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Hoist UK moves and expands with a manufacturing facility

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Hoist UK Ltd, the UK’s leading lifting and mechanical handling equipment manufacturer and supplier have recently moved to larger premises.

This is the third move in Hoist UK’s lifetime and again has been necessary due to the outstanding growth of the company since their last move only three years ago.

“Thanks to this relocation, Hoist UK and our sister company AJB Precision Fabrications can now be housed under one roof, this will allow us to offer seamless integration of our own manufactured products and those of our internationally renowned suppliers to our clients” says Hoist UK director Tony Dickson.

The new Hoist UK & AJB Precision Fabrication facility is located at:

Unit 2, Wrynose Road, Old Hall Industrial Estate, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 3QD.

“Our sister company AJB Precision Fabrications are a steel and aluminium fabrication company, with in house CNC machining facilities. The directors of AJB are Phil Williams and Mike Nicholson who like Tony Dickson and Paul Jordan are both ex Tomcat, as they were head welder/fabricator and head CNC programmer/machinist respectively. Our aim is to keep manufacturing alive in the UK” says fellow HUK director Paul Jordan.

“Although AJB manufacture all the HUK engineered products we have developed our own client base for fabricated products and offer sub contract manufacturing facility for small / large batch work and custom fabricated structures” says AJB director Mike Nicholson.

AJB and HUK complement each other perfectly, as ex Tomcat employees we all completely understand the entertainment and touring events industry with regard to short timescales and costing. The design facilities provided to us by HUK give us access to structural analysis packages and full 3D solid modelling of components using AutoCAD Inventor software” adds fellow AJB director Phil Williams.

And finally Tony Dickson has the following open invitation, “We are currently expanding our office layout in the new premises, and plan to have a fully functional showroom housing all of our lifting and control equipment, once this is completed we will welcome all of our existing and future clients for either formal training sessions, familiarisation sessions for clients or simply welcome you for an informal meeting to discuss future projects, but please let us know you are coming so we can organise the tea and biscuits!”.

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Flying High with Hoist UK at PLASA 2010

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Hoist UK have been flying high this year at PLASA 2010 demonstrating their capabilities in the production services sector of the entertainment industry. 

One area of their production services capabilities is in the performer flying sector and this was showcased at Hoist UK‘s own PLASA 2010 stand at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London.  At hourly intervals throughout the day exhibitors, visitors and industry professional’s packed the aisles around the “HUK” stand to watch aerial artiste Isabel Woywode perform a stunning, graceful and heart racing silks performance to various pieces of music, her polished act complimented and showcased the products available from Hoist UK and the services currently available on hire from their production services division.  

   

Hoist UK are looking to work on future projects with the vast production experience on offer from their production services division to compliment the design and manufacturing capabilities of Hoist UK, which will prove to be a formidable force within the entertainment industry.  

Although based in the UK, the HUK production team have worldwide experience in solutions ranging from engineering design, technical hardware and crew to custom circus products, artistes and event coordination.  

For further details on the Production Services, please contact:    

info@hoistuk.com  

 or 

Click on the following link: 

 http://hoistuk.com/entertainment/production-services/ 

 

    

  

   

  

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Hoist UK give good fortune at the ABTT 2010

Friday, June 25th, 2010

At this year’s ABTT Theatre Show in the Royal Horticultural Halls, London, Hoist UK offered all of our visitors a lucky fortune cookie.

(Inside two of our cookies was a winning ticket offering a bottle of bubbly to the winners). 

The lucky visitors were…..

Alex Antonis from Castle Hall & Claire Taylforth from J & C Joel.

Congratulations…we hope you enjoyed the champagne.

The show was a great success, and we would like to thank everyone who visited us during the show.

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ABTT winner Claire Taylforth with Hoist UK's Louise Dickson

 

ABTT winner Alex Antonis

“Safety Above All” on the roads with Hoist UK

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Hoist UK have provided design assistance and manufacturing facilities for Crown International who are a global leader in roadside safety systems, for a revolutionary new product that has an innovative design and has already been nominated for three international traffic industry awards.

