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Welcome to Overhead Crane Mart, here we will post the latest in Used Cranes that are Ex Stock in the UK. We only buy cranes that have been correctly maintained throughout their life (and this is evident).
We have over 30 years experience in the supply of Overhead Cranes & Jib Cranes which is why you can trust our big reputation.
Wire rope winches, commonly referred to as winches, hand winches, electric winches and more are used in a number of applications as a lifting or pulling solution.
This article will help explain the different types of wire rope winch and how they can be used, in a follow up article I will go in depth in types of hand winches, types of electric winches, get it? Ok…
Electric Wire Rope Winches are designed to run on a single phase or three phase power supply and can be used for lifting or pulling (dependant upon the style) electric winches take the effort out of operation with a simple wired pendant control or optional radio remote control. Simply press the command and the winch will carry it out.
Hand Winches are ideal for industrial or domestic purposes, affordable and easy to install/use. Hand winches require human interaction and cannot be automated or remote controlled. However they are much smaller and are appropriate for many applications that require small units in confined spaces or quiet operation, or simply where budgets are tight.
Industrial Winches are commonly fitted to davit cranes and various other applications in the industrial sector where pulling or lifting is required.
As you can see the capacity is easily increased with the cost effective addition.
Wire rope winches are often used when the direction of the rope needs to be changed with the addition of a sheave block, sheave blocks can be fixed to position the wire rope to feed horizontally but leave vertically making the hoist a lifting hoist without it being fixed vertically above the load. Wire rope sheaves are often used to increase the capacity of the hoist by creating a double reeving system explained in the image above.
For more information on hand winches, electric wire rope winches and more please feel free to comment below.
Swing Jib Cranes, Jib Cranes and swinging arm cranes. Watch this video to learn more about Jib Cranes and what you need to know before you make your first purchase (or even enquiry).
Three men were injured and one crushed to death by overhead crane accident in Arkansas Nuclear One Plant in April 2013.
This is ultimately the responsibility of the company who service the crane who have not been named.
It is important to correctly maintain your overhead crane in order to prevent breakdowns and unnecessary repairs and in some cases like this; fatal accidents.
On this occasion the gantry appears to have snapped, this could be due to a number of factors such as overload, poor engineering, poort maintenance etc.
Safety should never be compromised when lifting and handling heavy loads, UK law and LOLER require cranes to be serviced on a regular basis.
For more information and advice on Overhead Crane Servicing and Overhead Crane Inspection visit Crane Handling.
Over the last few years there has been some confusion among the industry regarding Fellows Stringer Cranes & Hoists.
Fellows Stringer has been operating in the overhead crane market for around 5 decades supplying various blue chip companies and acquiring several nuclear contracts.
When Fellows Stringer closed its main premises and was taken over by Kingsway Corporation it never ceased production of current products and is still operating to this day, mostly supplying spare parts to Overhead Cranes.
For more information on Fellows Stringer Cranes Click Here.
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Last month this crane collapsed about 2,000 miles away from Moscow in Russia. This rail mounted tower crane got caught up in some serious winds causing it to gain speed moving down the tracks and collapsing into a nine floor appartment block. Luckily nobody was injured however eight cars were smashed up in the process! This is a lesson to everyone in the lifting industry. Always take the necessary safety precautions (this includes checking the weather!) and risk assessment is vital.
Only in Russia would they continue to operate the other cranes after this had happend! (lol) It is suspected that the crane was not installed correctly- disastrous!
Collapsing Crane in Russia!
For more information and advice an overhead cranes and installation, testing and servicing contact Crane Handling.
As we progress deeper into the material handling market we are adding more and more products to our website such as pallet trucks, sack trucks (coming soon) and not so recently; Drum Lifters, Barrel Lifters, Drum Lifting Attachments and general Drum Handling Equipment.
Our range is very versatile with solutions designed for removal of drums from pallets and simple drum dollies to more complex hydraulic drum handlers which are able to pick, lift, tip and rotate barrels and drums.
