Welding talk
3M held two presentations at
the Association of Welding
Distributors (AWD)
inaugural Fume Focus
Group Seminar this April.
Part of the AWD’s
Welding World exhibition
which took place at Crewe Hall,
Cheshire, the semi
Good vibrations
HealthVib HAV, available from
Campbell Associates is a vibration
transducer which is built into a
safety glove for hand arm vibration
assessments. It allows measurement
of hand & arm vibration in full
compliance with th
Help with managing HAVs
Hand-arm vibration (HAV) remains
a big issue on all sorts of vibratory
tools and many companies are still
trying to find effective ways of
managing the risks.
The HSE insists we manage the
risks of hand-arm vibration
New heights
Logistics and supply chain provider
Primeline has taken delivery of three
AC electric Aisle-Master articulated
forklifts, meeting its need for more
storage space at its distribution
centre in Dublin after it won a new
c
Manoeuvres wide loads
By replacing a counterbalance truck
with a tailored Combilift 4-way
forklift, London based Kingsbury
Builders’ Merchants has been able to
improve health and safety
procedures around its site as well as
increase the amou
Extended range
Packline has extended its
range of lifting and
handling equipment
to include Packline Vacuum
Lifting Units.
The units enable users to
repeatedly lift and accurately
place a wide variety of loads
including paper and
Safe handling for power firm
High Voltage electrical installation
specialist Grosvenor Power Services
has purchased one of CTE’s
Pianoplan battery powered tracked
load carrying machines. The
company uses the Pianoplan to
handle heavy and bulky elec
Specialist crane
Lifting equipment manufacturer, Hite has housed the LED light in a
Demag Cranes & Components, has
installed a specialist crane system at
Enviropower’s £12.5m energy from
waste plant in Lancing, West Sussex.
Demag insta
Lifting regs reminder
Penny Hydraulics has cautioned that
current health and safety regulations
stipulate that manual handling of all
but the smallest and lightest items
should be avoided at all costs.
In practice this means that regular
l
Avoids manual handling
The urban traffic division of
network and communications
service provider telent has installed
modified versions of the Penny
Hydraulics Load Lift on twelve of
its support vehicles to lift heavy
cable reels more efficie
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