British Museum facility gets Hird glass lifting boost
Hird glass lifting technology put on a good display as it was used to help build a new British Museum storage complex that will also allow scientist to view artifacts currently not on show. A UNIC 376 tracked spider crane was teamed up with a Kappel DSZ2 vacuum glass lifter...
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...
Product of the Month – Hydraulica 1500 Curved
Glass lifting would be so much easier if it only involved flat glass that came in standard shapes. But, of course, it does not. Which is where Hird’s Hydraulica 1500 Curved comes into its own. The glass vacuum lifter is our Product of the Month for December and has been...
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...
Product of the Month round-up – 2018
Shakespeare, cartoon characters, Joe 90, and Ian Botham – is there nothing we will not compare a Hird machine with to show how impressive they are? Well, no. We haven’t even mentioned the little tin aliens yet. Scroll through our Products of the Month to get an excellent flavour of...
Hydraulica 3500 vacuum lifter makes light work of large panels
Lifting into place very large glass panels when constrained by having to work in confined areas on busy urban streets is a challenge – which is why speed, precision, and safety are so important. That is why glass installation specialists are turning to Hird to make use of our Hydraulica...
Product of the month – Hydraulica 3500 vacuum lifter
We all like a good view. But creating it in a modern building can be a weighty challenge – which is why our Product of the Month for September is the Hydraulica 3500 vacuum lifter. The Hydraulica 3500, manufactured by Kappel can lift sheets of non-porous material weighing up to...