MANUAL CHAIN HOISTS | Q&A
R Alice Inglis of Tiger Lifting says it’s ‘hard to envisage a time where there will be no requirement for manual hoisting’.
spark plugs. You would have to put Tiger products in a Tiger hoist, Nitchi products in a Nitchi hoist.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST POPULAR TYPE OF PRODUCT?
PS: The 1.0-ton hand chain hoist, probably at 6m height of lift. That’s where most of the action is – 3m and 6m because that covers most eventualities.
AW: I think it’s safe to say it’s always been called the ‘bread and butter’.
PS: If you took at our fleet across the UK and Europe, we’ve got just over 3,000 hand chain hoists and probably 15–20% of those are 1.0-ton 6m because that is the most popular hoist. There’s probably 500 or 600 in the system across the 3,000, so it’s definitely the most popular.
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WITH THE WORLD EMBRACING MORE TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS AUTOMATION, HAVEN’T YOU SEEN A DROP IN DEMAND FOR SIMPLER SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS MANUAL CHAIN HOISTS?
PS: I don’t think so. Over the years there’s probably been a subtle move towards powered hoists, but not in a major way.
AW: From a from a financial point of view, it’s cheaper in the long run, if you’ve got a permanent fix, to put up an electric hoist because you’re not constantly pulling the chains out, but from a rental point of view I think the demand is still there.
PS: Across our European fleet, 82% are hand chain blocks. This is the volume, not the value. Electric is only 6% and air hoists are 12%.
AI: It is difficult to foresee a time where manual hoisting is considered obsolete as budget will always play its part with industries continuing to look at ways of operating in a lean and sustainable way. For the renewables sector, manual hoisting plays a key role and will continue to do so as the sector continues to play a prominent role in the future of green energy, whether that be utilising manual hoists in the construction of offshore wind farms, or the ongoing maintenance activities currently in place throughout the green sector. Manual hoisting plays a predominant
role in all spheres of industry – renewables, construction, aviation, entertainment, oil and gas exploration, overhead transmission lines, mining and so on. It is hard to envisage a time where there will be no requirement for manual hoisting. ●
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