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Wizard lifts in OZ
Imports, labour shortages, long distances – the hoist industry in Australia and New Zealand is surviving all of these and the pandemic as well. Julian Champkin reports.
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Suction control
With the advent of ‘cobots’, automated technology is becoming more advanced than ever before. Jenny Eagle gets to grips with the latest vacuum and manual handling equipment in manufacturing.
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Pulp Faction
The paper and cardstock industry continues to see growth and challenges. While some mills are upgrading production capacity or investing in ergonomics, others are shutting down. Mike Straus looks at the factors driving industry trends.
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Kristian Electric has partnered with the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) to install a Gorbel Cleveland Tramrail system at its Veterinary Medical Clinical Skills Building (CSB).
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Manitowoc to acquire H&E Equipment Services
The Manitowoc Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the crane business of H&E Equipment Services, one of the largest rental equipment companies in the US.
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JD Neuhaus on why it has upgraded its mini Food Grade hoist
JD Neuhaus (JDN) has updated its mini Food Grade hoist with a major upgrade to improve its performance.
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AAL delivers mobile gantry cranes to port of Oslo to deal with growing container volumes from Europe & Asia
AAL Shipping (AAL) has delivered four of the largest rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to the Port of Oslo, Norway. The new generation mobile units, measuring 36 m in height and 28 m in length, were transported from Taicang in China to Oslo aboard a ‘mega-size’ multipurpose vessel (MPV), the AAL Pusan.
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LEEA partners with Dutch lifting equipment organisation EKH
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has partnered with Dutch organisation EKH (Erkende Keurbedrijven Hijs & Hefmiddelen), combining their high standards and expertise to support each other’s membership.
LATEST FEATURES
Imports, labour shortages, long distances – the hoist industry in Australia and New Zealand is surviving all of these and the pandemic as well. Julian Champkin reports.
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Suction control
With the advent of ‘cobots’, automated technology is becoming more advanced than ever before. Jenny Eagle gets to grips with the latest vacuum and manual handling equipment in manufacturing.
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Pulp Faction
The paper and cardstock industry continues to see growth and challenges. While some mills are upgrading production capacity or investing in ergonomics, others are shutting down. Mike Straus looks at the factors driving industry trends.
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Irugasa on a par with advanced motion control systems
From its beginnings as the UK arm of IKUSI, a Spanish-based radio control manufacturer, which was then integrated into Danfoss group in 2018, Irugasa Power Solutions has been providing remote control expertise to the UK market for over 25 years.
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Hydro Power
International engineering firm Stantec has hired Ace Industries, which partnered with IMS, to upgrade the hoists on Duke Energy hydropower towers on Jocassee Lake dam in South Carolina, in the US.
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A work in process
The process crane is now digitally embedded in its task. Julian Champkin reports.
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Out of Africa
Africa has no shortage of natural resources and minerals and with AfCFTA it has become the largest free trade area in the world, but the threat of political uprisings means it is far from stable. Jenny Eagle investigates
BLOGS
The Spanco Honor Scholarship is awarded every year through the Material Handling Education Foundation to a student studying industrial or mechanical engineering. This year, the scholarship has been awarded to MollyAnne Lloyd, a junior Industrial Engineering student at Penn State University.
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HMI cautions hoist owners and operators against side pulling a hoist
HMI (Hoist Manufacturers Institute) part of MHI the largest material handling, logistics and supply chain association in the US, has warned owners and operators against performing a side pull of a hoist (defined as “any force or operating condition that restricts the load block, chain, wire rope, or web strap, and hoist body from forming a straight line with the direction of loading).
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HMS Networks acquires 60% share in Owasys Advanced Wireless Devices
HMS Industrial Networks AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Networks AB, has acquired 60% of all shares in the Spanish company Owasys Advanced Wireless Devices, headquartered in Bilbao with 20 employees.
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VDMA: ‘Without a strong & rapid expansion of renewable energies, we will not achieve the envisaged climate targets’
The "Fit for 55" climate package proposed by the EU Commission will permanently shape and change society and the economy in Europe, says Hartmut Rauen, deputy executive director, VDMA (the German machinery manufacturers’ association).
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BP, SSE Renewables, Scottish Power, Equinor and Ocean Winds submit bids for ScotWind
Crown Estate Scotland is holding a competitive tender for ScotWind, the seabed leasing for offshore wind, starting the process of examining each application and will confirm the level of interest this week as well as the next steps.
