Machine Access Platform

This sample project illustrates how AGX Engineering approaches a platform and access stair documentation package for industrial maintenance access. Elevated access platforms are a recurring requirement in processing plants, packaging lines, and heavy machinery installations — wherever regular maintenance tasks occur above floor level.

The platform is a cantilevered steel structure attached to the machine frame, with a single-flight stair, full-height handrailing on three sides, and a kick plate around the platform perimeter. The documentation covers fabrication of all steelwork by an off-site contractor and site installation with anchor bolts into the machine base.

AGX Engineering produced a platform design in 150 × 100 × 6 RHS main beam construction with 65 × 65 × 6 EA secondary beams and open bar grating panels. The stair was detailed as a separate module with a 750 mm clear width, 200 mm rise, and 250 mm going — with handrail connections to the platform rail system.

The fabrication drawing package covered the platform main frame, stair module, handrail system, and anchor bolt layout. A module boundary drawing identified the split between fabricated sections to meet the plant access width restriction. Weld sizes and connection bolting were called out throughout.