Lifting Equipment

What is lifting equipment?

The range of lifting equipment covered by Dongqi Crane is very wide and the Regulations can apply across all industry sectors; from healthcare to construction, most industries and commercial activity will use some kind of lifting equipment.

Technological progress has meant that innovative, often complex and powerful lifting equipment is now available for use. Nevertheless, whether it is modern and complex or more traditional lifting equipment, Dongqi Crane will apply if it is used by employees or the relevant self-employed at work. If you are self-employed and your work poses no risk to the health and safety of others, then health and safety law may not apply to you.

There are three key terms used in reference to the Regulations: ‘lifting equipment’; ‘lifting operations’; and ‘the load’.

Lifting equipment types

Lifting equipment is any work equipment for lifting and lowering loads, and includes any accessories used in doing so (such as attachments to support, fix or anchor the equipment). Many different types of heavy lifting equipment are available in the marketplace, including forklifts, winches, hoists, cranes, and vacuum lifts. Each machine uses a unique mechanism to manipulate a large and heavy object; some devices move the item up and down or side to side, as well as a combination of both movements. Normally, a business will purchase or lease heavy lifting equipment based on the specific industry’s needs.

Forklifts are a common lifting machine for many businesses. A worker drives the forklift, much like a small vehicle. The machine’s front end has two metal protrusions that can be slid into a wood pallet to move products around a warehouse environment; the forked front end can lift items up into tall storage areas in a safe manner.

Another heavy lifting equipment device is a winch. This mechanism uses a wound rope to pull a item, such as during towing. Most winches are attached in a stationary position against a wall or even on a heavy service truck; workers can attach the winch’s end hook to a piece of equipment to allow the winding mechanism to pull the item along.

A hoist pulls heavy items upward using a chain or rope; this form of heavy lifting equipment is typically used for lifting smaller products, such as a car engine block. Many hoists are permanently attached to the ground in a repair shop or warehouse area. The heavy object must be maneuvered over to the hoist for lifting; many times, forklifts are used in conjunction with hoists to move the item to the permanently set lift.

A crane uses an angled boom to move items up and down, as well as side to side. Of all the heavy lifting equipment types, the crane is one of the most versatile. Cranes can be built in small and large sizes, based on the lifting needs; most crane designs allow the lift to turn horizontally in a complete circle to move heavy objects in almost any direction.

Vacuum lifts use high pressure air vacuums to adhere to a heavy object for lifting. These machines are especially helpful for lifting oddly-shaped items, such as panes of glass. They can also lift heavier objects, such as cargo containers, so that ships in port can be loaded and unloaded efficiently.

Purchasing a lift can be extremely expensive; many businesses lease or rent certain lift types depending on the company’s needs. A lease can generally be contracted for daily, monthly, or yearly lift use. The business owner should confer with the equipment leasing company to ensure the correct lift choice for the specific company application.

Besides the lifting equipment above, the following lifting equipment are also frequently used for material handling. The common lifting equipment includes:

Overhead cranes and their supporting runways
Patient hoists
Motor vehicle lifts
Vehicle tail lifts and cranes fitted to vehicles
A building cleaning cradle and its suspension equipment
Goods and passenger lifts
Telehandlers and fork lifts

Lifting accessories

Lifting accessories are pieces of equipment that are used to attach the load to lifting equipment, providing a link between the two. Any lifting accessories used between lifting equipment and the load may need to be taken into account in determining the overall weight of the load.

Examples of lifting accessories include:

Fiber or rope slings
Chains (single or multiple leg)
Hooks
Eyebolts
Spreader beams
Magnetic PDF and vacuum devices

Further details and examples of equipment covered by DONGQI CRANE can be found in the Approved Code of Practice and guidance.

Lifting operations

This is a term defined by DONGQI CRANE regulation 8(2): ‘In this regulation “lifting operation” means an operation concerned with the lifting or lowering of a load.’

The load

The load includes any material, people or animals (or any combination of these) that is lifted by the lifting equipment. Loads are often provided with permanent or semi-permanent fixed or attached points for lifting. In most cases, these are considered to be part of the load.

Examples of loads include:

Loose bulk materials
Sacks, bags, pallets and stillages
Discrete items (such as a large concrete block)
Machinery and any permanently attached lifting eyes
A skip and the lugs fixed to its side

Dongqi Lifting Equipment

We have a wide variety of lifting equipment to meet all your lifting needs. Custom lifting equipment from Dongqi Crane has the following features:

Safer, lower-cost alternatives to standard products
Prepackaged lifting solutions for OEM applications
Efficient, worker-friendly designs for repetitive lifts
Designs developed by lifting industry engineering experts

The lifting equipment offering of Dongqi Crane

Various types of hoists are provided by Dongqi Group, the following list will give you a general introduction of Dongqi Hoists. Please contact us to select the right Hoists and lifting equipment for you application.

