TSM Project 2008 - Deck Platform: Difference between revisions
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Their are 6 bolt holes in a 4ft side of steel deck, therefore 12 bolts and 12 nylon lock nuts will be required. I have chosen Nylon Lock Nuts as when in the air the platform will be suspended above peoples heads. The nylon lock ensures that the nuts cannot come loose and therefore are safer than standard M10 Nuts. | Their are 6 bolt holes in a 4ft side of steel deck, therefore 12 bolts and 12 nylon lock nuts will be required. I have chosen Nylon Lock Nuts as when in the air the platform will be suspended above peoples heads. The nylon lock ensures that the nuts cannot come loose and therefore are safer than standard M10 Nuts. | ||
Once the decks have been bolted together, the next step would be to wrap a round sling around each corner in a basket formation and link this, with a shackle to one end of the wire rope bridle. I would also do this at the joins on the Up Stage edge of the platform. | Once the decks have been bolted together, the next step would be to wrap a round sling around each corner in a basket formation and link this, with a shackle to one end of the wire rope bridle. I would also do this at the joins in the decks on the Up Stage edge of the platform, as an extra safety precaution. | ||
Once this has been done I would lower the required bars in, in this case Bars 29 and 25, and attach the other end of the bridle in the same way as before, via a round sling in a basket formation and a shackle. | Once this has been done I would lower the required bars in, in this case Bars 29 and 25, and attach the other end of the bridle in the same way as before, via a round sling in a basket formation and a shackle. | ||
