Tag: Overhead Handling Safety

SafetyTechnology

Load Snag Detection Systems Enhance Operational Safety In Overhead Lifting ...

Operator training is always the most effective means to improve safety in an overhead lifting application. Training and experience help overhead crane and hoist operators avoid many of the most common safety challenges — including preventing load snags. That said, ...
SafetyTechnology

Restricted Travel Areas Prevent Overhead Cranes, Hoists From Colliding With ...

Ideally, every overhead crane and hoist would have a wide-open, unimpeded travel path throughout an entire facility. In reality, however, that’s rarely the case. Most distribution and manufacturing operations have a number of fixed obstacles — including columns, racking, machinery, ...
Efficiency & ProductivityTechnology

Key Considerations When Selecting Wireless Controls for Overhead Cranes

A Guest Post from the Members of the Electrification and Controls Manufacturers Association (ECMA). With wireless technologies increasingly used throughout daily life, it naturally follows that they will also find a home in industrial applications as well. In the case ...
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Five Overhead Crane Specifications And Standards You Should Know

The members of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) produces engineering and technical standards and specifications for the safe design, engineering, manufacturing, operation, and service of overhead cranes. The standards, produced by the CMAA Engineering Committee, cover a broad ...
Efficiency & ProductivityTechnology

Crane Electrification Options: Learn About Conductor Bars, Festoons, And Cable ...

A Guest Post from the Members of the Electrification and Controls Manufacturers Association (ECMA). Overhead cranes are essential equipment for many industries, including manufacturing and logistics. But in order for cranes to lift and move heavy loads within a facility, ...
SafetyTechnology

How To Leverage Crane And Hoist System Data For A ...

A Guest Post from the Members of the Electrification and Controls Manufacturers Association (ECMA). In the most recent MHI Annual Industry Report, survey respondents were queried about their use of data throughout their supply chains across every level, including within ...