Efficiency Introduces Innovative Accessories

Tuesday, 27 January 2009 10:45

Efficiency Production, Inc. – America’s leading manufacturer of trench shielding and shoring – is proud to unveil two new innovations for their Universal Slide Rail Shoring System: a new Ground Quick-Release Shackle that eliminates the dangerous and cumbersome task of manually removing shackles from the top of Slide Rail posts with a ladder after they are installed; and new adjustable Barrier Posts and Guard Rail that provide fall protection for open excavations shored with Slide Rail.

Efficiency’s Universal Slide Rail is a component shoring system comprised of steel panels (similar to trench shield sidewalls) and vertical steel posts. The versatile system can be used in a variety of configurations, such as small four-sided pits; large unobstructed working pits as big as 50 x 50 ft. with Efficiency’s ClearSpan™ System; or in a linear Multi-Bay configuration to install length of pipe over 40 ft.

In the process of installing Slide Rail, the shackle connecting the top of the post to the chains or cables must be manually removed. This is normally done by climbing on a ladder to reach the top of the post. The innovative new Ground Quick-Release Shackle has a spring loaded pin that when pulled by a connecting rope, retracts and frees the shackle from the post.

Efficiency’s new Barrier Posts and Guard Rail are made primarily for excavations shored with Slide Rail, but the Posts’ are adjustable and can be used on trench shield sidewalls ranging from 3 to 8 inches in size. The posts have a telescoping guard rail that it is a one-size-fits-all solution for all lengths of Slide Rail panels and trench shields. Slide Rail shored excavations typically remain open for extended periods of time and the new Barrier Posts are an easy, OSHA compliant fall protection device.

Efficiency Production is the industry’s leading engineer and design specialists of America’s most popular Slide Rail System. Other innovative accessories exclusively available for Efficiency Production’s Slide Rail System includes:

Efficiency Production's New Barrior Posts and Guard Rails

Job Box: Customized, lockable tool box which holds multiple cables, shackles, and other Slide Rail accessories.
Corner Spacing Tool: Helps place final corner post in 4-sided pit configuration.
Slide Rail Squaring Tool: Squaring the system is critical to the ease of the dig and push process. The Squaring Tool makes it easy to assure that the system is square and plum.
Slide Rail Post Handling Device: Allows for the easy picking of long Slide Rail posts from the center in a horizontal position for moving, stacking and loading.
Shore-Trak Panel Lifting Device: Allows for the lifting and handling of long Shore-Trak panels from mid-level on the 2 foot panel, making it possible to install longer panels with shorter reach excavators.
Panel Pushing Pad: Pins on top of inner-rail panels, providing greater surface area to push inner panels to grade.
Sheeting Pushing Pad: Pins at top of KD Sheeting, providing a larger surface area to push sheeting down, and reduces bending of top of sheeting.

Efficiency Production, Inc., "America’s Trench Box Builder™," provides the widest selection of standard and custom trench shielding and shoring systems. Efficiency’s versatile products are designed specifically for safe and cost effective installation of utility systems and infrastructure improvements. All products are P.E. certified to meet OSHA standards.