UL26 Ultimate Lever Hoist

Our ultimate lever hoist, the UL26, has been designed and developed over a number of years for use primarily in subsea, offshore or corrosive environments. The unique design features – including the one piece construction pinion gears and our globally patented Quad Cam Pawl System, along with the superior anti-corrosion properties incorporated in this range, give it significant safety advantages over other lever hoists. This makes the UL26 ultimate lever hoist the ideal tool for all marine and extreme applications.

It has been fully challenged and successful in the wide variety of extreme conditions it has been exposed to.

Developed initially with the goal of giving key stakeholders within the Oil and Gas Industry a hoist that could be certified for safe use subsea whilst meeting all the requirements of IMCA DO28 Rev. 2 “Guidance notes for offshore lever hoists”, the UL26 meets and exceeds these requirements, as well as other industry client specifications whilst conforming to standards such as BS EN 13157: 2004+A1:2009, ANSI/ASME B30.21-2005, AS1418.2 and SANS 1636. Tiger Hoists fitted with overload limiters comply fully with NORSOK R-002.

The UL26 includes our unique rotational inertia driven torsion switch brake and freewheeling system. This brake system was designed by our research and design team to counter known failure modes in commonly used and copied longitudinal “push-pull” mechanisms or traditional style “Weston” type brake systems used on alternative lever hoists which allow easy ingress of foreign particles into the mechanism that could affect hoist operation. This Tiger brake system is now a proven design with many thousands of hours of empirical evidence as proof of design and efficiency. This design removes the need for inefficient old-style longitudinal disengagement methods of pulling the brake system apart to facilitate freewheeling. This highly efficient method of operating is not only safer but easier for the operator whilst measurably increasing the brake take up efficiency rate.

With over 50 years of professional manufacturing experience, Tiger’s commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction mean we will continue to develop and improve our products by communicating and working with our customers. The UL26 range of lever hoists incorporates our latest developments and enhancements.

• Patent Pending Technology SASS Self Acting Safety System

  • In accordance with EN 1808 – requirements for suspended access equipment 8.9.2

  • “Our innovation your safety”

  • Continuing with our core mission statement Tiger’s R&D Engineers have now developed and launched our latest UL26 Lever hoist.

  • UL26 comes with our latest Patent Pending SASS Technology that offers the ULTIMATE protection in lever hoist design.

  • Going further than any other hoist, this innovative design delivers complete user confidence by providing total safety and security, even in the most arduous operating conditions and beyond traditional environments.

  • SASS technology now protects not only the traditional brake design but, more importantly, provides critical protection against any failure on the gearbox side of the hoist.

  • Bringing together the empirically proven benefits of the patented Quad Cam pawl and ratchet design, which has established a trusted track record over 15 years of continuous use in both subsea and utility overhead line sectors.

  • SASS technology operates independently from the normal “Weston style” Ratchet and Pawl Brakes and has been proven to absorb a falling load when the standard brake has been completely removed from the hoist.

  • Ultimate Safety

  • SASS operates directly onto the load sheave, independently of the pinion shaft and gears, and automatically deploys in an emergency to arrest the load within 300mm.

• Corrosion and environmental protection – UL26 is fully certified for Multi-Immersion use when used in a Subsea environment and offers the highest possible environmental protection when continuously used in the harshest Overhead Line working conditions. Precisely engineered side plates and components protected by a full gasket give the UL26 brake chamber and contents maximum protection from external contamination.

• Capacity 800kg – 20.0t

• DNV GL Verification tested according to NORSOK R-002

• Equipped with our unique intelligent dual brake system:

  • Globally patent protected Quad Cam pawl and ratchet design

  • Unique load sensing torsion brake

• Thousands of hours of empirical evidence as proof of design

• DU® self-lubricating metal polymer bearings

• Phosphor bronze bearings

• One-piece construction pinion gear

• Meets and exceeds IMCA DO28 Rev 2 guidance notes for offshore lever hoists

• Light load protection at 2% of the rated capacity

• Adaptable to use both inverted and horizontally

• Full face gasket provides brake chamber protection from outside contamination

• Fully Corrosion protected body and components to ensure reliable long-term use

• Over 1500 hours protection to ASTM B117 conditions

• Adjustable chain end anchorage specifically designed to the contours of the hoist

• Available with slipping clutch overload protection

• Fleeting angles up to 60° from the vertical without deration