Lifting Accessories
RSS supplies basket to lift Santa by crane
A Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd (RSS) personnel basket was used by PJS Crane Hire to help Santa turn on Christmas lights at the Mersey View Pub & Hotel in Widnes, Cheshire, UK. The 220kg capacity, one-person basket, manufactured by Eichinger Equipment Ltd, was raised by a 40t capacity Terex crane from the PJS fleet. […]
Bridge the lifting expertise gap
Reinforcing the piers that support a major UK rail viaduct spanning a river estuary is no easy task, so the specialist marine subcontractor appointed to undertake this project approached Hoist & Winch Ltd for the optimal lifting solution. The brief provided to Hoist & Winch was for the supply of a turnkey lifting solution comprising […]
Interlock system keeps parts flying between stations
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc (CPA) was contracted by a large commercial aeroplane manufacturer to design a system to be carry parts between bridge cranes and workstations. The bridge cranes pick up the parts from a workstation and take them to the next workstation on the assembly line. The automated manufacturing process was for a […]
Modulift delivers custom 25t lifting frames for High Speed 2
Modulift have designed, manufactured and delivered two custom lifting frames for the High Speed 2 (HS2) project in just six weeks. Their team of engineers were asked to provide a bespoke lifting solution that would lift high speed railcar panels in two separate locations. The first lifting frame is being used at Southampton Docks […]














