EURAMAX in Holland have recently purchased two Powlift telescopic coil grabs with coil damage protection features. These are as listed below. Soft front vertical faces lined with plastic to exert a maximum side wall pressure of 2 kg. This is … Continue reading
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TATA STEEL through one of their Singapore subsidiaries have recently placed an order for a below the hook lifter. Generally as shown on the above image. The Powlift mill duty automatic billet tong handles hot and cold concast billets. The … Continue reading
In response to a request from ARCELOR MITTAL GROUP, Powlift have recently designed and manufactured a fully motorised coil lifting grab with slewing head to lift a pack of slit coils on a pallet from storage and position onto a … Continue reading
The image shows an aluminium ingot grab used to withdraw aluminium ingots from the casting pit vertically to lift, rotate through 90 degrees and laydown to the horizontal position in the ingot cooling area. The grab was one of … Continue reading
The grab shown is designed to lift ingots from a scalper milling machine. The slabs are gripped across the ends, lifted horizontally, and rotated through 180 degrees before being replaced on the scalper machine to enable the other side of … Continue reading
Powlift were asked to provide a motorised telescopic sheet lifter to handle packs of sheet without damage and utilise the minimum manpower with the maximum safety. The lifter basically comprises of a pair of legs driven by a rack and … Continue reading
Powlift have recently supplied an adjustable 4 leg lifting beam to service press tools to 25 tonne capacity for the automotive industry. The beam has simplified the safe handling during the lifting of the press tools. The beam provides a … Continue reading
Automatic Log Tong Powlift were approached by a Nigerian company to provide a grab to safely and efficiently handle rows of aluminium billets in their casting shop. The grab that Powlift supplied was a purely mechanical type that is suspended … Continue reading
Powlift has supplied many pieces of equipment for use in rolling mills over a period of many years. The lifting beam shown is for lifting work rolls and chocks weighing up to 110 tonnes. At each end of the beam … Continue reading
The quality of the sheets used in the automotive and domestic appliance industries is of major importance. Therefore the sheets have to be inspected on both sides which necessitates the packs of sheets being turned over. At first glance the … Continue reading
Powlift have worked with most of the major docks in the UK to supply them with materials handling solutions in order for them to safely load and unload containers. The image shown features a Powlift beam with high yield self … Continue reading
Powlift have supplied many automatic tongs over the years throughout the World. Automatic tongs have the function to grip and then release on alternative lifts of the crane. This allows the operator to be remote from the lift taking place … Continue reading
Earlier this year Powlift developed a below the hook multi position sheet lifter for Jansens & Dieperink in Holland. The lifter was designed to handle sheet packs up to 2.5m wide and 8m long and also to remove them from … Continue reading
The image shows an 80 tonne WLL heavy duty automatic tong for handling backup rolls that Powlift supplied to the Middle East a number of years ago. The tong is of a robust construction and is operated by a heavy … Continue reading
In 2010 Powlift designed and manufactured a 3 legged automatic tong to safely handle 2.5 tonne nuclear waste flasks. The tong is fully automatic in design to facilitate remote operation. The tong was designed and manufactured in accordance with … Continue reading
Over the years Powlift have designed and developed many types of automatic tongs. Automatic tongs have a mechanism housed within them that allows the tong to be held open and then closed on alternative lifts of the crane. Therefore the … Continue reading
Over the years one of Powlift’s most successful lifters is the motorised coil lifters. This has been sold worldwide to the Steel, Aluminium and Automotive industries. Coils up to 35 Tonnes capacity are lifted in the bore … Continue reading
