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Durapac’s Safe D Lock™ Jack isn’t just for heavy trucks, it can also lift trains and locomotives. In this application, a customer needed to lift the locomotive to service the tri-mounts on the bogie suspensions. The total load of the locomotive was in excess of 100 tonne and their existing standard 50 tonne hydraulic jacks […]

Unlike other jacks on the market, the Durapac Safe D Lock is also a fully Rated Safety Stand. The internal mechanical locking system on the Safe D Lock allows an operator to mechanically lock out the jack with a press of a button. This does away with unsafe locking collars. The Safe D Lock is […]

A busy, major city transport bus workshop had a challenge with lifting up buses in their pits, due to the low clearance height of the buses. To get stands or jacks underneath the correct supporting beams they needed a way of lifting the buses up, just enough. The standard bottle jacks they assessed were all […]

A Durapac RG-252 Cylinder was used in conjunction with a Durapac P-2200 Two Speed Hand Pump and a Durapac HPS-0602DR 2m hydraulic hose in this application. The customer was having difficulty removing a stator from the tapered shaft in the motor housing. They had tried several methods and could not use force blows in case […]

A solution was needed at a mine site for a bolting application on the primary Jaw Crusher. A new approach was needed following an injury on the site where a large and heavy pneumatic rattle gun had been used. A Specialised Force (SF) representative inspect the application and needed to provide a solution within 1 […]

A rail contractor needed to assemble insulated track panels prior to installation of new track in tunnels. 24 x Durapac DTJ-2.5 (2.5 tonne capacity) toe jacks were used lift and lower the rails lengths onto the insulated pads so the levels could be set prior to assembly. These toe jacks provided an inexpensive alternative to […]

Track frames needed to be removed from a Hitachi EX5500 Hydraulic Excavator – operating weight 522 tonne. The Durapac syncMASTER combined with 4 x 500 tonne capacity RD-50018 cylinders provided a high level of precision and safety. The precision was particularly important during re-assembly of the track frames and allowed the mounting bolts to be efficiently […]

A gold mine contractor needed a safer way to breakout large 145mm hexagon nuts. The Durapac LPC30 was the perfect choice. Combined with the high strength aluminium 533mm (21 inch) extended reaction arm the tool could use the adjacent nuts for a safe reaction point. Using the Durapac PET-1114 three speed electric pump made the […]

This 67m long, 17m wide bridge’s abutments and piers had moved significantly during earthquakes leading to the bridge deck dropping and twisting. Repairs required the installation of temporary abutments and the use of high precision, computer controlled lifting equipment to straighten, level and raise the bridge deck. Durapac’s syncMASTER System provided an array of five […]