en.Wedoany.com Reported - SIMI, an Italian heavy lifting and transport company, successfully installed a 324-ton steam generator at a power plant in northern Italy using Enerpac strand jacks. Due to the plant's layout constraints and the lack of an overhead crane, SIMI opted to deploy its Enerpac hydraulic strand jack lifting system. The system consisted of four 200-ton Enerpac HSL20006 strand jacks mounted on a translation roller system, coupled with a custom steel frame that provided the necessary height support.

During the operation, the four strand jacks lifted the generator to a height of 16 meters, then moved it laterally by 14 meters before final installation. The Enerpac HSL20006 strand jacks function similarly to a linear winch: a bundle of steel cables passes through a hydraulic cylinder, with upper and lower anchor systems clamping the strands via wedges. Alternating clamping and release lifts the load, with the hydraulic cylinder movement controlled by a power unit.

"Executing a lift of this scale within an existing facility required meticulous planning," a SIMI spokesperson said. "The Enerpac strand jacks are easy to use, and combined with the translation rollers, they allowed controlled movement at every stage of the operation and precise millimeter-level positioning of the steam generator."

Furthermore, in August 2025, HLPFI reported that SIMI used its Enerpac SBL1100 hydraulic gantry to assemble four 305-ton Wärtsilä engines at the Ime Power plant in Termoli, Italy, further demonstrating the application capabilities of Enerpac strand jacks in heavy lifting operations.

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