Scaffold Tower Review: The Optimum 50 Access Tower
When you need to work at height for long periods of time, you should consider alternatives to standard ladders. Scaffold towers provide a safer, more stable way to perform a variety of household, commercial, or industrial tasks. Scaffold towers are an appropriate use for indoors or outdoors. They’re easy to assemble and disassemble, and break down into a manageable size that’s easy to transport and store. Here’s some information on a scaffold tower we’re happy to recommend: the Optimum 50.
About Optimum 50
This is a high quality aluminum tower certified to the HD 1004 Class 3 standard. Also known as BS EN 1004, this important set of standards ensures the safety of workers using scaffold towers. For example, scaffold towers must have guardrails on the platform, especially when erecting or dismantling a tower. This regulation contains specifications for prefabricated mobile access and work towers that apply to industrial towers, the most durable type. The standards come from the European Committee for Standardization and are used in 18 different countries.
Optimum 50 Features
The Optimum 50 has a maximum safe working height of 5 metres. Components of this access tower include bottom and top frames, wooden deck, handrails, bottom rails, diagonals, cross members, stabilizers, and comprehensive multilingual instructions. An optional kit can be added to attach wheels to the tower for easy movement. This is a lightweight tower that is easy to assemble, disassemble and relocate, due to its durable design featuring a patented 25mm Bloctub® aluminum frame. Bloctub® frames are lightweight yet strong, making them ideal for commercial, commercial, and home use.
some specifications
The height of the tower is 4 meters, and the maximum height of the platform is 2.80 meters. It measures 74 meters wide. With the added stabilizers, the width increases to 2.37 meters. The Optimum 50 is 1.60 meters long and has a maximum working height of 5 metres. The tower weighs 43kg and will support a maximum platform load of 150kg (23.5 stone). The no-nonsense design of the Optimum 50 Mobile Access Scaffold Tower is strong and practical. This is a single width tower that can be used indoors or outdoors, weather permitting. The structure has a total working load capacity of 500 kg. The Optimum 50 tower has a generous 5-year warranty. Expect to pay between £500 and £600 for it, including VAT and free delivery.
Benefits of the Optimum 50 Scaffolding Tower
They provide greater efficiency for working at height. They are convenient and extremely safe. When properly deployed and secured, the Optimum 50 tower is much safer than working on a standard ladder. A freestanding scaffold tower is easier to erect and move than traditional scaffolding systems. Additionally, Optimum 50 is much more flexible in its application than standard scaffolds and can be used in many more locations.
For maximum safety without sacrificing versatility, scaffold towers are the best option.