The roadside pole supports signs and surveillance equipment over the carriageway of our motorway networks and the fabricated products we have provided include the carbon steel sleeve, which runs up and down the main support column of the road sign to enable the arm to be lowered for servicing….. Read more

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New website launched by Hoist UK

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Leading lifting and mechanical handling equipment manufacturer and supplier to the industrial and entertainment market sectors are proud to announce the launch of its revamped website: www.hoistuk.com

The recently relaunched website has a vibrant new look and has had significant product content updates. The new look has enhanced new features and informative new content, along with improved navigation and usability.

 “An interactive new news feed section has been added to the website, allowing visitors to the site to be kept fully informed of the latest new product releases and project news from Hoist UK and our leading suppliers” comments Tony Dickson, Director of  Hoist UK. “The case studies section allows our existing and of course our new customers to see the exciting projects and installations that we have been involved with” he adds.

 Fellow Director Paul Jordan comments, “As we continue to grow as a company, it is extremely important that our customers, and potential customers have easy access to product information, downloads, and new product updates”

 Hoist UK are passionate about supplying technically correct products, and with their team of in house designers and engineers, can now act as your ‘one stop shop’ for the complete project solution with our website being a crucial point of contact for new enquiries.

Hoist UK are also now available on Skype, Twitter and Facebook:

Twitter: Click here for details

Facebook: Click here for details

Skype name: hoistuk 

Please feel to visit the new site and follow us on Facebook and Twitter…..

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New Verlinde Spare Parts Site launched by Hoist UK

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Hoist UK Ltd are master distributors for the complete range of Verlinde lifting products for the industrial and entertainment industry and as one of the most experienced distributors of Verlinde equipment in the UK, they offer first class sales, service, testing and engineering support for the lifting trade.

Tony Dickson, a director of Hoist UK adds: “As part of our ongoing development we are proud to introduce our online spare parts enquiry service available through: http://www.verlindespares.co.uk/

With direct access to the Verlinde spare parts stock and hoist archive, Hoist UK are proud to offer a quick delivery time on most spare parts. If the part is not available from our UK site, it will be available from the factory in France.

Louise Dickson, sales executive of Hoist UK comments: “The process could not be easier; all you need to do is access our new website and select the hoist you have. This will take you to an exploded view of the hoist, where you will need to note the part numbers required on the request pad, and then send the list directly to our spare parts department, who will reply with prices and availability. It really is that simple.”

Tony Dickson also comments: “Even if you do not know the hoist model, there is a section for you to answer some questions which will help Hoist UK to identify the hoist model and parts required quickly and efficiently, so that you or your customer are back up and running in no time.”

The new site for all your Verlinde spare part needs is: www.verlindespares.co.uk

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Hoist UK “Do the Business” in the heart of London

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Hoist UK were asked to provide a solution for the Chorus Group for the atrium lighting in the highly prestigious Thomas More Square Business Village on the edge of London’s famous “Square Mile”, which is owned and managed by Land Securites.

The installation of a truss lighting grid to suspend bespoke lighting globes above the spacious and airy main foyer of the complex called for an aesthetically pleasing and more importantly safe system of hoists, control and suspension points.

The truss lighting grid was designed to mimic the shape of the atrium…. Read more

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RSC take Hoist UK variable speed BGV C1 chain hoists on Romeo and Juliet Tour

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Hoist UK were approached by Eric Dixon head of Automation for the Royal Shakespeare Company after he had seen their variable speed chain hoist motion control system at the 2009 ABTT trade show.

The hoists were required to raise and lower scenery safely, quickly, quietly and accurately during the performance of their Romeo and Juliet UK tour.

Hoist UK provided Stagemaker variable speed SM10 chain hoists designed to BGV C1 and therefore safe to move loads above people, without the requirement for additional safety devices along with a control system that allowed for true synchronous movement of the chain hoists to pre programmed show cues.

