DSZ2 2016
Mini crane makes light work of low headroom for retail refit
A Maeda mini crane and glass vacuum lifter supplied by Hird has helped glazing installers overcome a challenging lack of headroom as they fitted shopfront windows during a refurbishment project. The Maeda MC305 tracked spider crane was combined with a Kappel DSZ2 glass lifter to install windows at the King...
Glazing robot overcomes tricky high-rise glazing challenge
A Winlet glazing robot hired from Hird has demonstrated the versatility of the glass vacuum manipulator by completing a complex high-rise installation project with ease. Facilities managers faced a challenging situation when they had to replace a glass panel several floors up a high-rise apartment block in Battersea, South London....
Hird glass lifting expertise supports striking new farm house build
Is this an agricultural candidate for Grand Designs? Hird has provided mini crane and glass vacuum lifter support for an unusual new home under construction on a farm in North Yorkshire. The new-build structure may look, in terms of its shape, like a standard farm building. But it is actually...
Glass lifting with mini crane creates one of the UK’s best views
Hird has helped builders create one of the best private viewing points in England – certainly on the north east coast – by providing a Maeda spider crane and a glass vacuum lifter to install a giant window. The lifting specialist was called in to help install the 6-metre by...
Training Focus – RTITB below the hook vacuum lifter training
There is no such thing, anywhere in the universe, as the perfect vacuum – but Hird does offer an ideal vacuum lifter training course. Our RTITB Below the Hook Vacuum Lifter training course is the subject of this month’s Hird Training Focus. Vacuum lifters have become increasingly important in many...
Hird mini crane + glass vacuum lifter equates to glazing success
Luxury car buyers and sports enthusiasts can soon indulge their passions thanks to the lifting prowess of a Hird Maeda spider crane combined with vacuum lifters. Two projects demonstrate the impressive capability of the Maeda MC405 mini crane when combined the latest glass vacuum lifter technology. Hird provided the mini...
Hird lifter wins healthy respect at drug HQ roof refit
A vacuum lifter supplied by Hird has been used to return a glass roof at the HQ of a global pharmaceutical company to rude health. A client has used the Kappel DSZ2 vacuum lifter to replace glazing on the main roof at the site in the South East of England....