PHL Hydraulics UK, a prominent UK-based company, has completed its inaugural bridge project using Enerpac cube jack technology.
This comes as the company becomes the first in the UK to incorporate the Enerpac SCJ-Series 100-ton (90-tonne) cube jack system into its suite of lifting solutions.
“We’ve had our eye on the Enerpac cube jack incremental lifting and lowering system for some time and see it as a strategic investment in Enerpac heavy industries,” said Anthony Redmond, managing director of PHL Hydraulics UK. “It’s a perfect fit with our jacking experience, offering substantial lifting power in a compact footprint.”
The company recently completed its first project using the Enerpac SCJ-100 cube jack, installing 12 pre-cast concrete bridge decks, each weighing 110 tons (100 tonnes), on an estuary crossing. The decks were transported to their respective pier locations via a fabricated causeway on self-propelled modular transporters.
Upon reaching the locations, the cube jacks, supported by a temporary frame, were elevated to over 1.8 m, manoeuvred between the piers, and then lowered onto pre-set bearings.
Redmond added: “We’re now being asked to handle larger civil projects, and the Enerpac 100-ton cube jack gives us the lifting capability and deployment speed we need.”
