YEAR PAST A GOOD ONE FOR CRANES
2020 will be remembered as a difficult year, particularly by many in South African engineering manufacturing. But there were companies that came…
FROM CONCRETE SLAB TO WORKING CRANE
Lifting equipment company Condra is to manage as a turnkey project the manufacture of a 70/5-ton electric overhead travelling factory crane and…
CRANE AGENT WINS CONDRA ORDERS
North Coast Cranes & Lifting, the Richards Bay-based lifting equipment company, has won separate orders for Condra cranes to be installed in…
CAPE TOWN CRANE COMPANY READY FOR WESTERN CAPE UPTICK
BB Cranes, the Cape Town-based lifting equipment manufacturer, is to deliver two 4 ton, 5 metre span underslung cranes to Zandvliet Wastewater…
SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH-LIFT EXPERTISE FOR THE AMERICAS
A Canadian order for South African high-lift cranes suggests that word of local manufacturing expertise in this specialised field is spreading, with…
WHEEL ALIGNMENT THE KEY TO END-CARRIAGE LIFE
End-carriages should be viewed holistically: As a key sub-assembly in any and all overhead cranes, customers should question the wisdom of attempting…
CRANES TO FIGHT COVID-19
Telescopic cranes from Condra will soon be helping a South African chemicals company to produce alcohol in very large volumes for hand…
EXPLOSION-PROOF HOISTS FOR KUSILE COAL CONVEYORS
Condra has completed manufacture of eight explosion-proof, high-lift hoists – four of them articulated – for Tenova Bateman. All are custom-built, two-speed…
MULTI-ROLE CRANE HAS BEAM-CHANGING HOIST
A contract won by Witbank company GTB Industrial Services will see Condra manufacturing a technically complex crane to service an Mpumalanga colliery’s…
Condra adds crane refurbishment to new-machine manufacture
WHEN TO REPLACE, AND WHEN TO REFURBISH Is it better to replace or refurbish an overhead crane reaching the end of its…