A group of students from the secondary auto mechanics course at the Instituto Politécnico do Caminho de Ferro de Moçâmedes created a scaffolding prototype with an electromechanical elevator, in order to provide greater safety in civil construction.
The young innovators' technological project consists of two motors and a 12-volt battery, made of rods and sheets, based on a platform synchronized by electric current, whose objective is to facilitate the execution of multiple loading and transportation services for workers to floors. higher levels, without having to climb traditional scaffolding ladders.
In an interview with ANGOP, the coordinator of the group of student creators, Agostinho Pedro, said that the objective of creating the respective prototype is to reduce human physical effort and provide more safety for workers.
Without revealing the cost of the investment, he stated that the prototype is designed to work up to five floors, it was driven by direct and non-alternating current electric motors, which could be quite useful if it receives support.
On the occasion, he requested the local government to invest in its implementation, with the aim of modernizing the equipment and reducing the heavy burden on workers using this technological means for use in civil construction works.
Yuri Cambanda, a professor who accompanies the inventors, revealed that the project is “quite fruitful”, to the extent that it is well developed, it will be used to carry out dynamic work, without having to assemble mechanical scaffolding, which requires more effort from the builder and risks when lifting loads, such as cement, sand, putty and bricks.
