Tough & Techy: Cat Launches New 41-Ton 340 Excavator

Cat added a more powerful engine, wider track, 7.5-ton counterweight, and loaded it with standard technology.

Cheddar - Why Movies Are Wrong About Elevator Free Falls 23042020

In practically every action movie, there’s a scene where an elevator cable snaps and the car goes shooting down the shaft. But that almost never happens. In fact, no one has died from a free fall in a modern elevator. So why so safe? The answer lies in a 150-year-old design feature

Engineering Animations - How do Elevators work 27082022

This video explains the working of an elevator lift with relevant 3D Animations. A PDF copy of the transcript and additional notes are attached below

Liebherr - LR 1800-1.0: Strong like bull, 07052019

Outstanding load capacities and low cost transport around the world are the main features of the new LR 1800-1.0 crawler crane. It has been designed as a particularly powerful industrial crane for jobs with a luffing jib and derrick system, for example for power plant construction and the petrochemicals industry. The Liebherr 800-tonne crane is currently the most powerful crawler crane on the market with a basic machine just 3 metres wide.

EDF - Why are cranes used in construction? - Lifting operations at Hinkley Point C 19042021

Find out how cranes enable us to build faster at Hinkley Point C. And the role of equations – like Pythagoras’ Theorem – in helping our lifting teams calculate how to lift different loads around site. This episode features Leonie Smith and Ashley Daniels, Head of Lifting and Temporary Works, from Hinkley Point C