FLAT JACKS
Low height steel capsule jacks
The Structural Engineer's Solution for Temporary & Permanent Load Transfer

Calibrated Flat Jacks & Weighing

A Flat Jack which has been pre-opened fitted with a pressure gauge or transducer, sealed and then calibrated in a press can be used as a robust, accurate load cell.

This load cell Flat Jack can be placed in tandem with a standard Flat Jack of the same size.

The twin jacks are then installed beneath the structure at the weighing position. The weight of the structure taken by inflation of the standard Flat Jack registers a pressure in the calibrated graph, provides an accurate weight.

Using this principle Fagioli PSC Limited have weighed offshore structures ranging from modules of several hundred tonnes to complete integrated decks of over 30,000 tonnes to an accuracy better than +/- 1%. Where necessary for lighter structures an arrangement is available with greater accuracy.