All Crane & Specialized Transport Articles
Heavy transport and creative thinking can play a vital role in the export success of manufacturers of large and heavy, sophisticated and expensive investment goods. GINO KOSTER looks at a recent example in Germany where Kübler Spedition provided Siemens Transportation Systems with a solution to move rail locomotives
XCMG is China's largest manufacturer of construction equipment and cranes. At the recent Bauma China exhibition in Shanghai Chris Sleight found out about the company's ambitious plans from Zhang Yu Chun, general manager of XCMG'S crane division
Insurers have woken up to the benefits of rehabilitation services for employees who have suffered an injury at work, writes Dr Edmund Bonikowski, consultant physician and founder of rehabilitation services provider, Kynixa. Bonikowski believes that crane and transport companies which can demonstrate that they have a robust rehabilitation strategy in place, should now begin to benefit from reduced insurance premiums
Upgrading the ship loader at Amamapare, West Papua, created a major challenge for PT Freeport Indonesia, both in terms of logistics and time. IC reports on this unusual lifting job
Advances in chemistry and processing have allowed wider use of nylon-6 as an engineering polymer in cranes. Nylon sheaves offer benefits over metal types, for example, by extending the working life of wire rope. Bernd Nussdorfer explains
State-of-the-art electronic control systems offer significantly increased safety options for cranes and other lifting equipment. Manufacturers and users that still perceive mechanical and hydraulic systems as safer simply because they are well understood are missing the point, writes Les Metcalfe
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