A Melbourne tram operator Yarra Trams, and a contractor Downer EDI, required better access to the side and top and edge protection for the roof of the A, B and Z Class trams during the life extension program works, which included a full interior strip-out and replacement, servicing or replacing air-conditioning units on the roof work on the pantograph.
Here’s what SafeSmart’s custom shop designed and built, enabling workers to complete the job more safely and efficiently.
• 6.4mL x 2.7mH x 1.0mW access platform.
• Platform base width 1.0m.
• Interchangeable LH and RH side guardrail frames allow the platform to be used on either side of the tram.
• Extra guardrail posts attach to the inside edge of the platform up to max. 4.1mH.
• Stairway access, 11 steps, 45-degree angle of slope, grip tread extrusion steps with fibreglass anti-skid nosings.
• Guardrail, midrail, and toeboard frames on both sides of the platform with an access gate centrally on one side.
• Handrail and midrail on both sides of the stairway.
• Self-closing swing gate at both ends of the platform and casters set back, allowing end-joining of two platforms.
• Foam rubber buffer to all the leading edges of the platforms.
• Mobile on 200mm swivel/braked plate casters with height-adjustable base jacks.
• SWL 1000kg.
• Mobile edge protection frame on opposing side of the train; 6.4mL x 0.7mW x 4.1mH. This frame is supplied in two sections to facilitate freight.
• Foam rubber buffer to all the leading edges of the frames.
• Mobile on 200mm swivel/braked plate casters with height-adjustable base jacks.
• Telescopic clip-on guardrails 2.5mL – 3.5mL
• 45-degree angle instead of a 70-degree angle of access.
• Self-closing gates.
• Box section aluminium used in manufacture instead of C-channel or I-channel.
• Full design drawings completed for the customer to sign off before manufacture.
• Large 200mm swivel/lock castors as opposed to smaller castors, which make it difficult to roll across tracks.
• Telescopic grasper rails allow use on multiple different tram types, saving money.
A Melbourne tram operator Yarra Trams, and a contractor Downer EDI, required better access to the side and top and edge protection for the roof of the A, B and Z Class trams during the life extension program works, which included a full interior strip-out and replacement, servicing or replacing air-conditioning units on the roof work on the pantograph.
Here’s what SafeSmart’s custom shop designed and built, enabling workers to complete the job more safely and efficiently.
• 6.4mL x 2.7mH x 1.0mW access platform.
• Platform base width 1.0m.
• Interchangeable LH and RH side guardrail frames allow the platform to be used on either side of the tram.
• Extra guardrail posts attach to the inside edge of the platform up to max. 4.1mH.
• Stairway access, 11 steps, 45-degree angle of slope, grip tread extrusion steps with fibreglass anti-skid nosings.
• Guardrail, midrail, and toeboard frames on both sides of the platform with an access gate centrally on one side.
• Handrail and midrail on both sides of the stairway.
• Self-closing swing gate at both ends of the platform and casters set back, allowing end-joining of two platforms.
• Foam rubber buffer to all the leading edges of the platforms.
• Mobile on 200mm swivel/braked plate casters with height-adjustable base jacks.
• SWL 1000kg.
• Mobile edge protection frame on opposing side of the train; 6.4mL x 0.7mW x 4.1mH. This frame is supplied in two sections to facilitate freight.
• Foam rubber buffer to all the leading edges of the frames.
• Mobile on 200mm swivel/braked plate casters with height-adjustable base jacks.
• Telescopic clip-on guardrails 2.5mL – 3.5mL
• 45-degree angle instead of a 70-degree angle of access.
• Self-closing gates.
• Box section aluminium used in manufacture instead of C-channel or I-channel.
• Full design drawings completed for the customer to sign off before manufacture.
• Large 200mm swivel/lock castors as opposed to smaller castors, which make it difficult to roll across tracks.
• Telescopic grasper rails allow use on multiple different tram types, saving money.
