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UK gets first look at “futuristic” new Valla crane at Vertikal
Events • Glazing Robots • Pick and Carry Cranes
Hird is putting Manitex Valla’s latest pick and carry crane on display for the first time in the UK at Vertikal Days. The Valla 70R electric industrial crane is fully wireless remote-controlled and has been designed to set new standards of flexible lifting in confined space. It will be displayed...
Curtain wall lifting equipment hire
Glazing Robots • Stone Lifters • Vacuum Glass Lifters
A curtain wall is a non-load-bearing wall system that allows relatively-light panels to be installed on the outside of buildings – usually with the aid of specialist curtain walling lifting equipment Curtain walling can be made from a range of materials, including glass, stone, or glass-reinforced concrete (GRC). Glass curtain...
Vacuum lifter warning for freezing weather
Glass Lifting • Glazing Robots • Hird News • Vacuum Glass Lifters
Current UK weather conditions have led to an urgent warning from Hird Group on the use of vacuum lifters. Vacuum lifters should not be operated in temperatures below zero degrees Celsius or when it is snowing. Hird Director John Wilding said: “Vacuum lifting is a proven and very safe process,...
World’s first tracked glazing robot launched at Glasstech
The world’s first tracked glazing robot has gone on show for the first time at Glasstech on a stand jointly run by Hird Ltd and GMV Cranes and Handling. The tracked Winlet 1000 glazing robot was launched to the glass installation market on Tuesday 23rd October at Glasstech international trade...
Richard joins expanding crane and lifting sales team
Glazing Robots • Pick and Carry Cranes • Recruitment
Hird Ltd has boosted its cranes and lifting equipment sales team with the appointment of Richard Tomlinson as a National Sales Specialist. Richard has more than 30 years’ experience working in the plant hire, sales and construction sectors and will report to National Sales and After Sales Manager Carl Cooper....
6 reasons glazing companies love Winlet glazing robots
It is not often that a glass lifting machine will impress so much that people just stand and stare. But that is certainly the case with Winlet glazing robots. The little green machines are building a big reputation, and drawing admiring looks, wherever they are used to lift glass, or...
Product of the Month – Winlet 785 Glazing Robot
Glazing Robots • Product of the Month
The Festival of Britain in 1951 was heralded as a “beacon of change”. So, it is perfectly apt that Winlet glazing robots supplied by Hird Group are working on the site of the famous festival to create innovative living space fit for the 21st Century. We have chosen the Winlet...
A world-leading place to live needs a world-leading glazing robot
It’s not Skyfall, but it’s got a Sky Pool – the Embassy Gardens development in London has a bit of James Bond about it, so why should it not be built by a robot? The James Bond feel comes from the fact that the 2,000 homes that make up Embassy...