Masonry Magazine June 2004 Page. 35
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The Hydek unit contains a CPU that prevents the machine from becoming out of level or carrying excess loads, ensuring safe operation. The Hydek unit is also the only in its class that operates with just one lever, rather than three.
Bennu product because we had a large customer base that had invested in Bennu and we wanted to ensure that we were able to continue to serve them over the useful life of their Bennu machines."
Patterson explains where some often overlooked benefits can be found when doing the ROI on a scaffolding system. "Another big area, and maybe not the most obvious, is if you've reduced your labor, you've got reduced insurance cost and, therefore, reduced exposure to liability and workman's comp. You have to look at it beyond just one job, out over a longer period of time, and then you'll see a meaningful impact."
Traditionally, multi-lever systems operate a mast climber power unit. The Hydek unit, however, uses a single-lever system. Patterson adds, "Our system also incorporates a very sophisticated computer system that uses a PDA. If the machine is out of balance on one side, for example, and you need to true it up, the computer will tell you that. And it will read in Spanish and five other languages as well. In the real world, we have a lot of Spanish-speaking people that work on the product, so now we can switch the mode to Spanish and they can read all the instructions and everything that is going on with the system."
He notes that Hydek has improved feedback in other ways. "On most systems, there is no measuring device to say how much weight is on the deck. We have changed that so if we have a 20,000-pound capacity and the workers put 22,000 pounds on it, it is going to read up on the screen 22,000 pounds-won't lift. When the unit is in a cantilever situation or on a roof of an existing structure and we can only apply 12,000 pounds of weight, we can set the system to 12,000 pounds and it won't lift after 12,000 pounds."
One Hydek user, Perry Sanders, Vice President of Caretti Inc., Camp Hill, Pa., sums it up by saying, "Once it's in place there are no hidden hazards, and Hydek helps us save money because the faster I can get the scaffold in place, the faster the masons can start laying bricks."
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