How Our Team Can Support Your Next Winching Project

A winch is a simple mechanism with a myriad of different applications. This type of hauling device consists of a rope or chain which pulls loads horizontally, with the assistance of a rotating drum. These systems come in a range of sizes and with different power sources, meaning that they can be utilised across lots of industries for a range of practical endeavours.

If you need a winch for your next project, then there is no better team to work with than Atlas Winch Hire & Hoist Services. Our winch specialists are on hand to offer expert advice and provide on-site support, so you can use your equipment with confidence.

So whether you’re working in the marine industry or managing a construction job, our team can provide assistance from start to finish. Read on to find out more about how we can support your next winching project, with a look at our key areas of expertise and our full range of services.

Who Are We?

At Atlas Winch Hire & Hoist Services, we’re here to handle all your lifting requirements. Primarily, we can provide your project with specialist winching equipment, whether you wish to hire machinery for the short term or purchase one of our refurbished models.

Our comprehensive equipment range includes lifting slings, load monitoring tools and base-mounted winches, so you’re bound to find the right machinery to suit your project needs.

We’re experienced in supporting a broad range of industries, including:

Utilities
Construction
Oil & Gas
Renewables
Engineering

This means that we can provide industry specific support to ensure you have all the right equipment on-site. In addition to supplying your equipment, we can assist you with on-site training, maintenance and testing to ensure that you have everything you need to make your project a resounding success.

We’re proud to be a family owned business, with decades of experience when it comes to supporting our customer base. We also have yards situated in both Essex and Scotland, meaning we can work across the UK to meet all your winching needs.

Supporting Your Project

In addition to supplying your winching equipment, we can also support your project in a myriad of practical ways. Our goal is to share our professional experience with your team, so you can complete your work in a safe and efficient manner.

We can assist you in the following ways:

Experienced Operators & Engineers

At your request, we can provide you with one of our fully trained engineers to operate Atlas equipment or your own winching machinery. Our operators are trained to handle both onshore and offshore equipment, where we can also provide you with specialist spooling equipment if a qualified engineer is on-site.

Servicing & Repairs

We make sure that all of our equipment is kept in good working order, so you can hire from us with confidence. Despite this, regular servicing is also encouraged, where we can inspect long term hires or your own equipment. Additionally, we can provide repairs as well as replacement parts for a wide range of winches, hoists and lifting gear.

Testing & Examinations

Our qualified engineers can carry out official LOLER inspections on your winching equipment, where this stands for Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations. A LOLER inspection, also known as a Thorough Examination, is a detailed inspection of your lifting equipment by a competent person, where we will then generate a full report containing our findings.

We have access to a 100 tonne in-house test bed and a 160 tonne portable test frame, where this equipment allows us to inspect a wide range of lifting equipment across the UK.

Training

We’re equipped to offer accredited training programmes to your team, so you can operate specialised machinery with confidence. This can be offered both in-house and on-site, according to your project needs. Our training covers standard cable pulling winch operation as well as non-standard operations to suit specific client requirements.

Refurbishments

Our team possesses extensive experience in handling lifting equipment, meaning we can provide a comprehensive refurbishment service to all our clients. We can upgrade, adapt and modify any winch to help you to stay on top of the latest technological developments. In addition to this, all of our refurbishments are fully warranted, so you can rest assured that your modifications will be of the best quality.

Bespoke Solutions

At Atlas, we’re proud of our bespoke solutions and packages, where we always assess the needs of our clients on an individual basis. A qualified engineer will carry out a full site visit to fully understand your requirements, where bespoke equipment design solutions will then be formulated based on your project budget and timeframe. This personalised service means that you will have the best lifting equipment to hand in order to complete your project to a high standard.

Our Industry Expertise

We specialise in several major industries in order to provide an exceptional service to our client base. Some of our areas of expertise include:

Marine Loadouts – Our team can assist with a variety of marine and offshore projects, including full scale loadouts. Previously, we’ve supplied heavy duty winches and power packs to semi-submersibles across the UK and Europe.

Drilling Installations – At Atlas, we work in tandem with a variety of offshore/onshore gas and oil drilling operations. In the past, our team has supplied small hand winches and mounted winches specifically designed to support this industry.

Harbour Services – We work closely with a number of shipyard clients, where we provide a variety of services to a diverse range of locations. Our mooring winches, lifting equipment and qualified personnel are pivotal to the success of both quayside and ship-to-shore movements.

Utility Equipment – Our experts also support various utility operations across the UK, where these include telecoms, water and gas. We are a leading supplier in this field, with a variety of specialist equipment and repair services on offer.

New & Used Equipment

When completing a project with the help of lifting and hauling equipment, it is important to consider all the ways you can acquire specialist tools. For some, a short or long term hire contract is the best solution, where this is a great way to gain access to a high quality piece of kit that you may only need for one precision application.

Beyond this, our expert team maintains an inventory of second hand winching equipment and accessories, where these models are also available for purchase. Because our team of engineers is so specialised and highly skilled, we can refurbish and restore used equipment in order to return it to a like-new condition. This means that you can acquire the very best tools for your project whilst contributing to a sustainable economy of repurposed equipment.

Our Case Studies

We’ve assisted a wide range of enterprises with their lifting and hauling work, where our industry expertise and advice has helped to guarantee project success. Recent case studies include:

Atlantic Marine & Aviation

We were asked to commission a 6-point mooring system for the vessel Atlantic Carrier, where we supplied all the winches and hydraulic power units for this project. Our team of engineers then carried out a full test of the system and attended a full sea trial.

We also supplied:

Deck sheaves
Swivelhead fairleads
Running line monitors
Bridge control & CCTV monitoring

Cobra Interconnector HV Project, Maritech

We’ve worked with Maritech to provide essential cable pulling equipment for their project in Denmark, where our machinery was used to pull a 1,500m subsea power cable ashore from a pipe laying barge. Additionally, we supplied an expert engineer to operate this equipment.