Reaction Beam Systems

Designed for use with reaction piles, PMC's stock of reaction beam systems range in capacity to over 30MN, to suit two, three, four, six or eight anchor piles.

While the large capacity test beams involve the use of contract haulage and craneage, PMC is best known for pioneering its lorry-based packaged systems incorporating its patented cranked beam. These systems have revolutionised the way piling companies organise load tests, and the efficiencies made available to clients have brought them considerable cost savings.

No longer does a piling company have to:-

• Design a load frame, select the components from its yard, crane them onto a hired-in lorry, send additional manpower to site, provide a crane to unload the lorry and erect the frame on site.
• Re-mobilise labour and a crane, strip down the frame and load it out, transport back to yard, off-load and store it.
• Provide the Resident Engineer with design proposal, structural calculations, method statement and risk assessment.
• Worry about whether all the components have been sent to site or whether that one vital part gets "lost" in transit or damaged on site.

All these are efficiently taken care of by PMC and the piling company can concentrate on its core activity.

The PMC patented cranked beam was originally designed to allow the safe, stable use of only two anchors. Capacities of test beams of this design are currently available up to 3000kN, its inherent stability also makes this beam design suitable for use as a secondary beam in many situations.