RegupolŪ anti-slip mats and stripes
Load Securing Examples for Trucks/HGV
Panels
Many panels have a very smooth top surface and therefore should be transported on pallets or packaged in a single unit. By the appropriate use of anti-slip mats between the packing units or pallets, it is possible to limit the extent to which lashing belts are used to secure the load.
Packages
It is indeed possible to secure packages of sheet metal to form a single unit, however this is seldom done, since it compromises the light-weight nature of the cover. Therefore anti-slip mats provide an important accessory to the secure a load of sheet meal packages. Mats, strips or pieces should be placed between each layer.
Concrete panels
Anti-slip mats are flat - therefore they can be used between each layer of concrete panels, without the total structure becoming too high.
Concrete pipes
In order to keep the effort required to secure loads to a minimum, transverse support beams need to be constructed and anti-slip mats laid underneath.
Concrete steps
Lashing belts and anti-slip mats between each of the steps additionally provide an optimum method of securing the load.
Machine parts
In order to keep to a minimum the total effort required to secure the load, anti-slip mats are laid over the loading area to prevent the parts slipping.
Metal pipes
When the pipes are loaded onto the trailer lengthways it is above all necessary to ensure that there is sufficient hold from the side. In addition, the lower layers need to be secured with wedges as a closed unit – while anti-slip mats are needed for transverse beams and in between the pipes.
Container
As a rule containers are loaded as a closed unit and do not require any further form of securing. However, it should not be forgotten that there is a load inside the container! Lashing bands, timer frames and anti-slip mats can be used effectively to prevent the load inside slipping.
Paper coils
If rolls of paper are loaded with a transverse axis, anti-slip material should be laid underneath the rolls. This provides sufficient hold for the first layer of coils and the securing wedges. The second layer should be separated from the first layer with anti-slip material across its full length.
Short length coils
Short length coils can be loaded to form a single unit by supporting them against the parts of the vehicle that are capable of bearing a load. Wedges should also be used that have been sufficiently dimensioned to fit and which are secured against slipping by timber frames. It is essential that anti-slip mats be placed under and between the coils.
Rod coils
Most of the transport vehicles have a loading area that consists of a hard-wood base and exposed lengthways beams down the vehicle - on this surface it is racing certainty that wire rod coils will slide all over the place. Therefore it is essential that anti-slip mats or strips should be laid underneath the coils.
Load Securing of Goods
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