Lifting & moving
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Radio controlled hoists

EDF’s Durance Verdon hydroelectricity basin consists of 17 dams and 30 power stations with a total installed capacity of 2200MW and production of 6.5 billion kWh. Verlinde hoists are installed at all plants and have to meet very specific operating conditions.

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Heavy 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.

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Two major signings

Impact Handling has increased its offering of heavy-duty materials handling and distribution equipment after being appointed sole UK distributor for German-based MAFI and Italian-based Carer.

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Reel carrying pallet trucks

The Large Load Capacity Reel Carrying Pallet Truck from Midland Pallet Trucks is engineered for transporting loads such as textile rolls, paper spools, cable drums, reels, coils and barrels.

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Double 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.

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From 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.

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Impact Handling takes on Konecranes heavy lift trucks

Impact Handling has been appointed as a nationwide distributor for the Konecranes range of heavy-duty lift trucks, extending its materials handling portfolio from the smallest pallet trucks to specialist port-based machines with lifting capacities of up to 80 tonnes.

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Management needs to be aware of risks

The Fork Lift Truck Association has emphasised that managers need to be aware of forklift-related dangers, in the wake of the prosecution of a company and one of its directors after a forklift accident.

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Logistic train systems

Offering customers a modern, flexible and convenient cycle-flow of materials throughout their production facilities, Linde Material Handling has launched two new load train solutions.

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Hybrid straddle carriers impress

The hybrid straddle carrier supplied by Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is said to have set the industry benchmark for fuel consumption and emissions in operation at MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Practical engine access

Designed for the safe and effective powered manipulation of large engines or other heavy workpieces weighing up to 25t, the latest engine stand supplied to Clarke Energy is a Benco 25 unit, manufactured by the Brixworth Engineering Company.


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