Have you ever found yourself holding your breath while watching a crane position large steel beams atop a skyscraper construction project? You're not alone. Though catastrophic accidents are typically ...

The second of the series of lectures on "Hoisting Machines" will be given by Mr. S. T. Nelson of the Sullivan Machinery Company, this afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the Mineralogical Lecture Room of the ...

Crane mogul James Lomma’s equipment won’t be hoisting or rigging anything any time soon. A Queens judge slapped down the New York Crane and Equipment Corporation owner’s attempt to force the ...

Vertically elevating loads is a ubiquitous task in engineering, but prevailing over gravity while maintaining safety and accuracy calls for myriad approaches. Leveraging mechatronics for failsafe ...