Unimec Lets Its Light Shine And Realizes Four Screw Jacks For An Oil Plant

If, for some industrial sectors, summer is a less intense season for the production, it’s not so for Unimec: in July the Italian company has worked without intermission to satisfy the increasing requests of its own customers, both new and long standing.

If, for some industrial sectors, summer is a less intense season for the production, it’s not so for Unimec: in July the Italian company has worked without intermission to satisfy the increasing requests of its own customers, both new and long standing.

The need of one of these customers represented a big challenge for Unimec that, as usual, has been able to find an ad-hoc solution: the need was the realization of four screw jacks for an oil plant in Lyons.

We are talking about a huge plant in which the role of the screw jacks is fundamental because they are employed for the handling of a support element: all the components and the accessories of the special screw jacks that Unimec has realized specifically for the application play a key role.

The end fitting for rocking mounting and spherical bend are particularly remarkable: these screw jacks - TP 160 model with translating threaded spindle - have a shaft more than 7 metres long and, if we think about the application they are designed for, it’s clear that every mistake in the planning stage could have threaten the entire operation.

But, once again, thanks to the competence and experience of the technical and productive staff of Unimec, the order has been finished without glitches; also the shipping of the screw jacks hadn’t been easy: we are talking about four screw jacks and two bevel gearboxes and every screw jack weighs more than two tons!

To complete the kinematism Unimec provided the client also with blade couplings, shaft R+W and special motor Motive: a complete package that fully satisfied the needs of the customers that, last week, came to o Unimec headquarter for an inspection.

This order represents a victory for different reasons: first for the confidence shown by the customer that chose to rely on Unimec for such a delicate request; then for the planning, a great challenge that drove Unimec’s staff to do its best; and last but not least the shipping, once again realized without problems.

Another reason to be proud for the Unimec’s staff!