What is ‘Ingress Protection’ rating? You are buying that hoist or crane and in the specifications on your quotes you are confronted with a selection of random numbers and letters that are supposed to inform you of the duty cycle of your hoist. Hoist and motor duty...
What is ‘Ingress Protection’ rating? You are in the market for hoisting equipment and you receive quotations from competing suitors, accompanied by a hefty dose of technical specifications. But what do all those hieroglyphics actually mean? This blog series is...
The most important part of an electric chain hoist is the chain itself. Always use OEM chains as they are specifically made for the matching hoist load sprocket. Electric hoist chains are case hardened meaning that only the very outer part of the chain is hardened....
There is a common misconception that single girder cranes have a lower duty cycle than double girder cranes. This is simply untrue as a single girder crane with FEM2m classification is equal in terms of duty to a double girder of the same classification. Sounds...
RGM Cranes, South Africa’s premier overhead crane service provider and largest manufacturer on the continent, has enhanced its presence and capabilities in KwaZulu-Natal with the opening of a new branch, in La Mercy at the Dube Tradeport, just north of Durban. ...
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