Stopping large steel pipes rolling down and causing damage at Cameron

Aberdeen, UK - When flow equipment company, Cameron, needed to save space at its site in Aberdeen by moving hundreds of large steel pipes amassed on the ground and storing them in tubular racking, it was concerned that the pipes, when moved by a sideloader truck, would roll down the forks causing damage to the racking.

Cameron engaged B&B Attachments, UK & Ireland distributor for forklift attachments maker Kaup, to devise an attachment that could stabilise a range of steel pipes measuring up to 6000 mm in length, with diameters ranging from 105 to 400mm and weighing up to 1500 kg. As many of the pipes are typically heavy at one end, the attachment also required a pivotal head, this allowed the rubber stabiliser pad to adjust to hold the loads safely.

The resulting device, called the Kaup 4T 129ST, has proved effective for storing a wide range of tubular steel pipes at Cameron. It has not only helped save time and increased efficiency but has also improved health and safety by ensuring that the pipes are handled safely and securely, said B&B.

“We were unable to safely store the tubulars on racking and therefore they were stockpiled on ground which used up valuable storage space,” said Alex Stephen, central service manager at Cameron in Aberdeen. “In addition to saving space the combination of the tubular racking, sideloader and attachment has also reduced the time needed to retrieve tubular items from storage as access is now very simple.”