[INDUSTRY NEWS]
Crane Rental Corporation Lifts Hub of Orlando Eye
> Last month Crane Rental Corporation lifted the 83,000-pound hub of the new Orlando Eye observation wheel into place with the help of Slingmax Twin-Path® High Performance Slings. The hub was installed approximately 200 feet above the ground, the center of what will be a 400-foot-tall attraction on Orlando’s popular International Drive. The wheel is being constructed by Adena Corporation. The hub unit was transported on Crane
Rental Corporation’s 13-axle trailer and lifted with their 600-ton capacity Terex AC500-2 hydraulic truck crane with a Sideways Superlift (SSL) attachment. Other work for the observation wheel is being completed by Crane Rental Corporation’s 130-ton capacity Grove RT9130E rough-terrain crane, which will remain onsite for the duration of the job. During the hub lift the RT lifted a work platform 200 feet, bringing a crew to attach the hub to the base structure. The wheel itself will be constructed in
sections, rotating as they are completed. The attraction is scheduled to open in the spring of 2015. Crane Rental Corporation has been
“selling nothing but service” since 1960. The
company offers heavy hauling, rigging, and crane services across the United States and Caribbean and specializes in “turnkey” projects providing both equipment and experienced, certified labor. They have recently earned nearly a dozen safety awards from industry professional organizations and have an industry-leading 0.63 EMR. y
Bishop Lifting Products (BLP) Houston Custom Designs Sling Basket for NASA Capsule
welding, and heat-treating large alloy chain slings and alloy components. The sling is a type QOF welded chain
sling with an overall reach of 30’-4”. It consists of a 4-1/2” diameter alloy steel master link assembly, four legs of 1-3/4” diameter alloy steel chain and (four) custom-made, hand- forged, alloy steel eye foundry hooks to serve as end attachments for each of the four legs of chain. The sling’s working load limit (WLL) is 341,000 LBS at a 60-degree sling angle, and the actual shipping weight totaled 5,200 LBS. Before delivering the 1-3/4”alloy sling to
> Designed and fabricated by Bishop Lifting Products (BLP) Houston, this sling basket was created to secure and recover the NASA capsule. After being deployed into one of the outer atmospheres, the capsule will return to Earth and land in the water. A team of NASA and Navy divers will recover the capsule to study it. This sling was specifically designed to not disrupt or impact any part of the capsule, in order to study it correctly. y
Wisconsin Lifting Specialists Relies on Peerless Industrial Group for Custom Lifting Products
> Peerless Industrial Group’s custom lifting division, located in Jeannette, PA, recently fabricated a large, 1-3/4” diameter, multi-leg alloy chain sling for Wisconsin Lifting Specialists. The size of this chain sling demonstrates the ability and technical expertise that Peerless has in manufacturing,
Wisconsin Lifting Specialists, Peerless contracted the services of Holloway Houston, Inc. (HHI) to “proof test” the chain sling in accordance to OSHA standards. Peerless routinely proof tests their own chain slings in Jeannette, but due to the overall physical size and long reach of this particular chain sling, Peerless asked HHI for some assistance in proof testing. Holloway proof tested Peerless’ 1-3/4”
Type QOF alloy chain sling on their three- million-pound capacity, 200-foot-long test bed. Per OSHA Regulations, HHI proof tested the 4-1/2” diameter alloy master link to a load of 787,500 LBS, the (two) secondary links on the master link assembly were pulled to a load of 525,000 LBS, and each of the (four) chain sling legs were individually pulled to a load of 262,500 LBS. Upon the successful completion of the
load test, HHI provided all of the necessary proof test certificates, as well as all of the graphical charts plotting the tension load in pounds over time. The sling has been delivered to Wisconsin Lifting Specialists and will be put into service soon. y
Jack Rubin & Sons Opens New Location In Atlanta, GA
> Jack Rubin & Sons (JRS), a leading supplier of rigging, safety, and expendable
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