LIFTEX 2025
The Buddie System is the new frontier in crane safety PPE
Developed by experienced crane industry professionals Gary Panagiotidis and Jade Harris, the Buddie System is a wireless instant safety alert system, designed for crane crews to activate in emergency situations. It addresses the key safety issues associated with miscommunication between slingers and crane operators, greatly reducing the risk of injuries and fatalities.
With a staggering 30% of crane related accidents involving some form of
miscommunication, the Buddie System substantially helps avoid many of these potential accidents by overcoming the key shortfalls of existing two-way radio technology and often inaudible backup whistles. The Buddie System consists of a lanyard device worn by a slinger and a receiver device in the crane cabin, the devices are wirelessly connected and feature both visual and audible alarms when activated. Multiple slinger-worn lanyard devices can be paired
to a single crane device. And multiple crane devices can be active on a single construction site. In an emergency situation, the slinger simply pulls on the Buddie System lanyard, snapping open the device, instantly alerting the crane operator to stop, overcoming the key limitations of two-way radios such as dead batteries, poor signal, occupied channels, inaccessible mic or the very real possibility of the crane operator not being able to see the slinger’s hand signal instructions. The Buddie System is set to play a significant part in preventing and reducing accidents, injuries and fatalities on construction sites by providing an easy to use, failsafe, instant safety alert system. Offering crane crews a highly effective layer of protection in high-risk environments where clear and immediate communication is essential for the safety of everyone on the ground. Come see us at stand 51a.
Gemmak Engineering makes expo debut
Gemmak Engineering will have a full-scale exhibit at LiftEx for the first time in response to ever-growing demand for specialist lifting engineering services.
Gemmak designs, manufactures, fabricates
and repairs a variety of equipment, including pipework and stainless-steel products, for the shipbuilding, petrochemical and other heavy industries. Gemmak will fabricate anything
metal, using the latest design, cutting and welding technology. It has become renowned for pipe welding especially. Steve Simpson, engineering services business development at Gemmak, said: “Gemmak is already familiar to much of the LiftEx community – and the wider lifting industry – but we want to reinforce sector alignment through its own exhibit. Specialised engineering and fabrication services go hand in glove with the core audience of the show, which is largely comprised of crane and below- the-hook professionals.” Gemmak recently invested £500,000 in
relocating the business to Swansea from its original building in Pyle, Wales. The move to a 28,000 square foot property involved a major overhaul of equipment, including purchase of a new suite of design systems, based on SolidWorks, a solid modelling computer-aided
design and engineering computer programme. Upgraded tooling included various guillotines, radial drills, magnetic drills, pillar drills, an abrasive wheel, a band saw, profile cutter 4mx2m, 2x3.2t 17m span overhead gantries and a circular saw.
“Gemmak and its welding function are gaining momentum all the time; we are continually quoting on new projects and LiftEx is the perfect platform from which to build towards our next phase of growth,” added Simpson.
See Gemmak Engineering at stand 32.
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