Can you use a damaged or defective sling if the load is light, the distance is short, or the job is almost finished? The answer is never. OSHA 1910.184, the federal standard that governs slings in general industry, is explicit: damaged or defective slings shall be immediately removed from service, ...
Picture a maintenance bay where a technician has to move a 900 pound gearbox from a storage skid onto a workbench. Two people can manage the lift with a lot of effort, but one person with a hydraulic lift table cart can do the same job in under a minute. The cart rolls under the skid, the pump rais...
A chain hoist works by using a gear reduction system inside its housing that multiplies the force applied to the hand chain, allowing an operator to lift loads many times heavier than they could manually move on their own. As the operator pulls the hand chain, it rotates a small gear connected thr...