GeWalt extends the product catalogue into machinery solutions. Operation on EC construction sites is only permissible with a mechanical holding device according to EN 13155, and that standard is what this product is built around.
Why a glass company sells lifting equipment
Because we lift glass. A 12mm toughened panel two metres square weighs roughly 120kg, and that is a normal size for a shopfront leaf or a balustrade run.
Manual handling at that weight is how backs and fingers get damaged, and it is also how panels get dropped. A vacuum lifter grips the face of the sheet by suction, takes the weight mechanically, and lets one or two people position a panel that four could not safely carry.
EN 13155
The standard covers non-fixed load lifting attachments. It is the reason a compliant device is not an optional upgrade: on an EC construction site, a lift using a non-compliant holding device is not permitted at all.
If you are specifying equipment for a site that works to those rules, the compliance is the specification.
Sizing it
Pad count, lifting capacity and power option are all set from the panels you actually handle. Send us the largest panel size and weight in your work and we will specify from that rather than from a standard package.
The full range and specifications are in the machinery catalogue PDF above.
Related
For hand tools rather than lifting equipment, see glass tools. For the glass itself, see tempered glass doors.
