Latest News - Page: 52

Valla mini cranes – it’s the load that’s heavy not the crane

You want to lift a big heavy load, so you need a big heavy crane, right? Wrong! Valla mini cranes are designed to work in modern environments where the work to load ratio is an increasingly critical issue. Valla pick and carry cranes are designed to be as light as...

Hird Training: support you can trust

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint...

Hird takes latest Winlet glazing robot to LiftEx 2013

As well as being a glass lifter, it can be easily adapted to transport and lift a range of other materials, including concrete, granite, steel plates, wooden plates, plasterboards, tiles and fire doors. Hird is taking its latest glazing robot, the Winlet 600, to LiftEx 2013, the leading UK lifting...

Spider cranes – the mini crane that will put a smile on your face

Introducing the ‘little and large’ duo of the spider crane market – but the UNIC URW 094 and the UNIC URW 706 spider cranes will do more than put a smile on your face. The two machines represent the smallest and largest spider cranes in the Hird spider crane hire...

Hird expands training for compact cranes, powered access and vacuum lifters

Hird is expanding the operator training courses it is offering to meet growing demand from customers Packages offered including IPAF working at height operator training, CPCS A66 compact crane training and the RTITB vacuum lifter training course. The training can be delivered nationally through our three strategically-placed depots or at...

Hird first in UK to offer new updated P11104 vacuum lifter

Hird has become the first plant hire company in the UK to take delivery of the revised P11104 vacuum lifter, demonstrating its determination to be an industry leader in glass lifting technology. Wood’s Powr-Grip® has made significant improvements to the P11104, one of the most popular and most recognised vacuum...

Mini cranes – flexible solution for factory lifts

An increasing number of manufacturers are seeing the benefits of using mini cranes in factories. A pick and carry crane can be designed to lift and carry a load then placing it precisely where you want it to go. With modern industrial processes, where manufacturing complexity is increasing, a pick...

Valla Pick and Carry Cranes in the Petro Chemical sector

Hird has supplied a Valla 120D pick and carry crane to Shell Ireland for maintenance work within a new gas plant. Valla pick and carry cranes offer maintenance and lifting solutions that are not always taken into account by project managers or engineers, who are not always aware of the...