hoists

UK-based Lifting Products Limited will provide a full line of slewing jib cranes, light crane systems, and crane track from Swiss manufacturer GIS AG. Lifting Products will receive jib crane and other parts from Schötz, Lucerne, but will manufacture the range for the first time in the UK. GIS-owned Lift Turn Move (LTM), meanwhile, a […]

Leading global technology company ABB has installed ABB Ability Asset Vista Condition Monitoring to streamline maintenance, minimise costs and optimise capacity at Shanyang Coal Mine in Heyang, near Weinan city in China’s Shaanxi province. The digital solution has been installed at 18 sites worldwide since launching in 2015 and the commission at Shanyang Coal Mine […]

AFE Crane, based in Iowa USA, has installed a custom hoist and crane system comprised of over 1000ft. of monorail track and 20 custom hoists in the manufacturing facility of an outdoor lighting manufacturer. AFE Crane is a strategic distributor of ACCO Material Handling Solutions LLC, a manufacturer of material handling products and part of […]

Demag has introduced a new standard function for its Universal Crane product range. With an optional package of features, crane installations can now be equipped with a load-turning function without any additional engineering. Demag says that the additional costs are modest and  the benefits are high. It is made possible, in part, by monitoring the […]

When EMH was contacted by Standard Aero, an international aircraft-engineering firm to help develop a unique Jet Engine Test Stand for a GE cold weather test facility; it was just another day at the office for Engineered Material Handling and its custom engineering hoist specialists. More specifically, EMH was asked to help custom design and […]

Swiss electric chain hoist manufacturer GIS AG has launched two new lightweight D8 products, of 500kg and 1000kg capacity, for mobile use in the entertainment sector. As riggers continue to demand the lightest possible motors, the LPML and higher capacity LPL chain hoists are both capable of lifting over 40 times their own weight. The […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS), a UK supplier of lifting and rigging equipment, has put staff through product training on JD Neuhaus’s (JDN) new range of Mini Next Gen air hoists, which it is distributing to the UK market. The first batch of products will be delivered in mid-September. RSS announced in June that […]