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Concrete Boom Pumps Inspection, Certification and Design Verification

Inspection and Certification
In accordance to current Work Cover and Work Safe regulations an inspection and certification of
concrete boom pumps and concrete placing units with the boom are mandatory on yearly basis.
A preventative maintenance and inspection regime, established by Milop are efficient method to
provide safe operation of the plant. It includes pre-operational checks and tests, necessary repairs,
routine inspections at specific time intervals depending of the boom age.
Milop engineers through their many years of experience in inspections, with high level design and
structural analyses knowledge of concrete boom pumps have developed a strong skills for:
- observing the signs that indicate that the structural component may have faults,
- special control and test of the high stressed spots and zones on the boom, linkages outriggers,
- unusual or uneven wearing of components caused by indirect reasons,
- cracks and other discontinuities,
- on the spot crack testing,
- early detection of excessive wear.
On the basis of these and other inspections techniques and maintenance procedures, our engineers
inspectors are confident about operational safety of the plant.
If an inspection is successful, the certification for continued operation will be issued.
Testing after major maintenance
Our professional engineers oversee the machine overhaul, checking all test reports (crack test,
ultrasonic test), and make expert decisions about the conditions of the components and its repair or
replacement.
Experience has shown that in many cases at an overhaul, unnecessary replacement of the costly
components are done and it increases the cost of the overhaul without reason.
Also, repair of the structural components are done in an inadequate manner, without following
manufacturer or engineers recommendations, so the damage is repaired, but at the same time it has
created negative stress state making the elastic component partially inflexible, causing again bad spot
and cracks appearance.

Concrete boom pump 36m under

the full test load after "6 yearly"
overhaul

Boom 28 m under the test load

After complete overhaul, our engineers, calculate the test load in accordance with Australian Standards
and testing the boom with 25% overload.
In this way, the machine's ability is tested to operate safely on the maximum loads.
After the testing the Six Yearly Certificate is issued.
Recent accidents have shown the importance of proper testing of the machine after overhaul. Most
likely, if the complete and proper testing had been conducted, the accident may have been averted.

Concrete boom pump 36m

under 25% overload

Test load on the 36 m concrete boom pump

"One side support"

Very often the concrete boom pumps works in crowded city centres, or narrow roads where full
opening of outriggers is restricted. As the concrete placing boom stability is very crucial parameter of
the boom safe operation, partially opening of outriggers is delicate decision.
If machine operation is required with partially open outriggers Milop engineers will calculate necessary
test load along the boom, then test the machine on stability in accordance to Australian Standard.
If testing of the machine is successful a certificate for operation for "one side support" will be issued
with all necessary instructions and recommendations.
Concrete boom pump 28 m was tested

and certified for "one side support"

Concrete boom pump 42 m

under the test load

Concrete boom pump 45 m on the testing for "One side support" outriggers.

Design Verification of the concrete boom pumps

Under the new established Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 the all new designed and
imported concrete boom pumps and concrete placing booms should be subjected to the design
verification and compliance with Australian Standards.
Milop engineers are leading experts in Australia for performing the verification in accordance to the
above Acts.

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an engineer call us 10 am - 5 pm EAT, Mon- Fri

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Milop Design and Consulting Pty Ltd

PO Box 3345
Wetherill Park NSW 2164
ph: (612) 9823 4818 fax: (612) 9823 8578
m. 0413 424 819
milop@tpg.com.au, michael@milop.com.au

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