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Winlet glazing robots from Hird wow LiftEx

Hird showcased the Winlet 600 glazing robot at LiftEx – winning admiring comments and dozens of expressions of interest from glazing installers and glass lifter hire companies. The Winlet 600 vacuum robot was selected to take part in machine demonstrates in the Liftex Innovation Theatre during the show at the...

Hird vacuum lifter opens door to lifting success on TV’s Grand Designs

A powerful vacuum lifter supplied by Hird has been used to lift a giant glass sliding door into place for the hit Channel 4 TV show Grand Designs. The Hydraulica 1200 vacuum lifter was used to lift the glass sheet, which at 1,100kg and 6 metres by 3.1 metres, is...

Focus on UNIC spider cranes – the versatile lifting solution

The manufacturer calls them the most compact mini cranes in the world, and you can see why. To the untrained eye, UNIC spider cranes look like they should not be able to do what they do. But day in and day out the machines in our UNIC spider crane hire...

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

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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...