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Access Systems - Ladders, Trestles and Scaffolding
News Release from: Universal Aerial Platforms | Subject: Spider FS290
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 March 2008
Universal Aerial Platforms provide
Spider FS290
Universal Aerial Platforms recently worked with Coventry Cathedral to help clean its famous 'West Screen'.
The Company provided a Spider FS290 which allowed access to all levels of the inside and outside of this huge piece of artwork without disruption This priceless screen is one of the most impressive features of the Cathedral and was created by New Zealand artist John Hutton in the late 1950's
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 27 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Universal take delivery of new Spider FS290
Universal Aerial Platforms has taken delivery of new Spider FS290 from Danish based supplier Worldlift Industries.
It took ten years to complete and consists of 90 glass plates each measuring 8ft by 3ft of which 66 depict hand tooled etchings of saints and angels all suspended in a bronze frame from the Cathedrals roof.
Advance Cleaning Services, the Specialist Contractor which undertook the clean, know the new Spider to be a sure-footed means of accessing difficult and delicate commissions.
The machine itself is used in situations where careful handling and positioning are required.
In this case, having to work closely to such a valuable piece of history, the special features of the FS290 (silent, fume-free electric working, narrow [0.8 m] stowed width, lightweight [3750 Kgs] were all attributes essential to overcome the assignments restrictions.
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