Modulift spreader frame lifts supercars at Goodwood Festival of Speed

A Modulift CMOD 24 has been used to lift iconic supercars at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed. As an internationally renowned motorsport event, Goodwood marks a significant date in the diary for car enthusiasts, attracting around 200,000 visitors each year to its location in West Sussex, UK. The supercar lifts were carried out by […]

02/09/2024 - 07:56 am

All aboard

Japan-based lifting gear supplier, Nakamura Industry Co Ltd and its customer have successfully lifted an EMU3000 train using Modulift spreader beams at Hualien Port in Taiwan. Below-the-hook, Nakamura’s customer employed two MOD 34 spreader beams at a span of 3.5m, providing four lifting points underneath the train to evenly distribute the weight. The two spreader […]

08/08/2024 - 15:37 pm

Jacks help complete bridge project

UK-based PHL Hydraulics UK Ltd has invested in Enerpac Cube Jack technology as the company gears up for new civil engineering opportunities. It is first UK company to add the Enerpac SCJ-Series 100t cube jack system to its range of lifting systems, significantly broadening its project handling capability. PHL Hydraulics UK Ltd is an established […]

02/08/2024 - 15:04 pm
Fayay, RHC Lifting , Suez waste management.

Automating waste management

Suez, provides a flexible and sustainable waste management service for businesses across the south-east of the UK and lifting specialists, RHC Lifting Ltd, has successfully installed two fully automated handling cranes at the company’s Victoria Road waste transfer site in London. This major upgrade was accomplished over 18 months and will significantly enhance operations at […]

26/07/2024 - 10:26 am

CP&A designs four-rail stacker crane for aerospace facility

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc (CP&A) has designed a new trolley, mast, and platform for painting airplanes at a large aerospace manufacturer coordinating with the manufacturer’s systems integrator and electrical engineering team. CP&A accepted a scope of work to replace an existing three-rail stacker crane, including full mechanical and structural design services. The company carried […]

23/07/2024 - 12:43 pm

Lifter, rotator for Giant Magellan Telescope

The Caldwell Group Inc. has delivered a custom system for rotating a track section during manufacture of the world’s most powerful telescope. Caldwell is one of the several businesses based in Rockford, Illinois, USA,  including milling specialist, Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc, that is delivering various scopes of work to The Giant Magellan Telescope, an international […]

02/04/2024 - 15:56 pm

Automated cranes for waste-to-energy

Konecranes will supply two grab lifter cranes to Elixir Group’s industrial complex in Prahovo, Serbia, to meet the growing energy demands of its chemical industry. The order was booked in December 2023, with deliveries and installation scheduled from October 2024. The project involves the installation of two 17USt cranes that will be positioned within the […]

01/02/2024 - 12:24 pm

Britlift helps keep train manufacturer’s lifting on track

CAF Rolling Stock UK produces trains for the UK market. The bodies, bogies and engines are manufactured at CAF facilities in Spain and France for assembly at its plant in Llanwern near Newport, Wales. Clients include Transport for Wales, which recently commissioned 180 new diesel trains from CAF. The Welsh facility runs two 25t cranes […]

31/01/2024 - 16:13 pm

LASTRO takes Enerpac Jack-up to new heights

Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of an Enerpac JS-250 fitted with a bracing kit for German heavy lift company, LASTRO Heavylift, has been completed at Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology in The Netherlands. The JS-250 Jack-up lifted a 660 metric ton load to a height of 15m during the FAT. The Enerpac JS-250 system, comprising four towers, […]

23/01/2024 - 16:49 pm

Shipping solutions

≈The use of aerial work platforms in a salty environment requires effective protection against splashes of seawater, shellfish or other residues on the machine’s dashboard. Manitou Group’s “Special Solutions” department created a tailor-made solution for a customer using an aerial work platform to wash boat hulls. To protect this dashboard, also known as a console, […]

10/01/2024 - 12:44 pm

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