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How to Turn Your Forklift into an Order Picker
Watch this amazing tool on video now! Find out more...Continue reading -
How Do I Specify a Custom-Built Pallet Gate?
What type of pallet/loading safety gate do you need? Whatever the situation, you will need to ensure that your personnel are protected at all times. This means an enclosure which surrounds the loading area with a double safety gate system to secure the area in which material is to be loaded and unloaded in your facility, a double pallet gate...Continue reading -
How Do YOU Handle Sheets, Boards and Glass Easily and Safely?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE? Whether you want to lift, rotate,turnover and place wooden boards, doors, glass, laminates, sheet steel or aluminium there is a perfect answer. Standrd and bespoke solutions are available with vacuum or gripping tools to meet your exact requirements. Watch a few video examples of what can be achieved: Find out more CLICK HERE or...Continue reading -
How to Manage Safety on Mezzanine Floors
Mezzanines and other high level platforms are commonly used for storage purposes and If built and used properly, these platforms can be a boon for companies that need extra capacity but without investing in larger premises. However, there has been many incidents where workers have injured themselves when working at unprotected openings. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has urged...Continue reading -
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..Continue reading -
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...Continue reading -
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...Continue reading -
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...Continue reading -
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...Continue reading