MMA ANSI Standards for Monorails and Workstation Cranes Updated
As an accredited standards developer for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), MHI and its industry groups produce consensus-based, voluntary standards. Among the groups developing standards that promote safety, consistency, and reliability in material handling equipment is the Monorail Manufacturers ...
Crane, Hoist and Monorail (CHM) Alliance Pioneers Crucial Collaboration with ...
A recent article in MHI Solutions magazine explained the role of the Crane, Hoist and Monorail Alliance. This organization serves as a liaison for overhead lifting companies to OSHA. By teaming with the federal agency, it promotes a wide range of ...
Track Styles 101: Understanding Patented Track And Enclosed Track Basics
To help workers lift, handle, transport, and accurately position heavy objects overhead, assembly and manufacturing operations frequently use workstation bridge cranes or monorails. These systems incorporate load-bearing trolleys that travel upon one of two different track styles. Both patented track ...
Monorails: Moving Material Handling Industry Along
A recent article in MHI Solutions magazine highlighted the role of the Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA) in developing safety standards for both monorails and workstation cranes. The nine-member group may be small, but it’s also highly productive. Over the last ...
How Digital Trends Will Push Overhead Lifting To Greater Heights
The original version of this article by MHI CEO John Paxton previously appeared on HoistMagazine.com With the advent of digital intelligence, overhead lifting components are smarter — and safer — than ever before. The digital trends impacting the design of ...
Prevent Off-Center Picks With Detection Systems For Overhead Handling
Although nothing replaces training and experience when it comes to improving safety in overhead lifting, there are devices that can alert operators to unsafe conditions. Among these risky situations is an off-center pick, also known as a side pull. In ...
Monorail Manufacturers Association Celebrates 90 Years Of Safe Monorail Best ...
The Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA), founded in 1933, is celebrating its 90th anniversary. An independent, incorporated trade association affiliated with MHI, MMA members are leading suppliers of patented and enclosed track underhung workstation cranes and monorail systems. MMA is also ...
How Collision Avoidance Systems Make Overhead Lifting Safer
Crashing an overhead crane and hoist system into another overhead lifting device, facility structure, machinery, or people is something every operation wants to avoid. While operator training, experience, and awareness of surroundings certainly go a long way toward preventing a ...
The Two Underhung Crane And Monorail Specifications And Standards You ...
The members of the Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA) develop and publish technical standards and specifications for the safe design, engineering, manufacturing, operation, and service of of underhung cranes and monorails. The standards, produced by the MMA Engineering Committee, cover both ...
Overhead Safety Promoted By The Overhead Alliance
To help owners design, install, and operate the most reliable, dependable, and safest equipment possible, the industry groups of the Overhead Alliance of MHI routinely release new and updated standards and specifications. The publications cover overhead cranes, monorails, hoists, and ...