articleNot for badge collectors
LEEA (The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) is taking a quality over quantity approach, driving higher standards for members, as CEO Ross Moloney explains to HSS editor Simon Duddy.
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articleNew capacity ranges for leading sideloader
Baumann has introduced three, four and five tonnes capacity diesel-powered additions to its award-winning range of sideloaders.
newsInaugural IPAF Elevation programme draws over 200 attendees
IPAF’s first ever Elevation conference, networking and gala dinner event in the UK took place on 25 September with over 200 attendees across the one-day event of meetings, workshops, seminar and gala dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Coventry, UK.
productScissor lift tables with indexing turntables
To reduce operator fatigue and boost efficiency and safer manual handling when transferring finished steel components from automated CNC machine onto trays on stillage, Tecmach has supplied a series of scissor lift tables with indexing turntables.
productManual rotation
Packline Materials Handling has release a clamp attachment which is designed to handle rolls or drums with a range of dimensions.
productStainless steel clamping
The Drum Handling Clamp Attachment from Packline Materials Handling has been specifically designed to handle drums and similar vessels by providing powered vertical lifting and lowering.
articleRaising logistics issues
Ross Moloney, CEO of The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), reviews key developments in the lifting industry as the association aspires to not only play a leading role in the sector’s sustainability but also to increase its influence in terms of statutory regulations.
productWorker pushing trolley killed by sideloader
Leeds-based garden shed manufacturing company, Woodlands Homecare, was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was killed.
productElectric multidirectional sideloader business Hubtex strengthens UK business
Hubtex is intent on expansion in the UK market, and is banking on a consultative approach that is focused on optimising end-to-end processes for end users.
productABP Hams Hall opts for Chinese built Sany reachstackers
Cooper Specialised Handling has received a supply order from ABP for an order of two Sany SRSC 4540 intermodal reachstackers for its Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal, Sutton Coldfield.
articlePreventing port crane failure through rope monitoring
Greater awareness of condition monitoring of wire ropes using magnetic head technology is required to avoid the risk of catastrophic port crane failure, says LEEA.
articleMulti-year packages on heavy Hyundai forklifts
RAM Tubulars, a provider of multi-recycling services to the oil, gas and construction industries, has recently taken delivery of its first Hyundai forklift from Bear Handling – the 130D-9 model, is a 13,000kg load capacity diesel machine.
articleNew powered pedestrian pallet truck
The Combi-PPT is a powered pallet truck with standard lift capacities of 3,000kg and 6,000kg, with higher capacity models from 7,000kg to 16,000kg available on request.
articleMost falls begin on the ground
The new safety campaign for 2018-19 from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) reminds managers and operators conducting work at height using MEWPs to carry out proper risk assessments, choose the correct equipment for the job and conduct thorough site and machinery inspections.
articleHygienic lifting
The HSE advises that injuries from lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying and putting down an object is currently responsible for 66% of RIDDOR’S (reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations) from the pharmaceutical industry.
productThe trolley is critical for safe load movement in hoists
When specifying a hoist for use in industrial applications that demand beam-traversing motion, attention should also be paid to the trolley on to which the hoist hooks.
productTransport firm for heavy equipment makes major investment
Joseph Merritt Group has announced plans to invest £1.4 million in machinery lifting and transportation equipment as part of an ongoing strategy to expand services across the UK.
product30 tonne lift
Following the successful use of Stertil Koni cabled lifts, the Mansfield Group decided to upgrade to a set of wireless mobile column lifts to support workshop operations at its new depot in Liverpool.
productPramac has updated its CX electric pallet truck range
The CX12 and CX14 pallet trucks have been redesigned to support industries from rail to retail. Both products are available in Basic and Evo ranges and cover different types of use and weight.
productGoods lift installed
Lödige UK has recently finished the installation of a goods lift in a laser testing facility in the Midlands.
