Adjustable Custom Access Solutions provide the ability to operate at a wide range of platform heights. This type of adjustment gives the worker access to various working positions and allows one ladder to replace multiple static height ladders. The adjustment is provided by either hydraulic hand pump or via standard shop air for ease of use.

Project Description: Vertical Engine Stand
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Specialty platform system for prototype aircraft engine work. The stand is adjustable in height and inside radius. Universal design allows for use on both sides of the structure.
Features:

• Photo eyes disable lift when personnel are below platform
• Strobe light and alarm sound during adjustment
• Sensor prevents lowering of tables with the ladder down

Project Description: Mobile Utility Access Ladder
Industry: Utilities
Application: Mobile design and extended height adjustment range allows servicing at multiple locations and eliminates the need for site specific systems.
Features:

• Hydraulic lift system
• Adjustable work platform cage
• Grip Strut® safety tread
• Rise/run automatic adjustment

Project Description: Adjustable Height Truck Access
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Used to gain access to a coal truck for maintenance work. The unit adjusts in height for various applications using shop air to drive a pneumatic cylinder. The articulating steps allow the rise/run to remain consistent at any height.
Features:

• Aluminum/Steel hybrid construction
• Grip Strut® steps
• Adjusts through 40" of vertical travel
• Screw jacks for enhanced stability on irregular terrain

Project Description: Portable Tanker Access Ladder System (PTALS)
Industry: Transportation-Trucking
Application: Provides safe access and fall-protection for workers at elevated work areas. Customize by choosing your system height, platform size, wheel kit and fall arrest options.
Features:

• Adjustable height for site versatility
• Wheel options available for various terrain
• Numerous platform accessories available for customization

Project Description: Mobile Assembly Platform
Application: Replacing optical components in laser arrays at a research facility. The adjustable-height platform can be moved easily eliminating scaffolding that had to be collapsed and re-built for each new location or working height.
Features:

• Two independent battery­operated lift tables
• Full guardrails and gates on both platforms
• Automatically telescoping ladder access
• Bolt-on outriggers can be relocated front or back

Project Description: Aircraft Pylon Access Stand
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Improves sensor access in the pylon area above aircraft engines. The curved platform with side rails cantilevers over the engine to allow a worker to lean comfortably and safely over the pylon.
Features:

• Hand pump hydraulic adjustment eliminates need for power source
• Adjusts for different aircraft or loading situations
• Grip Strut® walking surfaces do not collect rain or snow
• Rubber bumpers protect aircraft from accidental contact

Mobile Platforms can be positioned in and around the work area for greater versatility. These platforms incorporate step locks, locking wheels, and floor locks or screw jacks for added system stabilization and safety. Mobile platforms allow your custom access solution to be as dynamic as your work flow.

Project Description: Bus Top Platform System
Industry: Transportation-Bus
Application: Designed to provide safe access to rooftop components of mass-transit vehicles. The mobile system can be used for a variety of different vehicle types and sizes.
Features:

• Locking swivel wheels for mobility
• 20" height range adjustability with a forklift or crane
• Removable bridge section for smaller vehicles
• Swinging guardrails pin to opposite platform creating complete safe zone

Project Description: Cantilever Tank Access Ladder
Industry: General Industry
Application: Mobile platform designed to fit inside contoured structure. Adjustable platform is ergonomic and efficient.
Features:

• Protective bumper on front edge
• Diamond plate steps and desk
• Removable guardrails
• Swing gate at top of steps

Project Description: Wind Generator Motor Access Stand
Industry: Wind Energy
Application: Designed to provide mobile access to wind generator motor fans during production. The top sections drop into place after base platforms are positioned.
Features:

• Steel/Aluminum construction
• Grip Strut® walking surfaces
• Built-in lifting points on top platforms for overhead crane
• Steel base sections have a step lock mechanism

Project Description: Refrigerated Truck Maintenance Platform
Industry: Transportation-Trucking
Application: Designed to provide safe access to the refrigeration units on freezer trucks during maintenance and inspection.
Features:

• Adjustable height for use with a wide range of truck sizes
• Heavy-duty wheels for durability in the field
• Center guardrail includes cut away for refrigeration unit access
• Grip Strut® platform surface

Project Description: Helicopter Access Stand
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Designed to be positioned by one or two people to provide access to a helicopter airframe. The pull-up railing post allows rotor to fit underneath during placement.
Features:

