Water Weights

APPLICATIONS

Water Weights bags are for providing a load, in place of dead weights, for load testing or ballasting. Water Weights is the first system to allow safe and practical use of water as a weight for load testing.

Flexibility
Water Weights bags are used for suspended loads or deck loads using any number of bags for loads up to 600 tonnes. Bags are made in standard sizes as in the table below, but special bags can be manufactured to any practical shape or size.

Engineering
The load is always measured with a certified load cell allowing for 1% accuracy where required.

Economical
For transportation, the bags with load cells weigh approximately 1.5% of achieved load, thus keeping transportation costs, storage space and floor loading to a minimum.

Practical
In use the bags are the most practical method of performing load tests, with test loads being applied gradually, and a minimum of handling to achieve various loads, means time taken can be considerably reduced.

Safe
The bags themselves are fully tested to a minimum of 1.5 times their rated capacity.

Engineering

Specialised Water Weights products and services are used by Structural Engineers Construction Companies, Naval Architects and Engineers, Civil Engineers, and Logistics Management Companies for:

• Load Measurement
• Ballast and Counterweight
• Floor and Bridge Tests
• Water and Liquid Storage

Marine
Offshore Installations, Ship Building and Repair Companies, Shipping Companies and Docks and Harbours use Water Weights for the following testing applications:-

• Cranes
• Davits
• Derricks
• Winches
• Inaccessible lifting points deemed impossible by any other method.
• Lifeboats
• Ramps and Lifts
• Pad Eyes 

Industrial

Power Stations, Refineries, Factories, Crane Companies amongst others use Water Weights bags for testing in a wide variety of applications including:-

• Overhead Cranes
• Beams
• Gantries
• Elevators 

Life Boat Testing

This system is designed to remove remotely the test overload in instances where the winching system cannot receive the craft in its proof load condition.

Water Weights 375kg lifeboat bags are filled in situ. On completion of the test the overload is removed by means of a remotely operated pump and manifold system.

Lifeboat capsule test using 375kg bags

WATER WEIGHT BAGS

* Note: No more than 3 bags should be slung from a single point. Low Headroom Bags should only be slung singly. Dimensions subject to change. Bags filled with less than their capacity will increase in length and reduce in diameter.

WATER WEIGHTS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.
ABN 61 002 523 524

OWNED & OPERATED BY
A. NOBLE & SON LTD.