Site Reports

Two Modulift spreader beams were used to perform a 2420t load test by Modulift’s partner Liftek International in Dubai. Based in Poole, Dorset, UK, Modulift, a market-leading manufacturer of modular spreader beams, was recently involved in an exceptionally heavy load test in Dubai. Two MOD 1000 spreader beams were used in a crucifix configuration to […]

Menzel Elektromotoren has manufactured four crane motors with the exact electrical and mechanical interfacing positions of a make that is no longer available today. The new slip ring motors based on a cost-efficient motor series will drive hoists on overhead cranes in a Chilean cement plant. Since standard motors do not fit the existing positions […]

More precise spreader beams have enabled complex lifting operations for a contractor working on HS2. The HS2 is Britain’s new high speed rail line being built from London to the North-West, with HS2 trains linking the biggest cities in Scotland, Manchester, Birmingham and London. It is the largest infrastructure project in Europe and said to […]

Lifting equipment specialist Britlift is supporting an attempt to break the outright world water speed record for the fastest boat in the world. Longbow, a pure thrust jet hydroplane, is currently under construction on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire and aims to become the fastest vessel on water. The record currently stands at 317mph, set in 1978 by […]

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc (CP&A) has completed procurement and design review services related to 10 rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes, manufactured by Konecranes, for Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Mason Mega Rail project in Savannah, USA. The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal was already the southeast’s busiest intermodal gateway, but GPA has implemented a series […]

Manelec fully equips several buildings for an agricultural equipment manufacturer with a complete set of lifting and handling elements Manelec, manufacturer and supplier of overhead cranes and lifting equipment is a Verlinde partner and member of the Verlinde after-sales service network. It has supplied a complete set of cranes, gantry cranes and hoists to a […]

Keller & Kalmbach, a specialist in fasteners, fastening technology and intelligent C-parts management, is expanding the capacity of its central warehouse and distribution centre in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, for the second time. Jungheinrich has been commissioned to build four new aisles in the carton warehouse there by the end of 2023, in addition to the six […]

Gerdau Metals Recycling increases effectiveness of operator training by employing CM Labs simulators. CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, has delivered a complete suite of lifting and earthmoving simulator training programmes to Gerdau, one of the world’s largest steel producers and metals recyclers. Gerdau recycling centres are powered by a range of earthmoving […]

D Turners & Sons has completed its first Enerpac ML40 Mini Lift Gantry project with the removal of a 25t biomass boiler from a factory in Scotland. The low roof height and limited physical access to the boiler made the compact hydraulic gantry the ideal choice for this lifting project. Within the boiler room’s space […]

The varied and specialist services available from Hoist & Winch Ltd have benefitted a cement industry customer that was looking to replace a large rotor used in its production process. Thanks to the design, manufacturing, test, certification and installation services offered by Hoist & Winch, a cement works was able to avoid the long lead […]