IEEE websites place cookies on your device to give you the best user experience. By using our websites, you agree to the placement of these cookies. To learn more, read our Privacy Policy.A crane can lift a burden, move it sideways, and lower it. These operations, which the Greeks employed when buil

The vital role of lifting and lowering equipment from supply vessels should not be overlooked as offshore wind farms get further from shore, writes Stuart SmithAs the offshore wind industry continues to evolve and move into deeper waters, the supply chain must be prepared to adapt to meet new challe

After more than five years of engagement with Benxi Longxin Mining Co in China, SIEMAG TECBERG GmbH’s Tianjin-based subsidiary has started installing the hoisting and conveying equipment at the Sishanling iron ore mine in the Province of Liaoning.In early 2017, Tianjin SIEMAG TECBERG Machinery Co

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Skyscrapers will be able to soar to greater heights with help from plastic in the latest lift technology developed by Kone Corp., an elevator and escalator maker based in Helsinki.Kone put a high-friction polyurethane coating over a carbon fiber core to create what it calls UltraRope. The hoisting i

In November 2018, six people boarded an elevator at the former John Hancock Center in Chicago for the ride down from the Signature Room bar on the 95th floor to the lobby. But the long ride got a lot worse when one of the cables snapped and the elevator plunged 84 floors to the 11th floor."At t

Four suspension ropes of a lift at an industrial building in Kwai Chung were snapped last week, with no one injured. Authorities found that the cause of the incident was the lift car got stuck, leading to the ropes breaking.The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) received a report f

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Over 30 years after construction largely stopped on North Korea’s 105-story Ryugyong Hotel, the central Pyongyang neighborhood surrounding the empty building dubbed the “hotel of doom” is being transformed into the city’s latest cluster of concrete high-rises.  NK News has obtained exclusi