A maintenance crew has to lift a 300 kg pump housing out of a plant aisle where the nearest three phase socket sits 40 metres away. Running cable, hiring a generator and getting a temporary supply signed off takes longer than the lift itself. This is the job a battery powered hoist was built for. T...
Two workers clip their lanyards onto the same M12 eyebolt on a warehouse roof. The bolt carries no marking and no paperwork. Whether it holds or tears out decides whether the fall arrest system works. The short answer: a fall protection anchor point must support at least 5,000 pounds, or 22.2 kN, f...
If a hoist has to work inside a paint booth, a solvent room, or an offshore maintenance bay, electrical equipment is usually the first item removed from the drawing. That single constraint is why the air powered hoist still holds its place on production floors while electric chain hoists have taken...