One of western Canada’s major players in precast concrete structure design, engineering and fabrication solves weighty material handling equations with rubber-tired iron from British Columbia’s Kendrick Equipment: One ISL50B, two ISL70B and two SB50 Shuttlelift gantry cranes.
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Heavy-duty gantry cranes
Shuttlelift has added the DB90 and DB165 models to its double-beam, rubber-tired gantry crane series, citing demand in the concrete and steel industries, where operators seek innovative lifting solutions for products or vessels of increasing scale. Both machines are equipped with remote diagnostics, intelligent operating systems and other features designed to maximize uptime.
Read MoreSingle Beam gantry makes the grade at TriKon Precast
Shuttlelift recently delivered a 50-ton Single Beam gantry crane to Tri-Kon Precast Products Ltd., which needed a solution to simplify the lifting process and safely navigate a 12 percent grade between the lower and upper half of its western Canadian operation. The Cranbrook, B.C., producer’s former transfer method was complex and required the hiring of outside sources to handle product multiple times.
Read More110-ton gantry tailored to bridge contract-rich Unistress
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.-based Shuttlelift has addressed a need for mobile gantry cranes equal to loads approaching 100 tons, plus spreader weight. It developed a DB 110—double-beam model with a lifting capacity of 110 tons—noting that the inaugural model meets the unique needs of Unistress Corp. in Pittsfield, Mass.
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