Hawks Crane Hire in the UK has ordered Europe’s first unit of the new 300t capacity Kobelco CKE3000G crawler crane. The Dartford-based company sealed the deal during the Intermat exhibition in Paris, France.
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Set Win takes first LTM 1450-8.1 in Asia
The Set Win Group in Hong Kong has taken delivery of its new 450t capacity Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 wheeled mobile telescopic crane.
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One Tadano – building a network for growth
Japanese manufacturer Tadano is the leader in rough terrain cranes and truck cranes in Australia and over the past two years has quietly been building capacity that it believes will herald a new period of growth. Welcome to ‘One Tadano’.
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LiftWerx and Siemens Gamesa announce up-tower lifting device
Engineering company LiftWerx has partnered with Siemens Gamesa to develop the world’s highest capacity up-tower lifting device.
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United crowned Best Rental Company
National access equipment specialist, United Forklift and Access Solutions, has been crowned 2018 Rental Company of the Year by the Australian Hire and Rental Industry Association (HRIA, ).
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CrewSafe – a better way to regulate VOCs
CrewSafe, the newest assessment program developed by CICA, was launched in Western Australia on May 25, 2018.
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Terex sales up by 25%
Terex Corporation has reported a strong Q1 with sales of US$1.3 billion (AU$1.74 billion), a 25% growth compared to Q1 of 2017.
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TIDD turning the corner on pick and carry safety
When TRT released the 25t TIDD PC25 pick and carry crane in 2013, it incorporated a number of safety features such as a Robway LMI system that automatically de-rated the lift chart for articulation and side slope, a ROPS cab with FOPS option, ABS drum brakes and an electro-hydraulic steering system that reduced the steering response as speed increased to overcome the problem of speed wobbles at speed. Greg Keane reports.
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Calculating the surface area of a load
In our previous article we looked at how to calculate the permissible wind speed to operate a crane based on three simple things – load mass, load chart wind speed and surface area of the load, writes Stuart Edwards.
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A theatre of the Darling (Harbour) exits stage left
Gillespie Crane Services (Gillespies) won the 2017 Lift of the Year in the <20t category for its lift of a 13.4t cantilever roof as part of Delta Demolition’s demolition of the iconic Imax Theatre at Darling Harbour (Sydney), writes Greg Keane.
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