Tuesday, June 28, 2016

A lift please!

We've found the MultiCam CNC plasma cutter a very handy tool to create all manners of brackets, lifting lugs and joining connections for the Viking ship features we are creating for Motiongate in Dubai. One size and shape does not nearly fit all.

As we designed out features many weeks ago, we engineered into the structures hard points to mount, join and lift each feature. These were located precisely in order to achieve a balanced and safe load as we lifted each piece. On the bottom or end of each piece is a place we can bolt it to a custom size pallet which is designed to slip into a shipping container and not allow side to side movement during the 11,500 kilometre journey to Dubai.

We had to do all this plus design the hard points in such a way they would not be obvious when we were done. These sturdy mounting plates had to blend into the scenery.