Rate of new building in Ukraine essentially overtake rate of renovation and modernization of tower cranes fleet. Percent of worked over its normative service life tower cranes in Ukraine, is higher analogous index in countries, which are going to enter to the Common free zone. Obsolete or unperfected tower cranes fall, creating danger for live of many people. This problem was spoken about at the 28 th of May 2004, on mutual meeting of boards of Gosstroy and the state Labor protection and supervision agency of Ukraine, resolution of which is published in our magazine. Topicality of this problem conditioned agenda and program of the seminar, which will take place in Odessa during 16 - 17 of September 2004. In detail about seminar "Modern tower cranes, formwork, scaffoldings and lifting appliances", it is spoken in the article of professor N.N. Andriyenko "How to prevent accidents of tower cranes". Even now it is possible to claim about participation in this seminar, filling in on page 8 application, and to send it to us on address 65080, Ukraine, Odessa, Ac. Filatova str.1, STA "Lifting equipment" or by fax: +38(0482) 61-06-53, +38(0482) 66-60-31, or filling in application on our web site: www.ptm.com.ua

Experience of Russia - on service for Common free zone" - this is the title of the article of the chief of department of the state Labor protection and supervision agency of Russia V.S. Kotelnikov , the first part of which is being published in this number of magazine. The author of this article analyzed state and causes of accident rate and traumatism on lifting equipment of Russia in 2003, and also told about activity of its organization this year Outlined for the last years tendency of economical increasing in separate branches of industry, first of all in mining -metallurgical, requires renovation of cranes fleet. But demand has already exceeded possibilities of crane builders, which are limited because of low profitableness of production. Where is the way out? The general director of "Charkov plant of load - conveying equipment" L.I. Yanov see solution of the problem in union with the science. In particular, it made possible for Charkov crane builders to increase for the last 4 years volume of production in 4, 4 times. In detail about current day of this plant you can reads in the article "In cooperation with the science - to development of new equipment".

Detailed analyses of the Russian market of load - lifting cranes, readers can find in the article of the general director of "OMZ - Crane" V.O. Nedelsky, and the chief of marketing department of this plant K.F. Voluchin. The authors of the article make conclusion, that today there are essential reasons to think, that in 2004 demand for load - lifting cranes will be increased, and rate of its production step by step to pull up to average index in machinery building. In this article also there is detailed description of the structure of load - lifting cranes market. On pages of our magazine also is presented one more famous Russian crane building plant - Rzhev crane building factory. Its product is known for Ukrainian consumers. In this number they can find detailed technical data of mobile, fast erecting cranes КБ - 473, КБ - 474, КБ - 475Б, if to read the article of the director of "STI of tower crane building" ltd., V.I. Kovalev.

Constructions of many types of equipment make no possible to carry out visual inspection of the state of its inner surfaces. In this case it is used endoscopes and other devices. Video endoscopes ЭСВФ is created in Sum city, in expert - technical center of the state Labor protection and supervision agency of Ukraine. In detail about this device you can read in the article "Video endoscopes ЭСВФ". In section "Special devices" readers can find information about new developments of firm "Still", in particular, with fork trucks, series RX 50, diesel fork truck R 70, and also electric fork lift R 60 - 30, source of power for which is hydrogen. What does mini equipment mean? Where it is used? Well known for foreign consumers mini - excavators, mini - cranes, hoists of various types - for us it is exotica. But without these indispensable helpers, it is impossible to carry out really effective housing - municipal reform. Detailed description of various types of mini - equipment from various producers, readers can find in the article of the deputy chairman of the state agency of housing municipal economy O.B.Lotozky "Mini - equipment in realization of reforms of HME".

Analyses of causes of accident rate and traumatism testify, that about 80% of all cases are taking place because of man guilty. But psychology of a man is so, that if he knows that somebody watch him, he is going not to violate production discipline. You can read about it in the article "Increasing of load - lifting cranes safety by means of use of optical means of observation". Here - data about production traumatism with fatal outcome during load - lifting cranes operation in Russia in 1991 - 2003, data about causes of traumatism. Purchasing of sea commercial ports of harbor cranes, sets a task of theoretical grounds of possibility of operation of PMC on existing berths, initially built for gantry cranes operation. Such task was taken by Odessas scientists S.I. Pelachenko and A.M.Yasinovsky. Their investigation of the problem they reflected in the article "Outriggers pressure of harbor cranes on berths structures". Magazine in magazine "About elevators and people connected with its installation and maintenance", opens by the article of the chairman of supervision council of PE "Liftmarket" A.A. Strunevich with optimistic title "Ukraine can build elevators on the level of European standards". This daring statement is based on results of work of PE "Liftmarket"; about this our magazine informed our readers. In May issue of our magazine we had already informed our readers about development of specialists of OJSC "Krivorozhsky ferrous - ore plant" - rubber ropes. In this number detailed description of development, results of ropes tests in comparison with analogous product, which was used on this plant before.

Foreign elevators building are presented in magazine by short information about compact lifts and by the article " Components for elevators of Italian firm CMF". On the last page of magazine it is published colored invitation to international exhibition of elevators equipment Lift 2004, which will take place during 17 - 20 of November in Milan. As always, reader can find on "The bookshelf" of our magazine recent technical publications and set of news. Also advertisement of the following firms and plants is placed: "OMP - Crane", Fiera Milano International, SPF "Crane", Liebherr, CJSC "Youzhmormontazh", "Krantest", OJSC "Kirovsky machine building plant the first of May", Sumy ETC, Rzhev crane building plant, German industrial presentation office, PE "Liftmarket" (Brovary city), Condtruzioni Meccaniche Frigerio, OJSC "Stroymach", "Cherbinlaliftcomplect", "Elecrane", Center of exhibition technologies, SPE "LPM", "Stan - complect", plant "Krayan", "Krayan - barter" ltd, "Ecotechservice" ltd, "Sens", ETRA - NV", PE "Vidnova", OJSC "КЖРК", Kalush plant of municipal equipment. Magazine "Lifting equipment. Special devices" is the single in Ukraine full colored edition, specializing on load - conveying equipment, monthly published in 5000 copies. Subscription on magazine it is possible to legalize directly on web site www.ptm.com.ua Write us; send us your articles and advertising blocks.

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