Manually handling pad-mount transformers took its toll on line crews from Canadian utilities Hydro One and Hydro Ottawa Ltd. Each time the equipment had to be installed or removed, line workers had to ...

Using backhoes and excavators on sites to lift and place heavy construction materials saves time and money, but doing the job safely demands special care. “A variety of concerns come into play,” says ...

LiuGong has introduced an articulating-frame wheel loader with vertical-lift loader arms that incorporate mechanical self-leveling Z-bar bucket linkage. Thevertical-lift wheel loader, says the company ...

Safe lifting with a backhoe, or any machine, starts with knowing the weight of your load and the capacity of the machine. But if all you have is a backhoe’s maximum rated lift capacity, you really ...

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), which marketed its first high-lift wheel loader in 1974, has launched the L200H High Lift in North America, featuring a 27 percent increase in lifting capacity ...

Vertically elevating loads is a ubiquitous task in engineering, but prevailing over gravity while maintaining safety and accuracy calls for myriad approaches. Leveraging mechatronics for failsafe ...

Wire rope slings are an important piece of rigging hardware used in lifting and hoisting operations and are the most frequently used type of slings in the industry today. Wire rope slings are widely ...