Cranes & Access Magazine - October 2019
Cranes & Access Magazine - October 2019
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In this issue
This issue includes articles on All Terrain cranes, truck mounted work platforms, rental software and technology, a report on the Genie new product launches, and Outrigger mats.
Continuing to evolve
The All Terrain market continues to evolve with manufacturers introducing a raft of new models with innovative features and developments, including the increasing use of new technology including telematics. There has also been the merger of two of the four big manufacturers which will have a significant impact on the market dynamics. We take a look at the major changes over the past 12 months and the developing trends.
10+ mins
Manitowoc on the move
Manitowoc has started to merge parts of its Grove mobile and Potain tower crane businesses in europe, following similar moves in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions. While the two crane lines will remain independent in terms of operations and product management, they both now share a new leader in Orlando Mota - senior vice president europe & Africa - responsible for sales, marketing and support in europe and some African countries. Other senior appointments include global product managers christophe Simoncelli for tower cranes, Giorgio Angelino for All Terrain cranes and Jean-noel Gros for finance and administration. c&A editor Mark Darwin spoke with Orlando Mota about his plans.
6 mins
Onwards and upwards
The truck mounted platform market has seen more than its fair share of development over the past few years, both in terms of new technology, but also the adoption of new materials, such as ultra-high strength steels as the manufacturers have been forced to make regular updates and redesigns as environmental and other regulatory demands have changed the chassis on which they are based.
10+ mins
That Sinking Feeling!
Using some form of material or method to spread the weight of heavy objects, to stop them sinking into soft ground dates back to the earliest of times. The principal is all too obvious and yet hardly a week goes by that we do not receive reports of cranes and work platforms overturning due to being set up on soft or unsuitable ground without some method of spreading and supporting the load.
7 mins
Cranes & Access Magazine Description:
Publisher: The Vertikal Press
Category: Technology
Language: English
Frequency: 45 Days
The world's leading magazine covering mobile lifting equipment, including cranes, aerial work platforms and telescopic handlers
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