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  1. Mobile Vacuum Lifters

    Mobile Vacuum Lifters

    FLEXICRANE MOBILE GENERAL DATA Maximum capacity: 65 kg Reach: 2 m (360 degrees) Rotation: unlimited Weight: 450 kg (excl. gripper) Height: 2,15-2,75 m Size of pillar base: Ø1,5 m Media: clean, dry compressed air 6-7 bar Color: red (RAL 3020) Also available in stainless steel on request Brochure: Lifting with flexicrane (pdf).   Find out more..
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  2. Why do YOU need a Safety Pallet Gate?

    Why do YOU need a Safety Pallet Gate?

    There are no acceptable excuses for not providing your workers with a safe working environment. High-level mezzanine floors, loading docks, hoist openings and doorways used for loading pallets etc. MUST have adequate and fool-proof fall protection at all times. Chains, swing gates, lift-out gates, sliding gates and push gates just don't cut it!  They can be left open and are...
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  3. Pfaff Silberblau Material Handling Aids

    Pfaff Silberblau Material Handling Aids

    Confined work areas are particularly hazardous for forklift activity as they have workers concentrating on the task at hand, who may not be aware that a forklift is present. This situation often causes serious accidents to occur and should be avoided at all cost Risk assessments and HSE accident reports show that forklifts MUST be prohibited in work areas and...
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  4. Product Feature - 15% off Yale Chain Hoists

    Product Feature - 15% off Yale Chain Hoists

     
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  5. Light Crane Systems

    Light Crane Systems

    FEATURES View full details Niko C2 light cranes are the ideal solution for lightweight lifting of load capacities up to 2000kg. They are supplied in a modular kit form, which enables them to be easily assembled, modified or moved to accommodate changes in your working patterns. The construction of Niko C2 light cranes is considerably lighter, free-running, and more versatile...
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  6. Featured Product - Self-Balancing Crane Forks

    Featured Product - Self-Balancing Crane Forks

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  7. Handling in Energy and Telecommunications

    Handling in Energy and Telecommunications

    As a long-established supplier of lifting and handling equipment, DALE Lifting and handling specialist has assembled a comprehensive range of products specifically for the energy and telecommunications sectors For cable laying and pulling * Cable pulling winches * Cable pulling ropes and cable socks * Cable tensioners * Cable drum jacks *Clamp-on line tensiometers * Running line dynamometers * Cable...
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  8. Handling goods safely during the Covid 19 pandemic

    Handling goods safely during the Covid 19 pandemic

    Having to lift heavy loads can be back-breaking during normal times. Working with social distancing, self-isolating, and furloughed staff, there is an increased danger of handling injuries which can quickly become acute and impact on profitability. Giving your staff a beneficial handling aid is key to a happier workforce during these difficult times. Achieving virtually weightless handling with a load...
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  9. 10 Important Factors for the Selection of Lifting Slings

    10 Important Factors for the Selection of Lifting Slings

    Safe lifting is of paramount importance. Consequently, we try to provide a 10 point guide for the selection of lifting slings and safe use. 10 IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR THE SELECTION OF LIFTING SLINGS 1 The weight of the load 2 Centre of gravity 3 Attaching the slings 4 Strength of the load 5 Forces on the load 6 Choice of...
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  10. Lifting and Handling Products for Metal Industries

    Lifting and Handling Products for Metal Industries

    Metal Industry Lifting and Handling Products * Overhead cranes and swing jibs * Electric Hoists - wire rope and chain hoists * Vacuum and mechanical grippers * Lifting beams and spreaders * Fixed and mobile gantries * Below-the-hook products including plate and section clamps, lifting magnets, chain and wire rope slings, and shackles * Pipe and beam bogies You can buy...
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  11. User's Guide for Lifting - An Online Training Course

    User's Guide for Lifting - An Online Training Course

    This Crosby training resource covers rigging fundamentals through a series of self-paced lessons that explain the Crosby User’s Guide for Lifting pocket rigging card. Each topic includes a video that covers one of the panels on the rigging card. After you complete each topic, you will have the opportunity to take the corresponding quiz and test your knowledge. Watch the...
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  12. 20 % OFF Digital Dynamometer Load Cell - Loadlink plus

    20 % OFF Digital Dynamometer Load Cell - Loadlink plus

    Decades of development into this product include many stand out features such as Straightpoint's unique strain gauging method that helps compensate for wire rope torque when the Loadlink is loaded. This latest version of the digital dynamometer has advanced features and benefits providing solutions for today’s complicated load test and force monitoring needs. The Loadlink plus features full function push...
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