Propping

Australian Scaffold provides a propping service using our telescopic / maxi props or for heavier loads we use the Layher Allround scaffold which makes an ideal propping system:

• being both a scaffolding and a propping system it is economic and versatile
• it has extremely high strength capacity values, is self-supporting and is quick to install

Allround in standard configurations up to six metres is rated for the following permissible loadings:

• with lifts of 2.0 metres – up to 45 kN per standard
• with lifts of 1.5 metres – up to 60 kN per standard
• with lifts of 1.0 metres – up to 70 kN per standard

Permissible loadings can be increased considerably further by:

• using Layher’s reinforced base jacks and U head jacks
• additional bracing (ledgers and diagonals), and / or
• joining standards with our unique twin wedge couplers

For example, a single six-metre Allround tower can support loads of close to 700kN or even higher! In applications where the load-bearing capacities of traditional falsework towers are exceeded, it is possible to use the heavy-duty towers and columns using Allround scaffolding. Heavy-duty spindles fit into specially designed heavy-duty top and bottom collars. This grouping of the standards allows a large increase in the capacity over individual standards. An extremely high load-bearing capacity is achieved by combining four Allround standards. This support can be used in a number of arrangements with various load-bearing capacities: a heavy-duty tower or a heavy-duty column. These arrangements can be further expanded by using Layher Allround standard components to cater for a vast variety of irregularly shaped areas. Appropriate static calculations should be performed to prove the appropriate configuration of Allround components for each individual situation. Refer to AS 3610 for acceptable criteria in installation of props and eccentricity of loading.