productHovercraft gets a lift
Lifting equipment specialist, Lloyds British Testing, was tasked by Griffon Hoverwork in Southampton with lifting a 50t Canadian Hovercraft from its transport wheel blocks onto its stand for final fitting.
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productModular crane system
In the last fifty years more than 10,000km of KBK crane profile has been brought into the market. Over the years the crane construction kit has undergone continuous development and today Terex Material Handling serves a wide variety of customers in many different industries.
productHeavy duty belts
The new heavy duty and extra heavy duty System Plast modular plastic belts from Emerson’s Power Transmission Solutions business provide a non-skid, energy efficient conveyor surface for moving walkways, automotive assembly lines, car washes, and general material handling of heavy loads, such as barrels, drums, kegs and pallets.
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product5000th Kalmar straddle carrier
The 5000th Kalmar straddle carrier has rolled out of the assembly unit in Stargard Szczecinski, Poland, this week. This Kalmar AutoStrad(TM) is a part of 44 electric straddle carriers to be delivered to Asciano’s Patrick Port Botany terminal in Sydney, Australia early 2014.
productDesign competition
Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) has launched its first forklift design competition for European design students and 2013 graduates under the coordination of the multi awarded TMHE Design Center. The call for entries has started.
productBig capacity, small van
Particularly popular with service engineering organisations who need to handle a variety of tools, equipment and materials, Penny Hydraulics has been installing cranes with maximum working loads of 150 and 250kg on vans for many years.
productDrum handling solutions
For the loading or unloading of drums from lorries and containers, for de-palletising, or just moving drums around a workshop or factory site, the St Clare Engineering range of Grab-O-Matic fork attachments and pedestrian drum handlers can provide a safe and efficient solution.
productTake control
Designed to give Hiab Multilift users maximum uptime as well as durability, comfort and safety, Hiab has introduced the Second-Generation Control System (2GCS). The PLC operating system enables Hiab to constantly develop and upgrade the system with new features and benefits.
productHigh flying application
Solving’s latest multi-wheeled Automated Movers have recently been delivered to the A350 centre-section fuselage assembly line in St. Nazaire, France.
productNew generation reachstacker
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has launched Gloria – a new range of reachstackers. It is claimed that the fifth generation machines will set the benchmark in terms of productivity, operator comfort, safety and cost effective operation.
productSkate & track system
Manufacturer of fluid sealing products, James Walker, is benefiting from a Joloda skate and track system normally used for truck loading of pallets.
productDemag Cranes revamps forklift fleet
ND Lift Trucks has delivered six new forklifts, a new access platform and two sweeping machines to Demag Cranes in Banbury.
productProtema electric lifter
Protema electric lifter can be used as box lifter, sack lifter, reel lifter, drum lifter, crate lifter, bale lifter, tyre lifter and more.
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productBloodhound team gets a lift
The team behind a British bid to smash the world land speed record has taken delivery of new equipment vital for testing its supersonic, jet powered car.
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productReinventing the sack truck
According to PARRS, traditional sack trucks have three main problems: the user has to support the load weight, straining their back and shoulders; they don’t go up stairs and kerbs very well; and hands aren’t free to open doors.
productShipyard handling solutions
An impressive range of hoists, covering lift capacities from 250kg up to a full 100 tonnes, from J D Neuhaus is used worldwide within many heavy-industry applications including shipbuilding and offshore, covering newbuild, refits and repair as well as dismantling.
productCompact vertical pallet transport
Qimarox has developed a modular pallet lift for weights up to 1500 kg…
