Featured product: Volvo ITC Type 2 Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP)
An example of the types of Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWPs) Wilshaw can design and register with the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is the Volvo ITC Type 2 MEWP.
Its key functional and safety features include:
- Designed in accordance with AS 1418.10 (2011)
- Inward opening, self-closing & locking door
- Multiple 2-person fall arrest anchor points
- Kick plates all sides
- Floor mesh (<15mm aperture)
- Side mesh
- Handrails all sides
- Crush bar – for overhead protection
- Volvo quick hitch arrangement
- Available in single-deck & hi-lift configurations
The complete design’s key features include:
- Emergency control system – located in the control box on the platform and on the chassis of ITC, it includes emergency stop (shuts down ITC engine) and emergency lower (lowers the work platform by bleeding hydraulic fluid to reservoir)
- Camera system – displays a view of the work platform to monitor personnel and allows visual communication between the operator and personnel
- Quick connection to ITC – work platforms are fitted with standard Volvo ITC attachment hooks, and hosing and wiring for components fitted with a quick coupling
- Tyre pressure monitoring – monitors all four tyre pressures on the ITC using sensors on valves of each wheel, has a low-pressure, audible alarm and visually indicates which tyre(s) are affected
- Stability control system
For more information about the Volvo ITC Type 2 Mobile Elevated Work Platform, MEWP design registration or any of our design and drafting services, call +61 8 9479 0800 or email info@wilshaw.com.au.
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