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Green Pin® introduces the Power Sling® Shackle in action!
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Green Pin® introduces the Green Pin Power Sling® Shackle. The Power Sling® has a revolutionary design that enables you to lift the same load with a lighter wire. This means the Power Sling® lets you save up to 20% on synthetic- and steel wire rope costs, giving you more competitive power. That’s our kind of power. Power to the Wire.
A two day public ‘disposal auction’ that includes 130 cranes (from 220 ton down to 35 ton All Terrain and City cranes) plus more than 500 significant lots of general construction equipment from the administration of Hewden Stuart Ltd will be sold by Euro Auctions at the Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire at the request of the administrators at Ernst & Young on Thursday 02 /Friday 03 March.
Founded in 1918, Akerstroms Bjorbo AB develops, produces, markets and services robust products to a global market for radio remote control of industrial cranes, mobile applications, door-opening systems and locomotives.
Cranes Today sponsor DLM updates readers on requirement of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
Cranes Today sponsor LTM explains its GIS range
On Thursday 14th April 2016, the 4th day of BAUMA 2016, KOBELCO celebrated the order of MAMMOET for 17 units KOBELCO cranes with a speech and handshake followed by a traditional Japanese sake ceremony with the MAMMOET team and the KOBELCO team dressed in MAMMOET red Japanese happi coats. Ceremonial hammers were used to break open the sake barrel, after which the sake was shared with the gathered crowd in typical Japanese square wooden cups with the logos of MAMMOET and KOBELCO branded on opposite sides. KOBELCO also handed over to MAMMOET: a Kabuko samourai helmet, sword and bow with arrows.
Cranes Today email newsletter sponsor RaycoWylie Systems’ new i4507 system for Tower Cranes with a flat or luffing jib combines a rated capacity indicator with a display able to show views from up-to-four cameras, along with a host of other sensor inputs.
Yale Cordage has added a new heavy-lift multipart sling, Fortis2, to its industrial portfolio.
Tru-Vu Monitors has released a 17” touch screen, which it claimed is ideal for wash-down environments.
Montreal-based CM Labs Simulations has released a new operator training module designed for rough terrain crane operators.
Solum has developed a range of aluminium outrigger pads, reducing the weight of the units and providing a fully recyclable product.
Norwegian company Load Solutions, a supplier of lashing and loading systems for the transport sector, has launched its lightweight synthetic chain, called Tycan.
Australian company Pervidi has introduced its Paperless Crane Inspection Software, an electronic system for recording inspections and preventative maintenance.
Specialised outrigger pads, similar to those manufactured for mobile cranes, are being used in the Antarctic to prevent a research facility from sinking into the snow.
Danfoss has developed a functional safety package designed to simplify safety certification for off-highway OEMs.
CM Labs has introduced a tower crane module for its Vortex training simulators.
Bowmonk-Tapley has launched a DVSA-approved brake test kit for monitoring the brake performance of mobile cranes and HGVs.
Caspian Marine Services used Straightpoint load cells to remove and reinstall a 300t crane boom on a 600t crane barge in Azerbaijan.
Mitas has added a further two sizes to its CR-01 range of crane tyres.