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Weather resistant outdoor hoists, from LoadGuard
Sunday December 16, 2012
Written by Ric Nuttall
Something you might not know about LoadGuard® hoists, is that they can easily be supplied for long term outdoor use.
Just recently we worked with our sales partner, Adlib Audio, to supply these weatherproof hoists to their customer P & L Sound & Lighting. These hoists have been outdoors by the sea for over 3 months throughout the summer at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre. Thanks to the weatherproofing options, the hoists have been running faultlessly in all conditions requiring no remedial actions or replacement parts.
These hoists are certified IP65 Class (Ingress Protect...
Neg Earth choose Limpet for Muse stadium tour
Thursday November 29, 2012
Written by limpet-technology
Muse have revealed that the stage set for their upcoming tour will feature an LED pyramid, dancing aliens and kung-fu! What they haven’t let on is that it will also feature four Limpet L5’s.
Having used a Limpet L5 to solve the height safety problems of Jesus Christ Superstar the week before, Lighting experts Neg Earth next challenge was to find a way of getting technicians up into the complex gantry conceived for the Muse Tour. Once again the L5 provided an answer, this time using its personnel hoisting capabilities.
For this occasion, the L5’s with their discreet matt ...
Limpet® Debuts on Jesus Christ Superstar by assisting Judas (Tim Minchin)
Thursday October 04, 2012
Written by Dan Holme
The Limpet® L5 was given the vital job of keeping Judas Iscariot safe on the opening night of Jesus Christ Superstar at the O2 Arena last week.
In this ambitious and critically acclaimed reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic show, actor and comedian Tim Minchin, plays Judas Iscariot and has to climb a 15 metre high truss backstage midway through the performance. The problem? How to keep him absolutely safe, fit and ready to keep on singing after a tiring climb.
Following the debut of the L5 with Lift Turn Move at the Plasa trade show at Earls Court a week earlier, leading li...
James Porter: Heading up the Industrial Market
Tuesday August 28, 2012
Written by David King
Last month we announced the appointment of Dan Holme as Director of the Entertainment Division, so it only seems fair that James Porter who has been Head of the Industrial Market at LTM for a while now, gets a mention too!
As I mentioned last month, we serve two main markets at LTM: Industrial & Entertainment and James with the support of the directors at LTM has been looking after the Industrial market for some time now. James started at the company as a sales representative, primarily focused on Industrial markets having previously worked on the tools as an on-site lifting gear engine...
We've doubled our production capacity in just under a year
Monday July 23, 2012
Written by David King
In the 12 months since we moved into our new building we've made lots of improvements to our production space. Most notable of these has been the fitting a brand new GIS Light Crane System into the hoist preparation area. (Full details below) The decision to fit the system was made for two reasons:
First, we were keen to reduce the amount of manual lifting and handling of hoists for our engineers. Repetitive handling tasks are not only strenuous and potentially dangerous, it's boring work, so we were keen to reduce that aspect of the job for them.
Secondly, we wanted to increa...
Director Dan
Thursday July 19, 2012
Written by David King
Today we announced the appointment of Dan Holme as Director of the Entertainment Division, recognising the hard work that Dan has been putting in to company.
As a lifting company, we have two main markets, Industrial & Entertainment, and as Operations Director I spend my time tending to each division in about equal amounts. So it's been really useful for us as a company to have Dan spending 100% of his time focused on the Entertainment Market. Dan has been the face to face contact for our key accounts for years now, offering technical advice and helping to create solutions and bu...
Would you like 1, 2 or 3 pickles with that?
Monday March 26, 2012
Written by John Jones
No, not those kind of pickles.
We often get requests for custom kit from our customers, and more often than not, the request comes with a deadline. This was no exception, Ric, our newest addition the the LTM team (you may remember him from Summit Steel) recieved a request the other day for a triple pickle. Thats right, not one or even two, but three!
Pickles are different from controllers in that it is essentially one handset that controls more than one hoist. This can be useful if you already have power coming to the hoists and you just need a portable handset that you can take to the hois...
Winches, Winches, Winches!
Monday February 20, 2012
Written by James Porter
Things are changing at LTM We are appointing distributors all over the UK & Europe, many of whom are holding stock. We've sold over 600 winches since January and here we have another pallet of 100 winches being sent out to a distributor!
If you're interested in becoming a stocking dealer, get in touch!
The LTM Guide to using a winch with your washing line.
Friday February 10, 2012
Written by LTM Guides
Why use a winch?
Using a winch to raise & lower your clothes line can be a great help for those with mobility problems or even those with lots of washing to do!
So in order to help you to select a winch we have put together the following information to guide you through some of the things that you will need to know before you can choose a winch and how to find out that information.
What you will need to know in order to select a winch:
The Lifting Capacity
Or put another way, you need to know how much weight you will be hanging from the line. Each winch is rated to lift a...
LTM is the Ableforge master agent for the European Market!
Monday February 06, 2012
Written by David King
This is an exciting time here at LTM and everyone in the office is thrilled about this new appointment. When we first saw the Ableforge range we new it would compliment our existing range and most importantly for us and our customers, it provides real value for money solutions within the manual handling market. The feedback we've recieved so far has been excellent and we see further possibilities outside of the UK market. In fact we already have a first few dealers from Europe signed up, with more companies approaching us every day.
Don't forget we also have our Demo Area set up...
Demo area for Ableforge equipment
Friday December 09, 2011
Written by David King
The past few weeks have been crazy-busy at LTM following on from the launch of our range of Ableforge manual lifting products at LiftEx 2011. We've been getting so many enquiries from people wanting to try out the products for themselves that it became obvious that we needed to set up an in-house demonstration area to cope with the demand, so that's what we did!
We're pleased to announce that we've dedicated an area of our warehouse so that customers can drop in and try out the products for themselves. We're thrilled with the quality and durability of this range and we want our customers to...
Buying GIS Hoist Spares Online
Monday December 05, 2011
Written by John Jones
As one of the biggest GIS dealers in Europe, you can imagine we get a lot of calls from customers looking for us to help them identify the part they need for their hoist. We happily do this when asked, but at busier times, we might not be able to get back to you right away. That's why we created the GIS spares online store.
The design was the brainchild of our very own, David King. For years he's had the idea that "wouldn't it just be easier if I could see the parts list online, click on the part I want and then be able to order it online there and then?". Well yes, it w...
Prolight & Sound - April 2011
Tuesday April 12, 2011
Written by John Jones
We have just got back from the Prolight & Sound Exhibition where we showed in Hall 9.0, alongside us were the guys from Cow our German Company who have developed over many years a range of BGVC1 Electric Chain Hoists & Winches, the BGVC1 Hoist uses the Loadguard ® hoist that we sell in various configurations generally for higher spec applications- lifting loads above people or supporting loads above people, we used the rings again that we had at Plaza with a Hoist above and below each ring so that we could pull the ...
Radio Control Systems for Electric Hoists: It pays to use someone experienced to solve your lifting problems
Thursday December 08, 2011
Written by John Jones
Here's a recent interesting anecdote that made us all smile with amazement...
We manufactured two GIS electric chain hoists and fitted radio control systems to them to help the client in operation. We also fortunately fitted an auxiliary unit which allows a pendant hand control station to be used instead of the radio unit- perhaps if the batteries were flat. We always do this as standard with any radio control system we supply (belt and braces).
Our customer reported that on site one of these hoists worked perfectly with the radio control, the other one worked fine with the hoist end ...
