Encomat Mast Climbing Work Platform

The Encomat platform is used on new-build projects as well as for the maintenance and repair of existing buildings and facilities — glazing and aluminium facades, granite cladding, external insulation, painting, rendering and every other kind of external facade work. A single mast serves a platform up to 10 m long and heights up to 150 m with standard ties; special tie systems are used above 150 m.

Because the deck can be set to an ergonomic height, operatives work more comfortably and produce more. Carrying material up with them reduces preparation and handling labour. There are fewer ties: the platform is anchored every 6 m, and a 30 × 50 m platform needs only 8 connections. Scaffolding is made of painted tube and suffers loss and damage at every strike; the platform is hot-dip galvanised and lasts up to 20 years when maintained. Where 1,000 m² of scaffolding takes one truck, a 30 × 90 m (3,000 m²) platform takes two.

Scaffolding allows several trades on one facade at once, whereas a platform carries one. In safety terms only one crew should work in the same vertical zone anyway, to prevent dropped material. The remedy is for a single crew to carry out all operations in sequence rather than separate crews waiting on one another. Where extra work is needed — stairwells, for example — scaffolding can be erected for a hybrid arrangement. On tall buildings our strong masts allow two platforms on one mast: the first serving floors 1–15, the second 16–30.

With an original product you also buy decades of R&D and experience. You stay current with CE and machinery standards — many domestic machines are still built without meeting these requirements. Encomat machines use Italian Rossi gear motors and Salerno units German SEW; the electrical components are Telemecanique. Masts are made from crack-inspected material, welded by dedicated methods, and every one carries a serial number to standard. Robot welding removes human error from the weld.

Platforms can be driven from a single panel up to 10 m with one drive group and up to 30 m in a twin arrangement. A 30 m platform can equally run as two 10 m platforms on separate panels. If one drive group runs ahead or behind, a switch halts the other motor until both are level again.

On Encomat platforms each motor engages the rack with two pinions, giving 4 motors and 8 pinions on a twin platform. This maximises safety and, by softening stops and spreading load, extends mast life.

Encomat masts measure 52 × 50 × 150 cm and weigh 75 kg. The Salerno T16, T25 and T40 platform models use masts ranging from a 31 kg triangular section to an 85 kg square 65 × 65 × 150 cm section. Mast size governs free-standing height, payload and the span achievable on a single leg — from 4 m to 15 m. Greater load and width require a stronger mast.

On a single unit, an 8.44 m horizontal span uses two 1.44 m and one 0.74 m section on each side of the mast, with a 1.26 m drive group. Section sizes and counts must match on both sides. Mast size and weight, bracing arrangement and material thicknesses are all fixed and documented through detailed drawings and calculations.

The twin platform of our Italian Salerno T16 model can be supplied to run single-phase on request.

A trailer conforming to Turkish highway traffic regulations can be added on request, particularly to our lighter models. A wheeled chassis can later be converted to a mini chassis.

If vertical descent exceeds 0.5 m/s the mechanical safety brake engages automatically. When it trips, a limit switch also cuts the circuit so the platform cannot be moved again.

The manual brake lever on the motor is released and let go in stages, allowing the platform to descend slowly.