All Straightpoint articles – Page 2

  • Heavy Lift Awards: 2019 finalists and winners
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    Heavy Lift Awards: 2019 finalists and winners

    2019-12-10T11:00:00Z

    HLPFI reviews the 2019 shortlisted and winning entries from the inaugural Heavy Lift Awards. 

  • Straightpoint and Crosby in FPSO tests
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    Straightpoint and Crosby in FPSO tests

    2019-11-28T10:30:00Z

    Dalaz Teknik Utama has used a 12-tonne capacity Radiolink, a Straightpoint load cell and a Crosby shackle to complete a series of tests at a Wasco Energy fabrication yard in Indonesia.

  • Equipment Corps installs exchangers at Syncrude refinery
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    Equipment Corps installs exchangers at Syncrude refinery

    2019-10-14T12:20:00Z

    Ontario-based Equipment Corps has used four customised Straightpoint wireless load shackles and four JD Neuhaus air hoists to install two new exchangers at the Syncrude refinery in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

  • Straightpoint to showcase Insight software
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    Straightpoint to showcase Insight software

    2019-09-25T13:00:00Z

    Force measurement equipment manufacturer Straightpoint will display its new wireless centre of gravity software at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC), which takes place from October 7-9, 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

  • Heavy Lift Awards shortlist announced
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    Heavy Lift Awards shortlist announced

    2019-06-12T16:50:00Z

    After a rigorous judging process by our panel of industry experts, the shortlist has been revealed for the Heavy Lift Awards 2019.

  • Straightpoint expands calibration offering
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    Straightpoint expands calibration offering

    2019-06-12T11:45:00Z

    Straightpoint has named eight distributors as authorised calibration centres for its range of load cells.

  • Worlifts opts for Straightpoint load cell
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    Worlifts opts for Straightpoint load cell

    2019-05-14T13:10:00Z

    Worlifts is using a 300-tonne capacity Straightpoint compression load cell to record data on its newest test machine for hydraulic cylinders and jacks.

  • Straightpoint partners with Dutest in UAE
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    Straightpoint partners with Dutest in UAE

    2019-04-05T15:05:00Z

    Lifting equipment supplier Dutest will distribute Straightpoint’s range of load cells throughout the UAE.

  • Straightpoint rental stock heads to LGH
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    Straightpoint rental stock heads to LGH

    2019-03-29T11:20:00Z

    Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has acquired the rental fleet of Straightpoint, as the load cell manufacturer looks to exit the hire market.

  • Straightpoint launches Bluelink
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    Straightpoint launches Bluelink

    2019-03-19T10:30:00Z

    Straightpoint has introduced its Bluelink load cell – a 6.5-tonne capacity mechanical force measurement cell that incorporates Bluetooth technology.

  • Hye weighs in with Straightpoint
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    Hye weighs in with Straightpoint

    2019-03-08T11:00:00Z

    Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has supplied four Straightpoint compression load cells to weigh a bridge structure during a repair operation in Belgium. 

  • Straightpoint weighs up in the Netherlands
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    Straightpoint weighs up in the Netherlands

    2019-02-26T16:50:00Z

    The Netherlands-based lifting and rigging equipment rental company LGH Hijsmaterieel has utilised four Straightpoint compression load cells to confirm the weight and centre of gravity of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.

  • Crosby Group acquires Straightpoint
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    Crosby Group acquires Straightpoint

    2019-01-02T17:00:00Z

    The Crosby Group has acquired load cell and force measurement equipment manufacturer Straightpoint.

  • LGH takes Straightpoint load cells
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    LGH takes Straightpoint load cells

    2018-09-18T18:00:00Z

    US lifting equipment rental specialist Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) is overhauling its load cell fleet with an order for Straightpoint (SP) Radiolink plus units of up to 220,000-lb (99.8-tonne) capacity.

  • Straightpoint supports module lifts
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    Straightpoint supports module lifts

    2018-06-07T15:00:00Z

    Straightpoint load cells were added to a custom-built lifting frame to raise refinery modules in Saint John, Canada.

  • Straightpoint partners with Onursan
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    Straightpoint partners with Onursan

    2018-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Straightpoint has named Onursan as a distributor of its load cells and force measurement equipment in Turkey.

  • Straightpoint enhances Loadlink range
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    Straightpoint enhances Loadlink range

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Straightpoint has made a series of enhancements to its range of Loadlink dynamometer products.

  • News

    Straightpoint names Milne

    2017-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Straightpoint has appointed Kyle Milne as technical sales engineer, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.

  • News

    LGH lifts in LA

    2017-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has provided 16 wireless compression load cells from Straightpoint for the benchmark weighing of ten ship-to-shore cranes at the Port of Los Angeles, USA.

  • News

    Straightpoint gear for sewer lift

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Dynamic Rigging Hire (DRH) has supplied the rigging equipment, including a 25-tonne capacity wireless load shackle from Straightpoint, for the removal of a large hydraulic cylinder at a Melbourne Water sewer pump station in Australia.