Site Reports
Straightpoint and Crosby combine on FPSO Project
PT Dalaz Teknik Utama used a 12t capacity Radiolink plus Straightpoint (SP) load cell and a Crosby shackle of the same capacity to complete a series of tests during fabrication of a power generator module at a Wasco Energy fabrication yard in Indonesia. PT Dalaz Teknik Utama overcame limited access and a tight time schedule […]
On the spot
One of Sydney’s largest privately-owned combined manned quarantine depot and bond, Price & Speed P/L, is optimising its uptime and efficiency by using Hydraulink mobile service technicians to service and maintain its large fleet of forklifts. Price & Speed has a fleet of approximately 80 large forklifts (7t to 50t) across its depots, plus a […]
Forklifts meet rental requirements
One of Australia’s largest and most diverse equipment rental companies, Coates Hire, has adopted Toyota Material Handling (TMHA) forklifts as its majority brand, with more than 600 in its fleet, nationally. Thirty-year Coates Hire company veteran, executive general manager of Fleet, Peter Davis, says TMHA’s history with Coates Hire stems back nearly 20 years and […]
Bridge lift on the Great Ocean Road
As part of the Regional Roads Victoria program in Australia, the Moggs Creek bridge on the Great Ocean Road will be replaced in the second half of 2019. To allow for normal traffic flows during the construction phase a temporary pre-constructed bridge called a Bailey Bridge was installed overnight in early June. Quinlan Cranes conducted […]
Efficiency enhanced with 24/7 automatic handling crane
Leading building materials company, Boral Cement, is enhancing its sustainability and reducing fossil fuel dependency by using processed industrial recoverable materials as part of the fuel mix to provide heat energy to the kiln at their Berrima Cement Works. The ‘Solid Waste-Derived Fuels’ (SWDF) project relies on a 24/7 Konecranes’ fully-automated resource recoverable materials handling […]
Bonfiglioli powers Eilbeck on major tunnel projects
Cranes and lifting leader Eilbeck is using Bonfiglioli drives across several major tunnelling projects in Australia for their safety, reliability and durability. Bonfiglioli’s rugged drives are engineered and assembled at their Glendenning NSW headquarters and delivered to major projects such as Melbourne Metro Tunnel, Westgate Tunnel, NorthConnex, Westconnex and Sydney Metro 2, where they power […]
Fall arrest system for safety in rail maintenance
Working at heights is deemed by many organizations as a high-risk work activity. This is very evident at Queensland Rail (QR) maintenance workshops where workers regularly need to access areas at heights while undertaking service and maintenance activities on the fleet of QR track machines. With a strong internal safety culture where ‘Safety Comes First. […]
Making an Exhibition
The newly expanded Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) in Australia is leveraging the benefits of the latest electric chain hoist technology from Verlinde. Electric chain hoist technology from Verlinde Including 24 Stagemaker SR5 D8 and 12 Stagemaker SR10 D8 models, along with corresponding Stagemaker Flight Cases have been bought by the Melbourne Convention and […]