by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Manitowoc will use bauma China 2016 to introduce a new Potain luffing jib crane for the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Latin American markets. The Potain MCR 295 will be the largest luffing jib crane from the Manitowoc manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang,...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Constuction & Business News
The assembly line was a breakthrough in manufacturing that forever altered the world we live in. Its efficiency cleared the way for the cost effective mass production of goods and in many ways birthed the modern economy. Sequential advances since then have been...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
Using driverless trucks in underground mines is the next focus for the Queensland mining industry. As the sector looks for greater productivity and efficiency, a major research project to develop automation technologies for underground mining vehicles will soon get...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Manufacturer News
91-tonne TR100 launching its off-highway rigid dump trucks in the Republic of Korea and expanding its ability to support customers in Asia, Volvo Construction Equipment will become the national dealer for Terex Trucks in Korea. “Frederic Ruesche, vice president...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
A completely new machine, designed to excel among cranes of the same category. Performance over 51 ton/m lifting capacity, compact overall dimensions also suitable for installation on three-axle vehicles, while on four-axle vehicles it can be combined with fittings...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Jeffrey Langenfeld, a 27-year-old maintenance worker from the Town of Tonawanda, was killed Thursday afternoon in an accident involving a crane in an industrial section of Buffalo’s Old First Ward bordered by grain elevators. The accident occurred in an industrial...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
Idaho – The tower crane that’s loomed over downtown Ketchum for the past year is coming down. Crews from Boise based Inland Crane, Inc. brought in two mobile hydraulic cranes to dismantle and remove the tower crane. The tower crane can come down because crews...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
WAITE PARK, MN — An equipment operator was hurt after a JCB telehandler he was operating tipped over. The incident happened at about 2:15 p.m. yesterday at 1500 Highway 23 West in Waite Park. Waite Park police chief Dave Bentrud says the telehandler was moving a light...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A large construction tower crane buckled and collapsed onto a building located right next door to offices The Reykjavík Grapevine. The Grapevine staff heard a loud creaking sound, followed by two violent shocks to the building. Those who witnessed the collapse of the...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
ADW MobileKrane used an All Terrain Crane to set a 3.5-ton statue of Charlemagne near his ancestral home. The lift took approximately two hours and statue will be unveiled this Saturday.
