects, includes wide body and bolt type shackles for heavy and critical offshore lifts, cold Tuff Bolt type shackles for lifts conducted in extreme weather conditions, and Crosby SP load monitoring solutions. ROV shackles and hooks are manufactured to withstand the toughest conditions, and are suitable for use with a variety of remotely operated underwater vehicles.”

BMG is a sub-distributor in southern Africa of the Kito Crosby brands and product portfolio, which includes Crosby, Gunnebo Industries, Crosby StraightPoint and Crosby IP clamps. Included in BMG’s extensive range of tools, lifting and rigging equipment are electric, chain and lever hoists, geared and plain crawls, chain, wire and webbing slings, hydraulic and pneumatic hoists and winches, and manual Tirfor winches and ropes. The range also comprises high-pressure hydraulic tools, mechanical ratchet jacks, jib cranes and eye bolts.

BMG complies fully with the requirements of the lifting machine and lifting tackle regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) Act 85 of 1993. The company’s lifting machinery inspector (LMI) is certified in terms of the Engineering Profession Act 2000 (Act no46 of 2000) and is a registered member of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). BMG has approval from The Department of Labour in terms of the driven machinery regulations 18 (5) of the occupational and safety Act 1993, for examining and testing of lifting machines and lifting tackle.

BMG specialists consider the safe operation of lifting and rigging equipment to be one of the most critical aspects in materials handling, and recommend that customers’ equipment is independently load tested annually or as per requirements, and inspected every three months. The company has a fully equipped trailer and is able to offer an onsite load testing service for customer convenience and peace of mind.

For more information contact Tanita Rousel-Brett, BMG, +27 11 620 7467, [email protected], www.bmgworld.net


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