The hoists were fitted with vector drives and encoders…… Read more

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“All the world’s a stage” with Hoist UK

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Hoist UK have provided the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Scenic Workshops in Stratford upon Avon, with a system of lightweight aluminium cranes and monorail track.

The systems provided are used in a fabrication facility, which constructs unique set pieces for forthcoming productions in their own theatre venues and performance spaces in and around the city.

Hoist UK provided two 500kg rigid aluminium manual crane systems each with a span of 4.2m and longitudinal runs of 10m and 17m respectively, with a 20m aluminium monorail system to enable fabricated pieces to be manipulated in the workspace.

Alan Bartlett, Head of Construction & Technical Design at the Scenic workshops said: “The system provided by Hoist UK is excellent as it enables us to position and move large and irregular shaped items easily and quickly, and we have already used it for the construction of custom set pieces for David Tennant’s performances in Hamlet (as shown), as well as many other RSC productions”…. Read more

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Hoist UK – Release two new products

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Hoist UK are proud to announce that two new products have been added to their entertainment portfolio:

LX Ladder:

The Hoist UK LX Ladder is a purpose built aluminium ladder beam designed to BS8118 – Structural use of aluminium, and fully load rated and certified.

The optimum design of the ladder offers the best possible strength to weight ratio. The top and bottom chords and verticals have been specifically designed to allow for the maximum mount of useable chord for suspensions and loading purposes.

The LX Ladder is designed for suspension using the top chord and loaded using the bottom chord. The ladder is normally internally wired with either 15A round pin BS546 socket outlet commonly used for stage lighting equipment; it will also accept a 13A BS1363 rectangular pin (UK standard) socket outlet or 16A BS EN 60309 type socket outlet more commonly used for TV and Film lighting equipment.

The LX Ladder comes with a robust steel end box which is designed to be fitted to the end of the ladder providing a neat termination box where the internally wired circuits can connect with fixed wiring or multicore cables via a standard 19 pin Socopex connector or a similar connector of your choice. LX Ladder can be used in winch, hoist and counter weight installations up to fifteen (15) metres long and requires a support attached to the top chord at least every three (3) metres to safely operate within our published load tables (below).

LX Ladder can be supplied without internal cabling and sockets for use as a load rated scenery bar. The top and bottom chords of LX Ladder are 48mm diameter, so it can be use with all your existing standard fixtures. LX Ladder can be provided in a steel construction for installations whereby the increase in self weight would be beneficial and other sizes and lengths of LX Ladder can be produced on application.

 Based on a contemporary design, Hoist UK has managed to lose a lot of the excess weight from the conventional winch design without losing strength or quality.

 

Pilewind Winch:

An ideal solution for schools, smaller venues and retail outlets for banners, small trusses and lighting bars. Perfect for installations where access to a three phase power supply is problematic.The unit has been designed for ease of installation with the minimum of parts and a complete range of header and diverter pulleys specially designed for use with the pilewind winch.

Every Hoist UK pilewind winch will be supplied with a certificate of conformity and will have been load tested in our works prior to dispatch.

Specifications:

· Compact dimensions
· Robust and lightweight construction
· WLL: 125kg / 250kg / 400kg
· Number of rope outputs: 2 to 6 line as standard
· Nominal winching speed: 4 m/min
· Nominal drum capacity: 12 metres
· Design factor 10:1
· Self sustaining worm gearbox with brake unit
· Secondary brake available instead of self sustaining worm gearbox, if required.
· Electric limit switch (4 position as standard, 6 position available)
· Electrical Options: Supplied with either pendant, wall mount control panel, radio controlled or without electrical cubicle
· Power supply: 220V 1ph 50Hz or 415V 3ph 50hz
· Low voltage control circuit as standard
· Finish: Silver
· Tested and certified with owners manual
· Designed and manufactured to BS7905 -1; Specification for the design and manufacture of above stage equipment
· CE Marked
· Designed and built in the UK

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