What is mast climbing?

What is mast climbing?

Mast Climbing Work Platforms (MCWPs), or mast climbers, are a type of construction elevating equipment used to perform work at height. Mast climbers are equipped with a powered drive unit for propelling the work platform up and down a vertical mast structure.

How do mast climbers work?

Mast climbers are powered access solutions consisting of an elevating work platform fixed to either single or twin vertical masts. The work platform travels up and down the mast(s) using an automated power unit (APU).

When to use mast climbers?

Mast climbers and hoists are popular for external renovations and painting, hotel facade cladding work, office building glazing or cleaning, bridge construction or maintenance, in lift shafts, ship yards, power plants and more. For these types of uses mast climbers and hoists are about as versatile as you’ll find.

What is mast climbing scaffolding?

Mast climbing supported scaffolds (mast climbers) carry much heavier loads than traditional scaffolding and are used to position personnel and the necessary tools, equipment, and materials needed to perform work at great heights. Their small base footprint makes mast climbers very useful on projects with limited space.

What is a swing stage in construction?

Swing stage scaffolding is exactly what it sounds like: a platform stage that swings from a building. A platform that is suspended by either ropes or cables connected to stirrups located at each end of it. Swing stages are the most common type of suspended scaffolding and for many reasons.

Is a mast climber a hoist?

HOME / CONSTRUCTION HOIST / EQUIPMENT / MAST CLIMBERS The whole platform moves with the passengers, unlike alternative traditional scaffolding which means that operators can spend longer on productive tasks.

What is a swing stage scaffold?

In a swing stage scaffold, the platform is suspended from two points by cables or ropes, which are fixed to stirrups on each side of the platform. This configuration allows the stage to be raised and lowered easily with the use of hoist motors.

What is a system scaffold?

System scaffolding consists of vertical posts fixed to connection points at regular intervals. Horizontal and diagonal tubes are then slotted into this framework. It can be designed and installed into standardised bays, or interlocked to include cantilevers, bridges and protection fans.

How do you go up a mast on a sailboat?

A bosun’s chair is the most popular way to climb your sailboat’s mast, if you need to change a bulb in your masthead light, retrieve a lost halyard or perform any one of a number of rig maintenance tasks. Bosun’s chairs are comfortable and you can sit in them for a long time, so they make working on the mast easy.

What is stage scaffolding called?

Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man-made structures.