Hoists Archive

  • One requirement would be more effective than all of OSHA

    One requirement would be more effective than all of OSHA

    There it is, just nine words. You may have thought that a mechanical or electrical device to prevent the operator from lifting loads in excess of the safe capacity was already required, but it's not!!!

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  • Overload Protection

    Overload Protection

    The topic of the day is a particular type of "overload protection", that is cranes with two hoists. We frequently are asked to supply crane that have two hoists for flipping a die. In this case either hoist may be required to lift the full load, lets say 5 tons, but never will the sum total of the lift be 5 tons.

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  • Figures Don’t Lie, but Liars Figure

    Figures Don’t Lie, but Liars Figure

    The H3 hoist is considered to be a "standard" duty hoist and the h4 is the beginning of the "heavy" duty hoists. Prior to this time, most manufactures had a mixed line of offerings including, H2, H3, H4 and H5 hoists, but at this meeting we were being told that this supplier had only H4 and higher hoists from this day forward.

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