productCrown’s winning spree
Underlining the company’s
innovative product
development, Crown is
celebrating major industry
award wins.
product
productHeavy loads
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services
(LOTAMS) is using a Combilift 4-
way forklift as a safer alternative to
its previous truck for handling large
loads containing aircraft components
at its base at Warsaw International
Airport. Elements such as aircraft
wing parts and control gears are
delivered in crates up to 8m x 2m.
productHeavy loads
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services
(LOTAMS) is using a Combilift 4-
way forklift as a safer alternative to
its previous truck for handling large
loads containing aircraft components
at its base at Warsaw International
Airport. Elements such as aircraft
wing parts and control gears are
delivered in crates up to 8m x 2m.
productEN ISO 13849 compliant
Using powerful dual-microprocessor
logic cores that meet all relevant
requirements of the EN ISO
13849-1:2009 functional safety
standard, and the updated
EN 1175-1:1998+A1:2010
industrial truck safety
standard, Curtis
Instruments has
upgraded the Curtis AC motor
speed controller family.
productPre-operational check
Toyota Material Handling has
introduced an electronic preoperational
check integrated into their
Toyota I_Site fleet management
solution to help improve safety and
efficiency. Toyota Site is an intelligent
fleet management solution that
combines technology with
information collected directly from
the material handling fleet, plus
specialist advice to help customers
improve their material handling
operation. The pre-operational check
function is based on a digital checklist
that can
productMobile vacuum lifting
When stone and flooring specialist
Grants of Shoreditch undertook a
project to lay over 22,000m2 of flooring
at Heathrow Airport, it turned to
Packline Materials Handling to
provide a bespoke lifting and
handling solution. The requirement
was for an efficient, quick and
weightless handling solution to lift
the stone flooring tiles and accurately
place them into position.
productWebsite revamp
J D Neuhaus’ website, jdngroup.com,
has been subject to major revamps
which include a more prominent
presentation of products in the
homepage menu. Its product range
incorporates purpose designed
handling equipment which is used in
some of the heaviest and most
demanding engineering markets.
productSafety research
Hiab has received major funding
from the European Union for a
three-year research cooperation
project with three academic partners
to develop a new approach to control
systems designed to improve
operational safety and efficiency of
load handling equipment.
productKASTO wins materials handling safety award
At the IMHX international materials
handling and logistics exhibition,
held at Birmingham’s NEC in
March, KASTO won the BITA
(British Industrial Truck
Association)-sponsored IMHX
Design 4 Safety Award 2013 in the
category: Specialist Winner, Racking
& Storage. The award was presented
to Ernst Wagner, MD of KASTO, for
the Unitower automated storage and
retrieval system for long stock.
productOverall winner
Voted for by the entire show, Sentry
Protection Products, with its new
Collision Sentry collision warning
device, is the IMHX 2013 Design 4
Safety Awards overall winner. Earlier
in the week, Collision Sentry won the
top award in the technology category
of the competition.
The Design 4 Safety Awards
recognise the industry’s commitment
to safety and highlights the
importance of product design in
improving safety standards.
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