• Screw jacks at corners for enhanced stability
• Cutaway in center of platform to accept rotor shaft
• 2 person or 500 lb capacity
• Switchback access ladder

Project Description: Valve Access Platform
Industry: Utilities
Application: Designed to access valves over large pipes inside treatment facilities. Easy to move from pipe to pipe with minimal setup effort.
Features:

• Galvanized finish for wet environment
• Grip Strut® platform does not hold water
• Maximum clearance under the platform
• Spring-loaded swing gates at access points

Mobile Fall Protection Systems provide the user with overhead anchorage that can be moved around from application to application. Ideal for situations where an overhead structure is unreachable or does not exist. These systems are robustly built and are typically rated for up to at least two users. Adjustable in height, they provide an active fall protection solution for a wide range of applications.

Project Description: Adjustable Free-standing Ladder Access System
Industry: Transportation
Application: Designed to provide safe access and fall protection for workers at elevated
areas. Comes standard with adjustable handrails, foam-protected platform, two anchor davits and a fall arrest ladder anchor. Available in a range of heights and wheel styles.
Features:

• Lightweight aluminum and powder-coated steel
• Adjustable in height
• Easily moved by hand
• Overhead anchorage point for personal fall arrest systems

Project Description: Adjustable Quad Frame System
Industry: Transportation
Application: Provides mobile overhead anchorage point for your fall protection system. Ideal for use over large equipment and vehicles. Versatile system is available in adjustable or fixed height versions.
Features:

• Lightweight aluminum and powder-coated steel
• Easily moved by hand
• Overhead anchorage point for personal fall arrest systems

Project Description: Adjustable Free-standing A-frame System
Industry: Transportation
Application: Combines the security of an overhead fixed anchorage point with a portable structure. Ideal for providing fall protection to workers performing maintenance on top of large vehicles or equipment.
Features:

• Constructed of lightweight aluminum
• Easily moved by hand
• Provides horizontal mobility for up to 3 workers
• Overhead anchorage point for personal fall arrest systems

Project Description: Adjustable Free-standing Horizontal Rail System
Industry: Transportation
Application: Designed to provide safe access and horizontal fall protection on or near sensitive equipment. Available in a range of heights and widths. Complete with overhead horizontal rail and two trolley anchor points.
Features:

• Lightweight aluminum and powder-coated steel
• Adjustable in height
• Easily moved by hand
• Overhead anchorage point for personal fall arrest systems

Docking Systems represent a number of FlexiGuard™ products combined to form a system to gain access for maintenance repair operations or production work on aircraft
and vehicles, Each system design is tailored to the application based on the type of work being performed, and the aircraft or vehicle being accessed.

Project Description: Aircraft Docking System
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: This docking system provides full coverage to the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft. The specialized cantilevered design minimizes overall footprint.
Features:

• Crown face high capacity wheels
• Rubber bumper material at potential contact points
• 2,000 lb capacity pendant operated jib crane
• 12 person capacity (6 person per level)
• 50° forward descent staircases on each half

Project Description: Full Aircraft Docking System
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Docking system for complete airframe allows full access to elevated areas of the aircraft. Workers can walk the entire perimeter without having to travel up and down the stairs.
Features:

• Screw jacks to lock platform in place during use
• Rubber bumper material at potential contact points
• 12 person capacity (6 person per level)
• Traction tread walking/working surfaces
• Descent staircases at multiple access points

Project Description: Jet Wing Docks
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Provide safety to U.S. Air Force personnel during sand-blasting operations on aircraft. Individual platforms encapsulate the wing area and can be handled separately, or linked together when in use.
Features:

• Floor locks for added stability
• Removable 42" guardrails
• Diamond tread walking surfaces
• Manual height adjustment via forklift or multiple people
• Protective bumpers along inside of platforms

Project Description: Helicopter Access Stand Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Designed for gaining access to the helicopter airframe in hangar environments. Incorporates swinging fall protection railing to guard areas of the aircraft that can be walked on, and includes relief cut-outs on the platform to accept parts that extend from the aircraft.
Features:

• 50° forward descent ladders for access to platform
• Full bumper on contact points with aircraft
• Pneumatic flip doors accept engine cowling when open
• Adjustable height railings eliminate contact with rotor during positioning

Cantilevered Systems allow the user to be suspended over an area of interference. These products can be mobile or fixed and provide the user with a way to reach over obstacles that standard access equipment cannot. This is an ideal solution when working on or near delicate structures such as aircraft.

