Cantilevered Custom made work platform – Excent UK:
A Bespoke work platform manufactured and designed at our factory in the UK with the aim of making the best work platforms to meet working at height regulations.
Airbus’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Broughton is part of their ‘Wings of Tomorrow’ research and technology programme, working on the creation of new prototype aeroplane wings, with the goal of making aviation as a whole, more sustainable. To do this, they needed a way to safely access the trailing edge of their wing cover. The solution to their problem was a cantilevered (vertical support fastened at one end) aircraft access system to fit over the main assembly jig.
Airbus operatives would need to perform inspections and to carry out drilling and fastening procedures. The aircraft access step as designed by Jasper Products makes all of this easy, with 1200mm extendable handrails to keep staff safe while working out on the wing.
Another consideration made to the safety of Airbus employees was the implementation of GRP (glass re-enforced plastic) mesh secured to both the platform area and the extendable handrails. The mesh eliminates the risk of anyone’s hands becoming trapped in the apparatus.
The platform is designed to be easily movable, and to be positioned at any point along the trailing edge of the wing as needed. As such, the handrails themselves are simple to adjustable and manually operated, allowing workers to adapt the platform to comfortably suit any configuration they should require.
Jasper Products is proud to play a part in providing aircraft access solutions whilst facilitating work for a more sustainable future.