Movable Scaffolding

System
MSS Presentation
Strukturas, your partner for turnkey projects, worldwide.
Strukturas company in recent decades became Norwegian leading provider of Movable
Scaffolding System equipment, being present in more than 200 projects.

We strive for creating solutions that exceed the expectations of our customers.
Movable Scaffolding System
-Design and engineering,
- Fabrication and quality control,
- Supervision & operation.
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MSS
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MSS
Box cross section deck solution

• Used in situ casting of full spans

• Currently used on road and railway

decks

• Special solutions for special bridge

projects

• Hydraulic operated main functions

• Labor saving solutions

• Easy to adjust to radius, slope and

span variations

• Easy installation of the rebar

prefabricated parts

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 MIN. 1,3m

General description:

• The MSS is a modern equipment

0,2 x L 0,8 x L

designed to allow in situ casting of full L 0,2 x L

viaducts and bridges spans, with

double beam or box decks cross
sections, built as a post tensioning
concrete structure.

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Main Components:

• A- Main girder
• B- Noses
• C- Suspension gallows
• D- Transverse beams
• E- Supporting brackets
• I- External formwork
• L- Counterweight

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Main Components:

• A- Main girder
• C- Suspension gallows
• D- Transverse beams
• E- Supporting brackets
• F- Launching wagons
• G- Main cylinders
• H- Platforms and ladders
• I- External formwork
• J- Internal formwork
• L- Counterweight
• K- Transport trolley

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Main cycle steps:

• Columns showing the blockouts where

to fix the supporting brackets

• When no blockouts can be used we

use a saw tooth plate solution or struts
to the column foundation

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• Two pairs of supporting brackets
installed at columns(threaded bars
connecting the 2 brackets of each pair
– not shown)

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• Main girders and noses installed on
top of the launching wagons

• The launching wagons are placed on

top of the supporting brackets

• The system is made by 2 symmetrical

halves

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• Transverse beams are installed
connecting the 2 main girders

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• Suspension gallows is installed at the
tip of the previous span and suspends
the main girders rear end during
casting.

• Two hydraulic cylinders transmit the

loads at the rear from the suspension
gallows to the deck webs during
casting

• During casting, system is suspended at

the rear and is supported to the
brackets at the front trough the
hydraulic cylinders

• Two hydraulic cylinders transmit the

loads at front from the main girders to
the supporting brackets

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• External formwork installed on top of
the main structure

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• Internal formwork is installed

• The internal formwork transport

trolley is shown

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• Deck casted

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• Previous to the MSS launching to the
next span the 3th supporting brackets
pair is installed at the front column

• Launching wagons are installed on top

of the 3th supporting brackets pair

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• After deck is pre-stressed the MSS can
be lowered at the 2 rear and 2 front
main hydraulic cylinders

• Transverse beams central connections

are removed

• Both MSS halves are then open to the

end of the supporting brackets, using
the launching wagons

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• Both MSS halves can now be launched
to the next span using the launching
cylinders located at the launching
wagons

• Both MSS halves will pass outside the

columns

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• When both MSS halves reach the
longitudinal position at next span
system is closed by moving the
launching wagons towards the
columns and transverse beams are
connected again

• MSS is now lifted to the casting

elevation using the 2 rear and the 2
front hydraulic cylinders

• Rebar works can start and transport of

the internal formwork will be made
simultaneous to that operation

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Launching positions & reactions:

• During MSS launching the vertical and

horizontal reactions at columns will
vary

• The MSS design includes the

calculation of the reactions
transmitted to the columns and deck
during MSS launching and deck
concreting operations

• Horizontal launching forces at columns

depends of the friction coefficient in
between the Main Girder and the
Launching Wagons

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Safety during launching:

• Launching device includes a braking

system that keeps MSS stable when
launching with a longitudinal slope

• MSS is always connected to the

supports during launching

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General project views

• Different columns and

hammerhead geometries

• Variable horizontal and vertical

deck radius

• Infill bottom formwork elements

can be used to cast height variation
decks

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General project views

• Can be used at parallel decks with

reduced space in between them

• Installing tower cranes and

concrete pumps at the main girders

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Internal Formwork and Rebar works

• The internal formwork doesn’t move

together with the MSS main structure.

• The opening and closing internal

movements are made hydraulically
through an internal formwork
transport trolley.

• The internal formwork panels are

transported one at a time.

