Konecranes has supplied a total of 125 units of CXT wire rope hoists and SM winches to the Sino Iron project. The project is Australia’s largest magnetite mining and processing operation located at […]
Asia is an economy in expansion. Julian Champkin investigates the lifting market there. In December 2020 China overtook the US to become the EU’s largest trading partner. (Source: Eurostat). In part[…]
K-based crane manufacturer Pelloby has produced and installed a bespoke turntable crane system at the Hereford foundry of super alloy manufacturer Special Metals. Having ordered several overhead crane[…]
Kito has delivered 41 jib cranes and 43 EQ electric chain hoists to cargo oil pump and turbine manufacturer Shinko. Shinko produces a broad range of steam turbines used in power plants and ships. Larg[…]
Central Europe’s manufacturing is a major part of the global economy, and hoist manufacturing demonstrates the fact. Julian Champkin reports. Central Europe has, of course, long been a manufacturing[…]
Locomotive Storage Limited has purchased four Street cranes, placing them at a refurbished facility at Crewe Diesel Depot. The main tenant is LNWR Heritage, which is responsible for overhauling main l[…]
Linian Crane and Hoist Company has designed a lifting system for a metal treatment facility Knowsley Engineering set up for a client. The treatment facility comprised of a number of dipping tanks in a[…]
Gantry cranes are quite simply lifting devices on legs. Julian Champkin looks at this most useful of concepts. Gantry cranes are instantly recognisable as a type: they are, quite simply, a horizontal […]
Innokran selected crane components from Stahl CraneSystems to build two magnetic cranes for steel trader Dewald Stahlhandler. The magnetic cranes are based in the company’s storage hall in the Swabi[…]
Whiting has transplanted advanced material handling technology into a 200t overhead crane at the Tulsa port of Catoosa. The port is served by a sophisticated multi-hoist 200t bridge crane, which had t[…]
ProMat is where manufacturing and supply chain professionals discover new trends and tech and what the future holds for their operations. Key information Where: McCormick Place, Chicago, US When: 20-2[…]
PSA Sines, the Portuguese subsidiary of port operatorPSA International, will for the first time venture into automated rubber-tyred gantry crane (aRTG) systems with the purchase of six Konecranes elec[…]
