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Operator certification is good risk management
While the risks associated with the operation of mobile cranes are well-documented, they are less readily recognised in overhead crane and hoist operation, says Danny Thiemens.

Choosing the right overhead travelling crane
In the third part of a series of articles aimed at newcomers to the lifting equipment industry, Derrick Bailes explains the structural elements of the overhead travelling crane

United nations
Finnish crane builder Satateräs Oy supplied a 10t gantry crane running on a 70m runway for a German-French consortium constructing a power station

Truss system for permanent installations
Aluminium trusses are commonly used as lighting rigs in the entertainment industry

American standards for entertainment hoists
The production of new standards in the US for powered rigging in the entertainment industry is reaching an advanced stage