Updated CMAA Specification 74 Strengthens Safety and Design for Single-Girder ...
The Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) has released the 2025 revision of Specification No. 74. The document is the definitive design reference for top-running and under-running single-girder electric traveling cranes using under-running trolley hoists. The updates to CMAA Specification ...
Updates to CMAA Specification 70 for Multiple Girder Top-Running Bridge ...
The Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) recently released the 2025 revision of Specification No. 70. The publication is the definitive standard for top-running bridge and gantry type multiple-girder electric overhead travelling cranes. This update reflects the latest advances in ...
How AI Is Transforming Overhead Crane Inspections
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving from a tech buzzword into a practical tool for industrial operations. One task seeing dramatic transformation are overhead crane inspections—a process dominated by manual labor and subjective assessments. A webinar hosted by the Crane ...
CMAA Standards Focus on Overhead Crane Safety by Design
Overhead crane safety is at the core of the work of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA). However, this committee of “friendly competitors” does not merely replicate the work of federal regulators. Rather, the group sees its role as ...
Meet The Overhead Alliance, Combining The Strength Of CMAA, HMI, ...
Just as cranes, monorails and hoists complement the work in a manufacturing or warehouse setting, the Crane Manufacturers Association of America Inc. (CMAA), the Hoist Manufacturers Institute (HMI), and the Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA) find that lifting and moving in ...
Crane, Hoist And Monorail Alliance Encourages Participation In OSHA Safe ...
The Ambassadors for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Crane, Hoist and Monorail (CHM) Alliance Program provide resources that help prevent injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the workplace. The CHM Alliance consists of the members of the Crane Manufacturers ...
Overhead Crane Safety Enhanced By Automated Tools
When automation first grew more widespread, the crane and overhead handling systems category was slow to adopt out of safety concerns. With time and more advances, however, that perspective has changed. Today, manufacturers are increasingly embracing automated tools for enhanced ...
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 ...
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 ...