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Meije renews the overhead crane of a hydroelectric plant
Meije, manufacturer of overhead cranes, gantry cranes, installer of handling equipment and member of Verlinde’s EUROPONT and after-sales network, has won a tender for the renewal of a travelling crane in the hydroelectric plant at Mauzac, Dordogne. Present production of electricity at the plant enables some 15,000 households to be provided with this source of energy. The replaced overhead crane was commissioned in 1924 when the facility was built. Having become obsolescent, its use was suspended in 2019. With more than 70 years of experience and 25 professionals in the workshop and in the field, Meije’s field of action is a wide stretch of the South of France for lifting…
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Sere Maintenance upgrades concrete handling at KP1
Founded in 1962 at Vertou in the Loire-Atlantique administrative department, Sere Maintenance specializes in the design and sale of lifting equipment, handling systems and overhead cranes in Brittany. Sere Maintenance are versatile professionals who carry out all required studies, tests, checks (General Routine Checks) and repairs for this machinery and equipment. In order to ensure the longevity and robustness of metal structures, they manufacture and export products and accessories designed for cathodic protection (rectifiers, anodes, electrodes, switch cabinets and boxes, etc.). Sere Maintenance handles VERLINDE equipment commercially and is a member of the EUROPONT network. Sere Maintenance was approached by KP1, the French frontrunner in prefabricated construction systems, for the…
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VERLINDE adds a new range of PDW open winches for heavy applications to its catalogue
The VERLINDE open winch series is now extended for heavy duty applications with the PDW series. This range of open winches provides a technical answer to lifting applications in a wide range of capacities from 6.3 to 70 tonnes, with duty classifications of up to M6. Among the technical characteristics as standard in the range of VERLINDE PDW open winches are the hoist motors equipped as standard with extended speed range (ESR): slow speeds and high torque favour safety during the shifting of loads. Fast speed in unloaded travel promotes productivity. Trolley drive is regulated with VVF drive for speeds of from 20m/min to 61m/min. The trolley, in its double…
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How to lift a helicopter
We instinctively think of helicopters as being perfectly capable of lifting themselves autonomously even in the most difficult operating conditions. And yet, now, and then they too need a little ‚help’… while waiting to take flight. Elifrulia, the longest-established operator in the business operating in the Italian helicopter services and flight school market, tells us about it. "We provide helicopter services for private individuals, large companies and public authorities, operating in an extremely demanding and competitive market that requires vehicles that are always perfectly efficient and maintained according to the strictest international standards," explains Claudio Girardi, Maintenance Manager at Elifriulia. "We recently turned to Handel Sollevamenti to help us optimise…
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A renewed website for STAGEMAKER lifting equipment for the entertainment sector
The responsive design of the new Stagemaker website with its optimal architecture for browsing on all media, makes searching easy and more detailed for the whole range of its products, for recent innovations and the latest distributor information. This layout also features a renewed chart that had already appeared in the sales brochures of the new STAGEMAKER SL range. The Stagemaker range of hoists are the result of extensive experience in the entertainment sector, well-established R&D as well as relationships with a global customer base. Supported by a policy of continuous innovation, by constant upgrading according to current technologies and by changes in local regulations (CE, EN, DIN, EAC, CSA,…
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Die Hebevorrichtungen STAGEMAKER für die Unterhaltungsbranche präsentieren sich auf einer neuen Website
Mit ihrem Responsive Design, dessen Architektur für die Navigation auf allen Geräten optimiert ist, bietet die neue Stagemaker-Website eine reibungslose und erweiterte Suche in sämtlichen Produktinformationen, den jüngsten Innovationen und den Neuigkeiten der Vertriebspartner. Ins Auge sticht auch die neue Grafikcharta, die bereits Einzug in die Verkaufsbroschüren der neuen Serie STAGEMAKER SL gehalten hatte. Das Sortiment der Stagemaker-Kettenzüge basiert auf langjähriger Erfahrung auf dem Unterhaltungsmarkt, einer gut etablierten Forschung & Entwicklung sowie Beziehungen zu Kunden in aller Welt. Unterstützt von einer Strategie kontinuierlicher Innovation, einer permanenten Anpassung an die aktuellen Technologien und der Weiterentwicklung der örtlichen Vorschriften (CE, EN, DIN, EAC, CSA, BS) sorgt es für eine Anhebung des Leistungsniveaus…
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Articulated jib crane for leading International parcel delivery service provider
Hoist UK designed and manufactured the jib crane and our engineers installed & commissioned this on the customer’s site. The Requirements Our customer needed a solution to aid their operatives in transferring maintenance plant/tooling from the basement level to the ground floor of which the only access prior to installation of the jib crane was from stairs. The Challenge The customer was trying to lift maintenance equipment from the basement to the ground floor through a roller shutter door, therefore any solution would need to extend/transfer in and out of the building. The suitability of building structure limited the options of mounting and as the customer was using this for…
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STAGEMAKER hoists as guarantor of safe equipment in NIKULIN MOSCOW CIRCUS on Tsvetnoy Boulevard
NIKULIN MOSCOW CIRCUS on Tsvetnoy Boulevard arena is entered by world-known circus family Tony, horses dance, performing tigers show tricks, clown Davis Vassallo entertains the public, trapeze artists and acrobats and even ventriloquist are performing! This is all about the new circus show “Fantastica” with its thoughtful scenery, surprising visual effects and bright transformations, which premiered on February 21, 2020. Our oldest NIKULIN MOSCOW CIRCUS on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the brand we are proud of, had been always known as a traditional and classical circus. Nevertheless time calls for changes, and brand-new show that was prepared during winter 2019-20 turned to be very technically intense, with usage of the most modern…
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STAGEMAKER-Kettenzüge als Garanten für Sicherheit im MOSKAUER NIKULIN-ZIRKUS auf dem Zwetnoi-Boulevard
Die weltbekannte Zirkusfamilie Togni gastiert im MOSKAUER NIKULIN-ZIRKUS am Zwetnoi-Boulevard.nPferde tanzen, Tiger zeigen ihre Tricks, der Clown Davis Vassallo und ein Bauchredner bringen das Publikum zum Lachen, während Trapezartisten und Akrobaten den Zuschauern den Atem stocken lassen. Es geht um die neue Zirkusshow „Fantastica“, die am 21. Februar 2020 ihre Premiere feierte und mit ausgeklügelter Kulisse und überraschenden visuellen Effekten begeistert. Der MOSKAUER NIKULIN-ZIRKUS am Zwetnoi-Boulevard ist der älteste Zirkus seiner Art in Russland und seit jeher als traditioneller und klassischer Zirkus bekannt. Doch die Zeit fordert Veränderungen, sodass im Winter 2019/2020 eine brandneue, technisch sehr anspruchsvolle Show vorbereitet wurde, die den Einsatz modernster Technologien erfordert. Die Show wurde mit…
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ATS CRANES equips the pumping station of the ISF project in Qatar with VERLINDE jib cranes
. ATS CRANES, official Verlinde distributor in Qatar, supplied two motorized 1.25 tonne jib cranes for the maintenance of the drinking water pumping station of the gigantic ISF (Internal Security Forces) camp project in Qatar. ATS CRANES is the official distributor of VERLINDE Lifting Equipment in Qatar. Associated with various brands of slings and cables, power supply and radio control systems, the company provides professional electro-mechanical and lifting services and solutions for its customers in a competitive and productive environment. ATS CRANES also performs annual maintenance, servicing and refurbishment of various brands of overhead cranes and hoists by providing authentic spare parts to meet customer leadtime requirements resulting in reduced…