There are many Types of Drum Handling Equipment on todays market, but you want to be sure that you are getting something that has been fully certified to the relevant standards. This means: if you think you are getting an incredibly low deal you probably are buying an non-certified cheap import which if used in a business environment should it fail and injure someone, there might be serious compensation on the companies behalf as law now requires all lifting and handling equipment to be inspected and certified to the relevant British standards.
Hydraulic Drum Trucks
These are easy to operate and can be used to lift and lower drums and barrels on and off pallets (if designed to do so) they can also tip and turn (again, if designed to do so).
Easy to use, simply push down on the pump which once clipped to the Drum will lift and hold the drum. The wheels and bars stabilise the load.
For more information and fully certified supplies of Hydraulic Drum Lifters visit Lifting Equipment Store.
This is a manual drum trolley, simply hook the drum up and away you go!
Should you wish for more information of manual Drum Trolleys and other manual drum handling equipment please leave a comment or visit Lifting Equipment Store. This is the ideal drum trolley for simple industrial handling, economical and easy to transport, great for lorry drivers that deliver drums!
Low Profile Drum Caddy- Ideal for van drivers who deliver drums on a daily basis.
Perfect for Van delivery drivers!!
Featuring a detachable handle that incorporates a ‘drum positioner’ allowing the user to pull the drum onto the trolley, snap the handle back on to the trolley and wheel away! This simple little gadget is just £95 online! For more information and supplies of this low profile Drum Trolley please visit Lifting Equipment Store.
If a chain block is what you are looking for be sure to visit Lifting Equipment Store, a expertly presented website where you can purchase all your lifting equipment needs under one name, simply and efficiently.
Integral chain blocks are the latest and greatest design of chain block offering extended hook path with excellent headroom capabilities. Ideal for applications with low ceilings.
Yale Ultra Low Headroom Chain Block. Up to 10,000kg capacity and unlimited height of lift. Ideal for low headroom applications.
Lifting Equipment Store offer incredible deals on Hand Chain Blocks and all other types of equipment. When ordering your block and tackle be sure to know the following:
How you are going to suspend the hoist- do you have a suitably rated beam above? If so you can use a beam clamp for fitting your hoist in a static position or a beam travelling trolley, this will allow your hoist to travel up and down the beam like a runway. For heavy loads you can use a geared trolley, this operates with the use of a hand chain much like the chain block, the hand chain, once pulled turns gears on the trolley which operate the wheels, thus allowing horizontal travel of the beam with little effort required (as pushing 5Tonnes is quite heavy even when suspended).
What is your height of lift- this is the distance from the bottom of the beam flange to the load, the standard is 3m but this can be as long as you require, when purchasing online this will be a question that is vital you can answer.
Safe Working Load (SWL)- this is the capacity of the hoist (the maximum weight you will be lifting) each hoist will be certified to this weight (and complete with certificate, never use a hoist without a certificate) However the hoist is designed to withstand a certain percentage of overload, but, you should never ever overload your equipement as this is very, very dangerous and could cost you your life as well as your equipment’s life!
For more information on chain blocks and lifting tackle visit Lifting Equipment Store.
We have just added this excellently priced ‘Like New’ Street Overhead Crane to our inventory.
Street Single Beam gantry crane featuring pendant control, 30m of free standing gantry (columns 4.4m Height)
Safe Working Load: 3.2Tonnes
Brand: Street
Span: 19m
Height of Lift: 8m
Gantry Steelwork Included: Yes, 30m worth at 4.4m high
Overall Height of Crane & Gantry: 5.8m -can be modified to suit your existing building/requirements.
3.2Tonne SWL
19m Span
Street Crane Hoist- In Excellent Condition!
Super Tidy Crane, Like New!
Ideal crane for a great price.
This crane has worked very few hours and is Ex stock.
For More information regarding this used crane for sale please contact Crane Handling on 0044 1384 441235 or visit http://www.cranehandling.com
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