Project Description: Horizontal Tank Access Ladder
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Designed to lean over the curvature of a horizontal tank to gain access to a hatch on the top.
Features:

• Angled rest platform allows user to lean-in and reach components
• Oversized wheels easily handle rough surfaces
• Leveling jacks provide stability during work
• Counter-weighted design for added safety

Project Description: Cantilevered Engine Access Ladder
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Designed to maintain turbine engines for the aeronautical industry. The cantilevered platform and mobile design allow access to a variety of applications.
Features:

• Welded steel construction
• Grip Strut® safety tread
• Step Lock® safety system
• 50° safety angle ladder
• Mobile design

Project Description: Generator Access Ladder
Industry: Utilities
Application: Cantilever design with floor access provides opening for worker accessing generator in power plant.
Features:

• Steel construction with locking wheels
• Floor opening provides access to structure below
• Platform is fully surrounded by guard rails

Project Description: Engine Access Ladder
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Provides safe access over the top of aircraft engines on the manufacturing floor. Side cantilever design allows the stand to fit into tight spaces.
Features:

• Locking wheels for mobility
• Counterweighted for a 450 lb capacity
• Adjustable height to fit different engine designs
• Cantilever platform can be interchanged with guardrail for use on either platform

Project Description: Helicopter "Beanie Stand"
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Designed to access the "beanie" area on top of the rotor on helicopters. Platform designed to hang over the helicopter and adjust in height. Articulating ladder adjusts its incline automatically with the changing platform height.
Features:

• Locking wheels for mobility
• Cantilever support under the helicopter eliminates the need for counterweight
• Height adjust with hand pump and hydraulic cylinders
• Articulating ladder maintains code-compliant rise over 36" height adjustment

Project Description: Wind Generator Hub Access Ladder
Industry: Wind Energy
Application: Provides safe access to the top of the hub to rig overhead crane lifting point for plant floor transportation.
Features:

• Grip Strut® walking surfaces and heavy-duty locking wheels
• Guardrails extend over top of hub for complete protection
• Cantilevered design provides close-up fit
• 75° marine angle ladder to minimize footprint

Fixed Platforms are custom designed to fit into a single application. These systems are typically permanent, becoming an integral part of the work environment. These platforms are typically used for machine access in production facilities, but have many more applications within industry.

Project Description: Spray Ball Tank Access
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Designed to access tanks for daily maintenance. The ladder has cutouts to fit around the tank and a swing ladder for access in a confined space.
Features:
Platform with Marine Angle Ladder

• All stainless steel construction
• Cutouts around tank and pipe
• Grip Strut® steps and deck
  

Features: Swing Ladder with Platform

• Lightweight aluminum construction
• Designed for storage when not in use
• Diamond tread deck

Project Description: Platforms to Access Tank Monitoring Equipment
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Designed to access valves, sensors, and other equipment over stainless steel storage tanks. Light enough to be setup by hand and moved to different locations.
Features:

• Lightweight and corrosion resistant aluminum construction
• Diamond tread walking surfaces
• OSHA-compliant handrails, guardrails and walkway size

Project Description: Heavy-Duty L-Shaped Crossover
Industry: Utilities
Application: Designed to provide access to a recessed concrete pit at a power plant. Crossover feature allowed access over a short wall.
Features:

• Galvanized finish for weather resistance
• Grip Strut® does not collect rain, snow, or debris
• Varied ladder heights available
• Foot plates for bolting to a concrete pad

Project Description: Gas Truck Access Gangway
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Designed to provide access to the tops of gas trucks in a prefabricated truck dock building.
Features:

• Hi-Vis yellow and reflective tape enhances driver visibility
• Gangways have pneumatic assist pistons for ergonomic use
• Grip Strut® walking/working surfaces
• Center guardrail on platform is cut away for refrigeration unit access

Project Description: Oil Pipe Crossover System
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Designed to span over existing pipes, duct work, and walls. Crossovers designed in multiple small sections for ease of installation.
Features:

• All aluminum construction
• Heavy-duty channel frame
• Wide grip strut steps and deck
• Adjustable feet for leveling purposes

Project Description: Locomotive Production and Maintenance Platform
Industry: Transportation-Rail
Application: Designed for maintaining and servicing various locomotive components. Modular system allows multiple platforms to be connected together.
Features:

• Welded steel construction
• Diamond tread work surface
• Grip Strut® safety tread
• Powder-coat finish

Fixed Ladders and Staircases allow for vertical access to rooftops and mezzanines, as well as many other applications. Fixed ladders travel 90º vertically and are typically used for periodic access to locations, while fixed staircases are setup for frequent access.

