Lift-Up Method For The Top Mast On The KLCC Tower, A Very High Building
Lift-Up Method For The Top Mast On The KLCC Tower, A Very High Building
Lift-Up Method For The Top Mast On The KLCC Tower, A Very High Building
1. Introduction
2. Lift-up Method
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Lift-up Method for the Top Mast on the KLCC Tower, a Very High Building
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6 brought into a condition of equilibrium; (3) ascending
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and descending speeds can be adjusted; (4) bending due
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3 to the eccentricity of the rods and jacks is prevented;
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(5) level errors of lifted bodies during ascent or descent
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can be monitored by a counter via the control panel and
Fig. 1 A cross section of Lift up construction method controlled to within specific ranges; and (6) a central
control method by an electrical system is adopted.
The hydraulic jack is a center-hole type through
382.3 m)1) which the step rods can be inserted (Photo 3, Fig. 3).
Cone-shaped collets are built in the upper and lower col-
2.2 Outline of the Lift-up Method
let desks, and the collets bite the step parts of the rods.
Figure 1 shows a cross section of the jack-up method
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underway.
Piston rod side collet
Lift-up jacks were installed at the building level
L88F22, 400 from the ground. Center-hole-type jacks Piston rod sideopen providing
with step rods were adopted in the lift-up equipment Hydraulic jack
(Photo 2).
Main piston rod
The mast was to have a final weight of 170 t after its
installation. Therefore, two jacks (capacity: 25 t each)
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were arranged in each of the four lifting positions to
build a lift-up system with the capacity to lift a maxi- Cylinder side collet
References
Photo 3 Jack system arrangement, looked down from top 1) Pinnacle Lift up Work. Fluid Technology. 1999-03.
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