APPLICATIONS REPORT | LIFTING ATTACHMENTS
HOLDING UP NICELY
Lifting attachment companies are expanding, RFID tags are in demand, LOLER certification is becoming more prevalent and winches with electronic sensors are the norm. Jenny Eagle investigates.
items for occasional lifts to being used extensively within the industry. As a result of this growth, companies are beginning to expand, for example, Liftket Hoffmann, manufacturer of electric chain hoists, near Leipzig, Germany, has opened a UK branch and Hoist & Winch, UK industrial lifting equipment supplies, is looking to further expand its product sales, online presence, export business and project engineering. Liftket is possibly the first chain hoist
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manufacturer to enter the UK market in quite a few years, establishing itself in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, to reduce delivery times on its hoists and spare parts, hiring Barry Williams as GM and John Jones, as director of sales, who between them have experience working with Verlinde GIS, CM Lodestar and Yale hoists. “I sold Lift Turn Move to GIS three years ago, the contract stopped me returning to work immediately and everyone said I was retiring but I was not sure even then. I was delighted when I spoke with Jurgen Dlugi of Liftket in Germany, and he was interested in setting up a UK company to sell its range of Liftket Electric Chain Hoists,” said Jones. “I have been involved in lifting since 1973
with Verlinde Hoists in the UK, “I have seen chain hoists grow from
items used for occasional lifts to being used extensively now. I also grew up with entertainment chain hoists from the early days in the 1970’s at Verlinde to being involved in some huge jobs in arenas and large tours including the last Ed Sheeran and Adele tours.
ver the past 10 years manufacturers have seen demand grow for chain hoists and lifting applications from
P Liftket UK premises.
“Liftket has worked for years with Harrison Fabrications but clients seem to be excited that the biggest producer of Chain hoists in Europe finally has its own base in the UK. We offer hoists up to 24t capacity and 200m lift.” In the future, and regarding an emphasis on sustainability, Jones does not think the lifting attachment products will change massively because ‘to lift a certain load at a certain speed you need a motor of a certain size - that is physics’. “But the manufacturing processes and the business behind the supply chain is certainly changing. Liftket and its competitors launch different products with electronic controls and variable speeds but the core client seems to want a simple hoist, 1 or 2 speeds at a reasonable price,” he said. Hoist & Winch manages the supply and installation of standard and explosion-proof air-powered/electric hoists, as well as hoist hire, and works in many industries including: heavy construction, cement production, petrochemical, offshore, marine, mining and tunnelling. Despite having a hire and workshop facility in Alcester in the UK, a notable part of the business is exporting to Africa, Asia, Australia, Central Europe, the Middle East and South America: from spare parts and small items, up to complete packages of lifting equipment comprising powered/manual hoists, overhead cranes and ancillaries and it is looking to further expand its product sales, online presence, export business and project engineering. Other services include the design,
supply, installation, testing and LOLER certification of hoist runway monorail
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