In a world full of automation and tech, it’s the simplest solutions that are often the best. Two companies – one manufacturer and one rental firm – make the case for manual chain hoists. Tony Ro[…]
Street Crane Company has supplied electric wire rope hoists for use on a crane playing a key role in the reconstruction of the Longfellow Bridge that runs Charles River at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Th[…]
The LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) has unveiled the eighth edition of its code of practice for the safe use of lifting equipment (COPSULE). Written by independent industry experts, COP[…]
Training is of course essential, but what specific benefits does it bring? And how can technology help it to continue during the current crisis? Julian Champkin investigates. Training comes in many gu[…]
Abu Dhabi-based Control Industrial Contracting Co has invested in a raft of ESAB Warrior 500i multi-purpose welding machines. CIC fabricates and assembles cranes, including ship-to-shore and gantry cr[…]
Logimat is a European showcase of new products from the lifting industry. Scheduled for March in Stuttgart, this year it was, as with almost all public events, cancelled. Julian Champkin presents some[…]
Konecranes has appointed South Shields-based Industrial Remote Controls as its preferred controls supplier in the UK. The business partnership will enable the manufacturer to further tap into the grow[…]
American Crane & Equipment Corporation has played an integral part in lifting and stacking NASA’s Orion crew module. The manufacturer’s overhead clean room crane was used to help lift and […]
Engineered Systems Inc. has supplied the overhead cranes for a newly opened aircraft engine maintenance facility. Delta TechOps, the maintenance and repair arm of Delta Air Lines, is the largest airli[…]
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (Leea) has announced a programme of featured presentations for LiftEx Australia, the future-focused conference taking place at the Australian National Marit[…]
An Australian space surveillance project is using Konecranes equipment for installation and maintenance of the telescope and building. Konecranes supplied the A$97.2m project in Exmouth, Western Austr[…]
PtP Spanco Inc. has launched an electric chain hoist called the Workmate. Available in lift heights from 10ft to 20ft, a range of capacities and in voltages of 110V, 230V and 460V, the Workmate electr[…]
