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Posted By Francis E S Hone
Does anyone have experience of welding lifting eye's,Lugs or rings to a steel skip for the purpose of transporting heavy castings by crane
we are talking up to 2.5KG in weight. does the welder have to be coded what do we need to do to load test and determine a safe working load for such skips. Thanks for any info / help in anticipation
Regards Frank
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Posted By A Campbell
Francis,
By the sound of things... this is not a temporary or 1 off installation of lifting eye for the purpose of just moving an item?
I would be looking at coded welder and load test for such a system
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Posted By Francis E S Hone
You are right it is used daily we have 65 of these things Aprox 1x2 metre filled with small and large castings. i need to convince the powers that be that they are not legally complient
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Francis
As soon as you put lifting lugs onto an object that will then be used to contain items for lifting then you have created a piece of lifting equipment and testing etc must be undertaken before use, see the definition of regulation 2.
Even as an item of work equipment under PUWER the same arguments can be applied.
If lugs are fitted to the actual item that will be installed, eg lifting lugs attached to say a pump casing then they do not need testing as long as the lugs form part of the design and associated specification. This specification would then include such as welding requirements as well as inspection and testing regimes.
Bob
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Posted By TonyB
The above is true. It becomes lifting equipment and is therefore subject in full to LOLER. Before its first use it must be inspected/thoroughly examined/tested by a competent person and they may require prove of weld soundness (NDT testing!).
It may be possible to 'over engineer' the weld so that the competent person may for go the weld check - especially for a single lift.
The same requirements also apply to any 'self repairs' to lifting equipment.
All the best,
TonyB
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