Project Description: Fire Escape Staircase System
Industry: Construction
Application: Designed to provide emergency egress for multiple levels of an existing building.
Features:

• Lightweight aluminum construction
• Perforated steps for traction and drainage
• Handrails and guardrails with balusters for safety
• Connections to ground and building
• IBC compliant rise and run on all steps

Project Description: Dual Aluminum ADA Staircase
Industry: Construction
Application: Designed to provide ADA compliant stair access to a building. Features:

• Welded aluminum construction
• ADA compliant hand/guardrail system
• ADA compliant rise/run step constraints

Project Description: Roof Hatch Access Ladder
Industry: General Industry
Application: Designed to provide access to a roof hatch.
Features:

• Mid-way platform for easy hatch access and opening
• Perforated tread rungs and Grip Strut® platform
• Will accept flexible cable ladder safety system

Project Description: Galvanized Access Stair and Ladder
Industry: Utilities
Application: Designed to provide stair access to a municipal water treatment plant.
Features:

• Galvanized finish for weather resistance
• Bar grating steps on the staircase
• Heavy-duty channel and pipe constructed staircase
• Non-slip rebar rungs on the fixed ladder

Project Description: Fixed Tank Access System
Industry: Oil and Gas
Application: Designed to provide access to the inside of a storage tank for cleaning and preparation work.
Features:

• Powder-coated steel construction
• Grip Strut® walking surfaces for maximum traction
• Swinging cantilever platform can be locked in place
• Sliding aluminum ladder does not contact inside of tank

Project Description: Fixed Steel Ladder System
Industry: Utilities
Application: Designed to access a storm drain for periodic maintenance and inspection. This system has both a galvanized and powder-coat finish to increase the product lifespan in a continuously wet environment.
Features:

• Galvanized and Powder-coated finish for weather resistance
• Grip Strut® rest platforms
• Rest platforms cut to fit diameter of existing storm drain
• 42" guardrails at each platform level

Job Specific access solutions are designed for very unique circumstances in specialized applications or environments. Many times these systems incorporate multiple custom access solutions. If you have a difficult application, we can tailor a solution to address your needs.

Project Description: Shelf Access System
Industry: Industry
Application: Designed to navigate narrow aisles and negotiate tight corners. Provides safe access and retrieval of items on shelving units.
Features:

• Unique 3-piece design for tight spaces
• Battery powered winch transports heavy material to ground safely
• Safety chains allow full access to both sides

Project Description: Ladder for Off-Loading Trucks
Industry: Transportation-Trucking
Application: Improves worker ergonomics and efficiency when unloading trucks. Light enough to hand-carry and easy to set up.
Features:

• Self-adjusting feet for uneven ground
• Guardrail hooks over truck bed
• Deep top step for standing room
• Grip Strut@ steps are self-cleaning

Project Description: Cooling Tower Access System
Industry: Utilities
Application: Modular access system fits over cooling tower mouth providing a safe work surface during maintenance.
Features:

• Grip Strut® platforms
• Platforms pin into position during use
• Frame has adjustable mounts for flexible install
• Perimeter guardrail and kick plate

Project Description: Under-floor Access Solution
Industry: General Industry
Application: Work basket extends below floor providing a comfortable position to reach pipes for maintenance and repair.
Features:

• Lift rings for movement by crane
• Platform extension folds out increasing floor space
• Guard rails around opening prevent fall hazard

Project Description: Locomotive Access Platform
Industry: Transportation-Rail
Application: Designed to provide locomotive workers safe boarding access by eliminating jumping the gap between the platform and the decking.
Features:

• Narrow width matches locomotive decking
• Leveling pads with grip texture prevent shifting
• Lightweight for easy placement and handling
• Guard rails to eliminate the need to balance

Project Description: Aircraft Cowling Access Stand
Industry: Transportation-Aviation
Application: Used for gaining access under the aircraft cowling after manufacture. The curved platform rotates backwards, and the top telescopes downward to allow system to fit under the struts holding the cowling open.
Features:

• Screw jacks for stability
• Rubber bumpers at contact points
• Grip Strut® steps
• Hydraulic hand pump telescoping system
• Curved lean pad for ergonomic position