There are very few sounds sweeter to a gearhead than a small-block spinning past 8,000 rpm. For anyone who appreciates internal-combustion engines and horsepower, a race engine spinning at high rpm is ...

Crane technology started to evolve substantially during the rough-and-ready post-war buildup in 1945-1955, when need for speed forced the development of hydraulic power transmission. New controls made ...

Sixty years ago, the rigging world was introduced to a new type of lifting equipment: the hydraulic gantry system. Originally developed to facilitate the lifting of heavy equipment inside plant ...

When leading Canadian heavy lift contractor, Western Mechanical, was asked to assist in the replacement of the Humber River railroad bridge it selected an Enerpac hydraulic gantry for the precision ...

In the late 1950s, the self-propelled rough-terrain hydraulic crane came into use in the construction and material handling industries, and in the following years dominated the market as it rendered ...

Miller Electric is introducing the EnPak Hydraulic Tool Control (HTC), a new advancement with the EnPak Mechanic Series that allows simultaneous use of a mechanics truck’s hydraulic crane and 5- or ...

Indian Army inducted 40 Heavy Duty Hydraulic Mobile Cranes from Tractor India Limited. As per the Indian Army, the Hydraulic Mobile Cranes are versatile, new-age, and high-tech Cranes that will ...

As hydraulic excavators gained industry acceptance in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the market for the small cable-operated excavators that had been produced by the thousands since the 1920s rapidly ...

This is the story of the Armstrong Mitchell 160-ton fixed hydraulic crane built for the Malta Dockyard. The crane was works no. 2983, built in 1883. The crane is first shown in images of the launching ...