Heavy Duty Spreader Beams
Heavy-Duty Modular Spreader Beams for Wind, Construction & Offshore
Enabling Heavy Lifting Across Industries
Heavy lifting presents unique challenges across various sectors, from wind energy to offshore engineering and construction. Modular spreader beams are a key solution, offering unrivalled lifting capacity, safety, and versatility.
At Modulift, we specialise in heavy-duty modular spreader beams designed to handle extreme loads, including wind turbine blades, bridges, precast concrete, and offshore structures.
With a lifting capacity of up to 3000 tonnes, our modular spreader beams are engineered for superior strength, flexibility, and safety in lifting operations.
Design engineered using 3D Design & FEA Analysis; manufactured to ISO9001, BSEN and DNV quality standards; and available for Same Day Collection or Next Day Delivery. It’s why Modulift is the global market leader below-the-hook.
Mix and match components to re-use at different spans
Modular, lightweight and portable
Call 01202 621 511 or email [email protected] for a quote. Download the Modulift Brochure to view Load v Span Charts. For worldwide delivery, find your nearest Modulift Distributor.
What Are Heavy-Duty Spreader Beams & Why Are They Essential?
A spreader beam is a type of lifting beam designed to distribute loads evenly across multiple lifting points. This ensures improved load stability, enhanced safety, and minimal stress concentration on the lifted structure. Modulift offer a full range of spreader beams sizes from 6t to 3000t.
Key Advantages of Heavy-Duty Spreader Beams:
- Even Weight Distribution – Prevents structural damage and reduces lifting stress.
- Increased Safety – Minimises swinging and instability during lifts.
- Optimised Load Control – Ideal for irregular or oversized loads.
- Modular & Customisable – Adjustable spans for various lifting applications.
- Versatile Across Industries – Used in construction, offshore, wind energy, and heavy engineering.
Key Industries That Use Heavy-Duty Spreader Beams
Our spreader beams are trusted by professionals across multiple industries:
- Wind Energy – Essential for lifting turbine blades, nacelles, and towers in onshore and offshore projects.
- Construction & Infrastructure – Used in bridge building, tunnel construction, and stadium projects.
- Offshore Oil & Gas – Vital for rig assembly, pipeline installation, and platform lifting.
- Marine & Shipbuilding – Ideal for moving ship sections, cranes, and dry docks.
- Heavy Machinery Transport – Used in refineries, industrial plants, and large-scale machinery relocation.
Modular Heavy Duty Spreader Beams Sizes
The MOD® Spreader Beams are available in multiple sizes from 6t to 3000t. Find out more about the MOD 400/600 to MOD 1100/2000 spreader beams below:
Powerful Performers: MOD® Spreader Beams in Action
Powerful Performers: MOD® Spreader Beams in Action
At Modulift, we design and manufacture custom-engineered spreader beams that meet the highest industry standards, ensuring reliability and efficiency in even the most demanding lifting environments. Here are just a few of the projects we have worked on. View all Case Studies.
Assembling a Modulift Spreader Beam
Each MOD® Spreader Beam includes your selected struts, two end units, two drop links, and nuts and bolts are supplied as standard. Slings and shackles can be also be purchased at an extra cost. Additional interchangeable struts can be bolted between the end units to either lengthen or shorten, making the beam re-usable at different spans.
Available in different sizes, from the MOD® 6 to the MOD® 1100/2000, all Modulift Spreader Beams are DNV Type Approved up to 600t capacity. Watch the video to see how a Modulift Spreader Beam should be assembled safely.
Choosing the Right Spreader Beam for Your Project
- Load Capacity – Ensure the beam supports the total weight safely.
- Span Requirements – Adjustable modular designs for custom lengths.
- Lifting Environment – Consider offshore conditions, confined spaces, and lifting angles.
Need expert guidance? Our specialists can advise on selecting or designing a bespoke solution for your lifting project.
Why are MOD® Spreader Beams Globally Recognised?
Don’t worry about long waits and delays. We hold stock of the MOD® 6 to MOD® 600 at our UK warehouse. Available for Same Day Collection or Next Day Delivery. For worldwide delivery, locate your nearest stock-holding Modulift Distributor.
Investing in a Modulift Spreader Beam will continue to pay off for years. You can use your beam again and again, changing the span to suit any project.
With decades of experience under their belts, our in-house team of technical engineers design innovative, high-spec products that help ensure safe lifting around the world.
Our longest strut is only 6m – small enough for the back of a truck! Many of our Spreader Beam components can be handled by one person. Our QJ2 even comes in a handy carrying case complete with shackles.
We can supply storage systems for improved inventory control, organised components, quick retrieval, and mobilisation. These include logistics cradles and stillages.
Strut sizes can be mixed and matched to suit different spans.
We manufacture both standard and custom spreader beams. Need a nonstandard beam? No matter how unconventional the project, our engineers can custom design the ideal beam to suit it.
Our spreader beams are uniquely flexible. From 2 point to 12 point lifts and everything in between, there’s practically no limit to what you can use our beams for. Watch our demonstration video to see how.
Our spreader beams are specially designed to provide you with a lightweight solution so your cranes can work at maximum capacity, reducing the weight of the lifting gear below the hook.
Heavy Duty Spreader Beam FAQs
Wind energy, offshore oil & gas, construction, marine, and heavy industrial lifting projects
By distributing weight evenly, they prevent stress concentration, swinging, and structural damage.
Spreader beams use multiple lifting points for better load distribution, while lifting beams typically use a central lifting point.
Yes! Modulift designs custom-engineered beams tailored to unique load and span requirements.
The MOD 1100/2000 can lift up to 2000 tonnes, making it one of the most powerful modular spreader beams globally. We can manufacture spreader beams up to 3000t to order.
