productSweet success
In partnership with GM Technical Services (GMTS), a South African crane fabricator, Street Crane has completed a major installation at Illovo Sugar’s new 51,000m2, 170,00t capacity, high-bay warehouse.
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productCrane modernisation
Lifting equipment manufacturer, Konecranes, is reporting a continued rise in the popularity of crane modernisation programme, across an increasing number of industry sectors.
productSafer overhead lifting milestone
LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) has issued its 2000th TEAM card, Highlighting the growing success of this international registration and identity scheme for overhead lifting equipment engineers, LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) has issued its 2000th TEAM card.
articleATL Vertical Lifter offered
Konecranes has released the dynamic ATL Vertical Lifter to meet the handling requirements of a variety of industries.
articleWorkshops fitted out with hoists
When Loiselet Foundry in France moved to new highly automated facilities it took on Verlinde powered hoists.
productThree-axis motion compensated crane
MacGregor’s three-axis motion compensated offshore crane has won the Offshore Support Journal’s (OSJ) Innovation of the Year award. The award is given for a product, system or service which is judged to have made the most significant impact on the design, build and/or operational aspects of offshore support vessels.
productEco-friendly service van fleet
To increase the efficiency of its nationwide service operation, Konecranes has invested in a new fleet of eco-friendly and fuel-efficient service vans.
productCrane diagnostics
Street CraneXpress has enhanced its overhead crane diagnostic service with a new device that acts as an early warning system for potential crane rope defects, avoiding unexpected faults and costly crane downtime.
productDouble girder cranes
Linian has successfully installed two 3.2t overhead cranes in the new hi-tech testing facility of an aerospace company. In this instance, headroom was critical, as was maximising the floor coverage.
articleMobile harbour crane
Terex Port Solutions has supplied Norwegian company, Saga Fjordbase AS, with a diesel-electric Terex Gottwald Model 2 harbour crane, G HMK 2304 variant.
productMore efficient machine tool service
Looking to provide increasingly efficient levels of customer service support, Konecranes has centralised its Machine Tool Service operations within its main crane manufacturing site in East Kilbride.
newsHeavy fine after crane operator crushed
A vehicle manufacturer has been told to pay nearly £180,000 in fines and costs for safety failings after a crane operator suffered severe crush injuries in a lifting operation at the company’s press shop in Luton.
productDouble girder gantry crane
Electric wire rope hoists supplied by Street Crane Company have been selected for a major role in the reconstruction of the 107 year old Longfellow Bridge over Charles River at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
productFrom road to rail
Konecranes has manufactured and installed a 110T fixed goliath crane at Direct Rail Services’s new facility at Georgemas Junction in the North of Scotland.
productFast to slow & slow to stop
Terex Material Handling has installed two Demag overhead travelling cranes at Dril-Quip Europe’s production facility in Aberdeen.
productRadio remote control agreement
With connection-free radio remote control technology set to continue increasing in popularity, Konecranes, has appointed South Shields-based Industrial Remote Controls as its preferred supplier in the UK.
newsMan jailed after fatal overhead crane accident
A Hampshire businessman, who was disqualified from being a company director, has been jailed for serious fraud and safety offences. A second businessman was given a suspended prison sentence for similar offences.
productHoists for maintenance centre
Grupo JPG, a local integrator of Verlinde hoists and crane components in Spain, has equipped the CISF (Centro Integral de Sistemas Ferroviarios), a new 20,000m2 train maintenance area for ADIF (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias), with overhead cranes to lift the train power and motorisation equipment.
productRemote service package
Konecranes has re-launched its Trucare remote service package. First introduced in 2012, Trucare has been remodelled into a modular concept that is designed to better serve the needs of customers from across a host of industry sectors.
productSecond mobile harbour crane
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order from Hans Lehmann KG (Lehmann) for a second diesel-electric G HMK 5506 variant of the Tere® Gottwald Model 5 mobile harbour crane.
