Sunbelt Rentals has taken delivery of a new modular lifting beam that it says represents a next level for the lifting industry.

Designed and manufactured by Britlift, the Multilifter ML180 can be used as an under beam, a lifting beam or an H-frame, with 16t safe working load or a semi-spreader up to 23t. Sunbelt worked with Britlift on the ML180 and placed the first order. Britlift has a patent pending on the design.

Gary Joyice, director of lifting at Sunbelt Rentals, said: “This is a game changer for the lifting industry. It offers more versatility than anything we’ve seen before - it is like the Meccano of lifting beams. The ability to quickly and easily configure it as multiple products will be warmly welcomed by lifting professionals and construction contractors.

“The feedback we have received from our clients is impressive. One of the common challenges occurring on site is when they realise, they don’t have the right beam for a specific lift, which leads to delays while one is sourced. The Multilifter minimises this downtime because it can be quickly reconfigured.”

Britlift designed the versatile Multilifter ML180 to be configured as a lifting beam, H-frame or lifting frame, under beam, cantilever/counterweight lifting beam, forklift lifting beam, lifting skid and more. Adaptors include various types of lifting points, excavator hooks, trunnions, multi-point lifting arms, and clamps, with more already in development. 

“Sunbelt Rentals challenged us to create something that could meet the broad needs of the major construction contractors working on some of the UK’s most demanding infrastructure projects,” added Liam Botting, managing director of Britlift. “The result of these discussions is the Multilifter ML180, a Swiss army knife for the lifting industry."

Britlift will support Sunbelt and other rental customers by holding strategic stock of the ML180, along with all of its attachments.

The Multilifter ML180 is available now from Britlift. For further details, visit https://britlift.com.