While spreader and lifting beams are two different types of below-the-hook lifting devices, used to stabilize and support a load during an overhead lift, both keep lifting slings below at or near a ...

The life cycles of port assets are extended, and the likelihood of defects that influence normal port activity is reduced due to smart maintenance systems. (Credit ...

Thomas Weston, Alton Shaw and Alfred Box are among the founding fathers of the modern industrial lifting industry, and their enterprise eventually all came together in the US company Yale Lift-Tech.

A crane or hoist with a hook on the end seems a clear and simple solution. (Credit: Glenn van de Wiel on Unsplash) A crane or hoist with a hook on the end seems a clear and simple solution to most ...

The automation-ready lifting tong can be adapted to a rigid mast crane, a wire rope hoist, or an existing crane, in various capacities and duty cycles. (Cjp24/Wikipedia) Loads come in almost infinite ...

An expert crane operator, with years of experience, can handle all this and move his complicated load without it swaying. (Credit: 652234/Pixabay) Hoist Magazine began writing about anti-sway systems ...

b. Mechanical jacks with two ratings (sustaining and lifting) shall be so marked. c. Hydraulic pressure or lever arm length and force shall be legibly marked on the jack. d. Marking shall indicate the ...

Spent fuel casks must be designed to withstand impact without sustaining any critical damage that could result in radiation exposure above regulated limits. (Credit: Nuclear Regulatory ...

A properly maintained hoist, used as it should be by a trained and competent operator, is generally speaking a safe machine. Nevertheless its purpose is to lift a load to a height, which is an ...

As part of the process of preparing waste from Hinkley Point A and Berkeley for long-term storage, Magnox commissioned modular intermediatelevel waste encapsulation plants (MILWEP) that would package ...

During my many years in the overhead crane and hoist industry it just amazed me how many people did not understand the difference between holding and controlled braking. Engineers, who design the ...

In legislation and standards remote controls are usually referred to as cable-less controllers. There are variations in the capability of the products on the market, and therefore choices to be made ...