• Diaphragm opening to be big enough

to pass

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Internal Formwork and Rebar works

• Install the transport trolley rails

• Align the transport trolley with the

formwork panel

• Connect the transport trolley to the

formwork panel
INT FW.s
• Fold the internal formwork panel using
the hydraulic folding system

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Cambering & Nose adjustment

• Few adjustable screw jacks to be

adjusted

• Split the main structure into 3 sections

(front nose-main girder-rear nose) and
design a unique hinged connection
between the parts has made it
possible to use the MSS with as small
as 200m radius

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Underslung MSS transverse opening
movement:

• Lower the system using the 4 main

cylinders

• Disconnect the Transverse Beams

• Open both MSS halves

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Special solutions

• Big working areas at front of the MSS

formwork

• Special supporting brackets

installations

• Rebar transport solutions

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Supporting Brackets installation using
mobile cranes:

• Lift first one Supporting Bracket, install

it inside the column blockout and
suspend temporary using steel wires

• Relocate the mobile crane and lift the

second Supporting Bracket into its
position

• Connect both Supporting Cranes by

the threaded bars

• Remove the mobile crane and the

temporary steel wires suspension

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Supporting Brackets installation using
winches:

• Install an auxiliary lifting frame on top

of the column including 2 winches

• Lift the two Supporting Brackets from

ground level using the winches

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Supporting Brackets installation using
strand jacks at very high columns:

• Install an auxiliary lifting frame on top

of the column including 2 strand jacks

• Lift the two Supporting Brackets from

ground level using the strand jacks

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General description:

• The Selflaunching Movable Scaffolding

System SMSS can relocate the
supporting brackets from one column
to the next without the need for
cranes being by this very fact to
operate on water or in situations of
very high columns.

0,2 x L
250

0,8 x L

L
MIN. 1,3 m

0,2 x L
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Main Components:

• A- Main girder
• B- Rear nose
• C- Suspension gallows/rolling
support
• D- Transverse beams
• E- Supporting brackets
• F- Launching wagons
• I- External formwork

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Main Components:

• A- Main girder
• D- Transverse beams
• E- Supporting brackets
• F- Launching wagons
• G- Main cylinders
• H- Working platforms and ladders
• I- External formwork
• J- Internal formwork
• K- Transport trolley

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Selflaunching MSS

• Supporting brackets self

relocation without the need for
cranes

• Easy to use on the water or with

very high columns

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Internal Formwork and Rebar works

• Suspension gallows/rear support

equipped with powered wheels and
rails

• Internal formwork transported by a

trolley

• Supporting brackets self relocated by a

winch system

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General project views

• Folded internal formwork passing

outside the hammerhead

• Different column and hammerhead

geometries

• Internal formwork supported by struts

to the transverse beams

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Overhead
MSS
Box cross section deck solution

• Used in situ casting of full spans

• Currently used on road and railway

decks

• Special solutions for special bridge

projects

• Hydraulic operated main functions

• Labor saving solutions

• Easy to adjust to radius, slope and

span variations

• Easy installation of the rebar

prefabricated parts

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General description:

• Like the Underslung MSS, the

Overhead MSS is a modern equipment 0,2 x L

L
0,8 x L

0,2 x L

designed to allow cast in situ post-

tensioning TT or box section full span
concrete decks, in bridges or viaducts

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Main Components:

• A- Main girder
• B- Noses
• C- Rear Support
• E- Main Supports
• F- Launching wagons
• I- External formwork
• L-Bottom platform

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Main Components:

• A- Main girder
• D- Transverse beams
• E- Main Supports
• F- Launching wagons
• G- Main cylinders
• H- Working platforms and ladders
• I- External formwork
• J- Internal formwork
• K- Hangers
• L-Bottom platform

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General project views

• Easy to install behind the abutment

• Easy to move transversally from

one deck to the other

• Few formwork suspensions

• Formwork folding system hydraulic

operated

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General project views

• Many different main support solutions

• Main support splited in several parts

to easy the installation at
hammerhead

• Easy to use with horizontal and vertical

deck curves

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Formwork

• Formwork supported on a bottom

platform

• Cambering introduced on the

adjustable screw jacks, struts and
suspensions

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General description:

• The Overhead Selflaunching Movable 0,8 x L

0,2 x L

Scaffolding System SMSS also exist as a

L 0,2 x L

selflaunching version, meaning that

L

the main supports are relocated by a

winch device included on the
equipment instead to use a crane.

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Selflaunching MSS

• Main supports self relocation

without the need for cranes

• Easy to use above water or with

very high columns

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 Strukturas is a regular
partner of the specialized
world bridge contractors,
during the development Strukturas can design and
process and pro current deliver Bridge Building
stages. Contributing with Equipment covering all the
optimized and integrated cast in situ and precast bridge
package solutions deck constructions methods Strukturas is committed to quality OVER 200 projects world
wide!
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