July/August 2024 – Vol. 26, Issue 4
Glass handling (PDF, 703.85 KB)
Glass installation is now a highly skilled trade using increasingly innovative panel handling equipment. We review some of the latest developments as well as seeing the equipment in action in a variety of unusual and challenging applications.
October 2023 – Vol. 25, Issue 6
Glass handling (PDF, 640.77 KB)
The growth in specialist glass handling equipment is a result of the increasing size and weight of today’s windows and glazing panels. In recent years spider cranes and vacuum lifters have become widely used. More recently glazing robots are becoming more popular. We take a look at the market and a challenging corner glass window installation at the art’otel in the Battersea Power Station redevelopment in London.
October 2022 – Vol. 24, Issue 6
Glass handling (PDF, 880.78 KB)
The introduction of stringent manual handling regulations combined with heavier glass panels has resulted in a vast array of specialist glass handling equipment. We take a look at the very latest products on the market.
October/November 2021 – Vol. 23, Issue 6
Glass handling (PDF, 631.82 KB)
Over the past 20 years, the introduction of significantly heavier glass panels combined with stringent manual handling rules has seen a vast array of specialist glass handling equipment developed. Nick Johnson takes a look at the very latest products from glass handling and lifting specialist GGR.
