Quick Access Box

The Quick Access Box is a small, light aluminium box developed to assist in minor works, emergency situations and general repairs to utility apparatus or similar. Each component is light enough to be handled manually and small enough to be transported in a van. Box weights start as low as 70kg. 

QAB units are designed to be used in short-term applications in stable, non-water bearing ground conditions. Pre-assembled with adjustable struts, it can be rapidly installed into a pre-dug trench by lowering from ground level thus providing a safe and effective shoring shield without operatives having to enter an un-supported excavation.

Benefits

  • Compact aluminium panels
  • Ideal for quick access to buried apparatus
  • Fully portable - each panel weighs less than 30kg
  • Adjustable struts
  • Simple, pinned width-adjustable struts
  • Suitable for minor works and utility maintenance
  • Compact design, 1.2m long x 1.2m deep
  • Top box available, 1.2m long by 0.6m deep
  • Assembled weight from 75kg
  • Allowable panel pressure up to 20kN/m2

Specification

Component Description Size* (mm) Weight (kg)
Base Panel 1225 x 1200 27
Top Panel 1225 x 600 14
Strut type 0  330 - 480 4.8
Strut type 1 500 - 740 6.6
Strut type 2 700 - 1100  8.5
Strut type 3 1040 - 1740 11.8
Retaining Pin 9.55mm Dia. 1
Bolt and Nyloc Nut M10 x 120 grade 8.8 bolt 1
Adjustment Pin 16mm Dia. 1
Lifting Lug N/A 1
Box Connector N/A  

Typical Configurations

  Strut Size 0 1 2 3
Width (mm) Internal  254 - 404 424 - 664 624 - 1024 964 - 1664
External 380 - 530 550 - 790 750 - 1150 1090 - 1790
Length (mm) Internal 1045 1045 1045 1045
External 1225 1225 1225 1225
Weight**   73.2 80.4 88 101.2

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Quick Access Box (QAB)

Quick Access Box (QAB)

A lightweight modular box system that can be assembled by hand and handled by a 180 degree rubber...

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