Pit Safety Covers
Pit Safety Walk-On-Roll-Up Covers
Whether you are looking to safely cover your machine way, inspection pit, or tank, Dynatect’s Steelflex covers can be customized to suit your application environment and power requirements.
Key Benefits:
- Reduces fall hazard and meets OSHA requirements
- Self-supporting cover span provides safe walk-on surface while cover is not in motion
- Long lengths and wide spans
- Custom manufactured to your pit size
- Allows easy access to service machines
Application Spotlight
Large machine tools such as planer mills often are installed partially below floor level, resulting in potentially hazardous pits. Workers must remove pit grates or slats to service the machine. Here, metal roll-up, walk-on covers offer an alternative. Typically made of reinforced stainless steel, these covers allow partial pit access while preventing falls at other times or into other pit areas.
Case in point: One aircraft manufacturer uses large fiber placement machines to build fuselages from composites. Adjustable tailstocks of the two-station machine travel on guideways located in a pit below floor level. Production workers must access workpieces as they’re produced, necessitating pit covers during production, yet also requiring a way to remove the covers for repairs and adjustments. Grating is time-consuming to move, and slats require complex support structures that complicate maintenance tasks. Instead, the aircraft manufacturer uses rugged walk-on metal pit covers with extruded aluminum stiffening ribs bonded to stainless steel sheets; there are no hinges to collect debris. These roll up onto steel rollers equipped with take-up mechanisms.
