Air Hoists

Yale pneumatic chain hoists are available in two ranges, as standard compressed air hoists and with Atex certification in capacities from 250kg up to 10 tonne SWL. Yale Air hoists come as standard with chain collector bag for up to 8 metre lift and single fall load chain, 3 metre lift height and Pendant control supplied as standard. Yale Pneumatic Lifting hoists excel through their extremely quiet operation and robust aluminium housing, they are low and easy maintenance due to reduced number of components. On account of its compact, lightweight design and low headroom the 125 - 990kg units are very handy and easy to carry. Fitted wait an emergency stop the maximum control drop is 6 metres (maximum pendant length) or unlimited control length when cord control. Yale are a quality American owned (CMCO - Columbus McKinnon Corporation) lifting equipment manufacturer, they have an excellent professional reputation and can often modify their lifting hoists to suit the customers application and environment. Yale pneumatic hoists can be chained to suit our customer’s height of lift and can be supplied hook suspended or mounted onto a trolley, push, geared or pneumatic powered.

An extensive range of pneumatic air hoists, available from 140kg capacity all the way up to 50 tonnes as standard with higher capacities available upon request.

Available with various suspension types such lug or top hook as well as push travel, chain drive or pneumatically powered trolleys.

Particularly suited to atex environments, the majority of the air hoists within this range have some degree of atex certification as standard, with upgrades available to atex zone 1 classifications.

Starting with a capacity of 500kg, the Hadef range of air hoists, that are designed and manufactured in Germany are available in various lifting capacities all of the way up to 50 tonnes, with various suspension options available, beginning with stationary mounting or hook suspended units and ending with fully powered ultra-low headroom trolley-hoist combinations that are air operated in all motions.

Through JDN (JD Neuhaus) we at LiftingSafety offer in our online catalogue a very comprehensive range of pneumatic chain hoists to suit many different lifting equipment applications. We offer the following suspension / mounting options: top hook suspended, for traversing loads on a monorail runway beam there are different trolleys to meet demands; push travel, geared travel and pneumatic travel monorail trolley. We also offer JDN high capacity and low head room compressed air hoists for special application where there is insufficient height clearance under the monorail lifting beam. Other specialist pneumatic chain hoists manufactured by JDN include Atex specification hoists and subsea Pneumatic hoists. JDN Air Hoists are very robust and suitable for tough industrial applications even in continuous working and according the customers requirement there are various control systems including pendant and cord control. Standard Features are suitable for application in hazardous areas, sensitive infinitely variable speed control for the precise positioning of loads, easy operation and suitable for lube-free operation making the hoists low maintenance, insensitive to dust, humidity and temperatures ranging from -20 °C up to +70 °C. Fail-safe starting conditions, low maintenance vane motor. Please contact our sales team if you have an air hoist enquiry and we will offer a competitive quote.

Ingersoll Rand Pneumatic chain hoists have an excellent reputation for quantity. The PALAIR® PLUS hoists are powered by a recently upgraded, unique, non-metallic, gear motor. This motor is renowned for its durability when Woking with "poor" air in unfavourable conditions. The hoists are light weight and compact in design. They feature precise load positioning through a "progressive" pendent control. For Europe, they meet the requirements of the European Machinery Directive and are marked CE, range from 250kg to 2000kg. The Ingersoll Rand Lift chain air hoist range is all steel construct ion for better durability and particularly adapted for difficult environments with them being insensitive to dust and humidity & 100% duty cycle... they are fitted with grade 80 calibrated load chains which are corrosion resistant treated. The Ingersoll Rand MLK series pneumatic chain hoists have many interchangeable parts. With high speeds and precise spotting, these hoists are ideal for high production use. Both spark resistant, designated with a KR suffix, and slow speed precision spotting models, designated with a KS suffix, are offered. MLK series hoists come complete with 3 metre height if lift load chain and either 2 feet of pendant control or 6 feet of pull chain control.