ITI Releases New Programs, Materials for Heavy Transport Industry
May 20, 2015 - Industrial Training International announces new offerings for the specialized transport industry.
The company notes that Marco van Daal, heavy transport authority and author of The Art of Heavy Transport, has collaborated with Industrial Training International in 2015. Van Daal is an instructor for the Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering Program, where he lends his more than 25 years of heavy lift experience to provide unique and insight to the challenges of the industry.
ITI also rolled out a Hydraulic Platform Transporters Reference Card. Created by ITI and The Works International, which was founded and operated by van Daal, the reference card is full colored, two sided, laminated, and offers 16 panels of field reference information.
Topics include:
- Principle Working Definition & Terminology
- Transporter Types & Required Axle Lines
- Hydraulic Stability/Tipping Stability
- Structural Stability/Capacity
- Spine Beam
- Ground Pressure
- External Forces: Curve or Centripetal Forces
- External Forces: Wind & Acceleration/Deceleration Forces
- External Forces: Gradient Forces
- Lashing & Securing
- Goose Neck
- Beaufort Wind Scale
Additionally, ITI is offering an instructor-led Specialized Transport & Heavy Lift Master Class. The course is designed for personnel involved in specialized transport from contract transport organizations and OEMs, to engineering companies and project owners in the oil and gas, power generation, and other plant-environment industries.
The course looks at engineering principles of hydraulic platform trailers (HPTs), like self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs), as well as a variety of other load-handling equipment. Heavy lift, jacking and skidding, and load-out (roll-on/roll-off) project case studies are utilized for students to gain a broad understanding of the art and science of specialized transport and heavy lift operations.
Course Subjects include introduction & terminology; dimensions & weights; center of gravity; heavy transport; heavy lifting; jacking & skidding; anatomy of an accident; maintenance; and ro-ro operations.
The Specialized Transport & Heavy Lift Master Class is a two-day course that is carried out at client locations around the world.
