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Miller Bearings
17 S. Westmoreland Dr.
Orlando, FL, 32805
USA
Press release date: June 22, 2009
The Problem: How to tilt a 14 foot wide by 42 foot long platform containing a slab of cement weighing 60,000 pounds from a horizontal position to 80 degrees from the horizon in an arc with a distance of 93 inches. The platform and cement slab are on a mobile truck trailer, no electricity is available and space under the platform is limited to about 3 feet.
The Solution: Provide a battery start, 24 horsepower, gasoline engine driven hydraulic power unit system with (4) five-stage telescopic cylinders along with all necessary manually operated valve controls. Additional requirements of the system included the ability to provide power and motion to (2) outrigger stabilizer arms that must be moved horizontally a distance of five feet and vertically down two feet, prior to any attempt to tilt the platform, in order to assure there was no possibility the trailer would tip over from an unbalanced load.
Features of the system provided by Miller Bearings included passive interlocks, preventing operator error, assuring that the outrigger stabilizer arms were set in place prior to any attempts to raise the platform.
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