Pile them high
Atkinson Car Dismantlers has more
than doubled the amount of breaking
vehicles it can store in its yard thanks
to a Combilift 4-way forklift.
Replacing a rough terrain truck, the
4t capacity Combilift has reduced
aisl
Logistics lifeline for islands
Condor Logistics has rolled out a
new materials handling fleet of 32
Yale VL & VT four wheel and three
wheel electric counterbalance lift
trucks, supplied by the Forkway
Group, to handle the off-loading of
inbound vehic
Do you meet the gold standard?
To mark its National Safety Week, the Fork Lift Truck Association is challenging HSM readers to test
their knowledge of basic lift truck safety principles
Even after recent improvements in
the safety record, at least o
Confusion cleared over Thorough Examination
Toyota Material Handling UK is
launching a new campaign focused
on helping customers understand
Thorough Examination, a procedure
which helps ensure consistent, high
national standards for safe, genuine
and regular exam
Flexible battery management for fleets
The new Hawker BSI40 and Hawker
LifeNetworkIQ systems from
EnerSys are designed to provide
electric lift truck and other
mechanical handling equipment
operators with flexible, adaptable
and advanced battery management
Quietly does it
The new 50,000ft2 ASDA retail site at
Romford, which is located in a
residential area near an apartment
block, has been equipped with a BT
Lifter Silent from Toyota following
complaints from local residents about
noise
Handles drums, sacks and boxes
The ‘Lifts All’ air powered handling
system from lifting and handling
specialist, Dales, is said to be 90%
cheaper to run than traditional
vacuum tube lifters. Repetitive load
weight applications are effectively
rendere
Uplifting modular system
The Lift & Drive modular
system from Pronomic is
ergonomically designed for
light material handling for
manufacturing, food, packing and
pharmaceutical industries. It aims to
reduce unnecessary manual
handling injuries
Mobile harbour hoppers
Demag Cranes’ subsidiary,
Gottwald Port Technology, has
supplied two identical G HMH 750
DS Mobile Harbour Hoppers to the
Port of Tyne, Newcastle. Each of the
hoppers has a capacity of 750t per
hour and they are being u
Lifting KnowHow
Supplier of steel wire rope and lifting
equipment Certex has launched a
‘Lifting KnowHow’ App designed to
enable customers to implement safer
lifting.
The App is available for use on
iPhones and iPads and includes a
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