All Access Articles
Is the access industry doing enough to attract the talented engineers it needs to sustain competitive advantage? Paul Adorian managing director of Powered Access Certification Ltd (PAC) challenges the market to invest in the future.
Hirschmann's new gSENS DWG 20 rotary encoder uses optical sensors to break down one revolution of a shaft, of a hoist or slew drive unit, for example, into 8192 increments.
Axiomatic Technologies has two new devices for the machine/controller interfaces of access equipment.
New products from Italy's Brevini Fluid Power include a power pack (pictured) that delivers 7 l/min at 200 bar.
Trojan Battery in the US has introduced its Deep-Cycle Gel batteries with gel electrolyte, making them completely maintenance free (no watering), says the company.
Germany/US-based Sauer-Danfoss added a larger, general-purpose micro-controller, the MC088-015-00000, to its Plus+1 product line late last year. The controller has 42 inputs, 32 outputs, and two CAN 2.0B ports, expanding the line beyond the previously largest 50-pin model.
The prospects of higher costs and bigger engine compartments seem to be the biggest concern for engine manufacturers as they adapt designs to comply with increasingly stringent emissions requirements.
As you might expect in a region of extensive and fast economic growth, adoption of mast climbers and hoists in the United Arab Emirates has been diverse, writes Patrick Hill.
Even a slow start and an end-of-the-week fire couldn't stop another busy World of Concrete. John Wyatt reports on the hoists and mast climbers at the event.
Effectively controlling large forces in hydraulic systems to make access equipment effective and safe is critical. Patrick Hill has talked with platform manufacturers about how they do that.
There are three ways to move the spool, cartridge, or slider within a hydraulic control valve to affect the flow through it:
UK manufacturer, Planet Platforms, has two of its products featured in the Cromwel Tools' catalogue: Power Tower, a portable powered access tower, and TP900 a mobile trailer scissor lift.
US scaffold and access equipment manufacturer, Bil-Jax has added an eStore to its website. This store houses dealer merchandise such as banners, point of purchase items, clothing and sales literature.
Alto Towers, UK manufacturers of aluminium access towers and platforms, won the contract to provide a new starter's rostrum and winners podium at Aintree Racecourse, home of the Grand National steeplechase.
Maria Hadlow looks at how the access industry is responding to a growing industrial end user market.
The Oshkosh Corporation reported second quarter results of sales of $1.8 billion to which the JLG access and telehandler business contributed the largest sum despite a drop in the home market.
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