Spreader beams: Importance of in-service inspection and maintenance

A Nobles Spreader beam

Spreader beams are overhead lifting equipments used to carry heavy weights in industrial and construction areas. They are also used in shipping industry and are of quiet some use. Working with spreader beams is safe until they are maintained and inspected on regular bases. Once you broke the regularity of inspection, there will be no surety for safety left.

It is very important on part of the foreman and the operator to check the spreader beams on regular bases. The number of workers in industrial and construction areas are quite high and even the slightest of the problem can cause injury or loss of life.  Furthermore apart from the workers, even the slightest problem in the spreader beam can cause damage worth thousands of dollars to the adjacent properties.

The spreader beams come with a manual in which you can find details about how they should be inspection and maintained. The inspection should be done on daily basis, as it will not consume much of a time.

Summing up, the spreader beams can turn into dangerous tools once any error occur in them, so for the safety of lives of the people working where these are used, it is better to inspect, spreader beams regularly.