Roof tile shaped panels setting: which complications?

This kind of panels combines the practicality of insulated panels with the traditional look of residential roofs.

The particular shape of these panels requires a specific equipment, which has to consider the unusual shape of the panel and allows a quick and safe laying of it.

What is the best equipment to move roof tile shaped panels?

The first choice is generally using the support bands: those are the cheapest and most known equipment in this sector, but they show some complications. Compared to a vacuum lifter for panels, specific for cladding (like the model CL1), support bands are not very practical, because they need a manual labor which is not so easy on a construction site, and they slow down the entire job. Furthermore, if the support bands are not correct, or if during the setting the bands are not properly fasten, the risk of damaging the panel is very high.

Are there other options to hoist roof tile shaped panels?

An alternative to support bands are vacuum lifters, which are generally used for smooth, microrib or trapezoidal panels, so normally the shape of vacuum pads are not perfectly fitting. Specially for standard pads, and for those equipments which don’t allow any type of customization, the lifting gets really complicated.

What would be the best solution?

To lift the roof tile shaped panels or sheets it is necessary to use a vacuum lifter, equipped with specific suction pads projected for roof tile and perfectly regulated to guarantee an easy use and a maximum safety.

In these cases become essential to know how to study, during the planning phase, the right structure and frame to adapt the vacuum pads to the wavy areas of the roof tile, in this way a solid grab is guaranteed and so stability and safety for operators is certain.

How to be sure that the vacuums for roof tile shaped panels you are evaluating are appropriate?

The maximum priority during the evaluation of this vacuum is the experience of the producer in designing, projecting, realizing and testing such peculiar solutions. Our R&D department (Righetti Solutions), thanks to the collaboration with our clients, has projected and tested some vacuum lifters specific for laying roof tile shaped panels, getting excellent results both for the gripping speed of the vacuum lifter and for the perfect adhesion to the shape of the roof tile.
The specific vacuums for the Roof tile shaped panels can be used on our model of standard vacuums for sandwich panels bunch CL1 and they can be added also later, if it would be necessary moving and posing Roof tile shaped panels.

Some notes to make your choice easier:

• Support bands: the most popular, they are however the solution with more risks in terms of capacity, and that increase the difficulty of working in construction site, in terms of time and security;
• General lifters with suction cups: excellent solution that usually requires however a shallow for sandwich panels;
• Vacuum lifters for roof tile shaped panels: the experience with a producer who knows the troubles of moving roof tile shaped panels allows creating an ad hoc machinery that satisfies your needs.