Chain Electric hoist

The electric chain hoists can be used to handle material with the lifting capacity of 0.5 ton to 35 ton, lifting height of 3 to50m, with the working class of M3 and M4. Hoistdq offers you various types of electric chain hoists to solve you material handling solutions.

DHS Series Electric Hoists,	TCH series chain electric hoist	DHP series Chain Electric Hoists

DHS Series Electric Hoists:1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton,10 ton	TCH series Chain Electric Hoist：1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton,10 ton	DHP series Chain Electric Hoists：1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton,10 ton

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Wire rope electric hoists

Electric hoists and electric hoists- wire rope single speed

wire rope electric hoist single speed 0.25 ton, 0.5 ton, 1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton, 10 ton, 16 ton

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Double speed electric hoists

Dongqi Hoists can provide you double speed electric hoists with the lifting capacity of 0.25 ton to 32 ton. Wire rope electric hoist double speed 0.25 ton, 0.5 ton, 1 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton, 10 ton, 16 ton

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European electric hoists

European electric hoist is a newly developed material handling equipment with advanced design technology according to the FEM standards, European hoist standards and other regulations. The lifting capacity of the European electric hoist is 1 to 80 tons and the working class is M5 and M6.

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Dongqi Hoists can provide explosion proof hoists with the lifting capacity of 0.25 ton to 63 ton, and the lifting height of 1 m to 100m, with the working class of M3. What’s more, single speed explosion –proof hoists and double speed explosion-proof hoists. And, customized explosion proof hoists are available.

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Metallurgical electric hoist

Metallurgical hoist offered by Dongqi has a lifting capacity of 1-10ton, lifting height 9-30m, the working class of M6. And customized metallurgy hoists for metallurgical industries are available.

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mini electric hoist

Mini electric hoist single hook 100 kg , 125 kg, 150 kg, 200 kg, 250 kg, 300 kg, 400 kg, 500 kg

Mini electric hoist with double hook 200 kg, 250 kg, 300 kg , 400 kg, 500 kg electric hoist

The lifting speed of the mini or small hoists can be up to 10 m/min.

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Manual hoist and hand hoist

Manual hoist and hand hoist is a type of light hand operated hoisting equipment, which solves the material handling problems with man power, with the features of easy operation, cost-effective, wide application, etc. Dongqi Hoist offers types of manual hoists or hand operated hoists, such as, manual

Manual hoist – Chain type

CB-1 manual hoist

CB-11 manual hoist,

VC-B manual hoist

CB-1 manual hoist series:

1 ton, 1.5 ton , 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton, 10 ton

CB11 series manual hoists：　1 ton, 1.5 ton , 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton, 10 ton

VC-B manual hoist:

0.5 ton 1 ton ,1.5 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton, 5 ton, 10 ton, 20 ton, 30 ton, 50 ton ,

CK type manual hoist	SK Series of manual hoist	HS-T type manual hoist

CK type manual hoist 1 ton, 1.5 ton , 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton , 20 ton,	SK Series of manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 8 ton , 10 ton, 16 ton , 20 ton	HS-T series of manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 8 ton , 10 ton, 16 ton , 20 ton,

HS-C type series manual hoist	HS-Z type series manual hoist

HS C Series of manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 20 ton,	HS-Z series Series of manual hoist0.25 ton,? 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton ,10 ton , 15 ton, 20 ton ,30 ton,

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Manual hoist- explosion-proof type

Explosion proof hand hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton,2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton, 20 ton	VN explosion-proof manual hoist t 0.5 ton, 1 ton , 1.5 ton , 2 ton, 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton, 20 ton, etc

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Manual hoist and hand hoist – Lever type

VC-A series lever hoist	VA series hand hoist	VD type lever hoist?

VC-A series manual hoist 0.5 ton, 1 ton, 1.5 ton, 2 ton , 3 ton , 5 ton , 10 ton , 20 ton , 30 ton, 50 ton ,	VL lever chain hoist 0.5 ton ,0.75 ton ,1 ton , 1.5 ton, 2 ton , 3 ton, 6 ton,	VD type lever 250 kg, 500 kg , 750 kg, 1500 kg , 2500 kg ,3000 kg, 5000 kg, 60000 kg ,