Miller 2025 Build with Blue Winter Savings Rebate

Miller 2025 Build with Blue Winter Savings Rebate

Start 2025 with BIG BLUE Savings on Select Miller Welders! Happy New Year! Miller's first Build with Blue rebate promotion for 2025 is here! From January 1st to March 31st, save BIG when you purchase eligible Miller products....

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Specialty Demag Chain Hoists Available Now

Specialty Demag Chain Hoists Available Now

As Western Canada's Demag Stocking Dealer and the only Demag distributor in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Kristian Electric Ltd. carries a lot of Demag equipment in our inventory. Occasionally, we stock specialty Demag equipment...

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We are Western Canada’s Demag Stocking Dealer

Kristian Electric Ltd is excited to announce our new partnership with Demag Cranes & Components to become Western Canada's exclusive stocking dealer for Demag DC electric chain hoists and trolleys. That's right. That means...

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Ask the Crane Tech: Pre-Use Inspections

Ask the Crane Tech: Pre-Use Inspections

Build with Blue is BACK! This quarter's Build with Blue rebate promotion from Miller Welders runs from January 9 to March 31, 2023. As an overhead crane technician, one of the questions I get asked a lot is, "What do I look for...

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The Boss of Entertainment Hoists

Can you guess what Bruce Springsteen did for work before he became one of the world's most successful recording artists ever? Before he was dubbed “The Boss” and drove us down Thunder Road? Before he was Born to Run and...

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Buttoned Up – Demag DST Pendants

DST pendant controls from Demag are a one-stop, universal solution for the operation of overhead cranes, hoists, and more. Easily configurable with multiple operations, ergonomically designed for ease of use and constructed...

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Suck It Up

Suck It Up

Vacuum lifters are devices used to transport a variety of products within a set area, such as a warehouse or manufacturing facility. They are regularly employed in applications as delicate as placing eggs in egg-cartons, as...

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See the Light

Safety should be the number one concern when working with an overhead crane system. Many different types of safety features can be installed on a crane, such as load limiters, collision avoidance and speed controls, yet these...

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Lifting Entertainment to a New Level

When I was 17 I saw Miss Saigon at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton Alberta. It was my first introduction to any type of Broadway show and suffice to say I was blown away. Not only by the songs and story but...

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A New Spin on Hand Chain Hoists

Traditional hand chain hoists only allow the user to pull the chain in a single vertical direction. This can cause a few different problems. First off, it requires the user to be directly under or in very close proximity to the...

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Hoists 101

Wire Rope or Chain? Manual or Powered? Electric or Pneumatic? So many decisions! In our latest infographic, we break down the different hoist options available for your lifting needs!

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BOP Handling Systems

In the dangerous environment of an oil rig, the manipulation and positioning of a BOP (Blow Out Preventer) requires reliable, robust and efficient equipment suited to the humidity, dust or hazardous conditions with a high risk...

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What is Intelligent Lifting?

Based on servo mechanics, intelligent lifting devices use a powered mechanism that produces motion or forces at higher levels of energy than the input level. Basically, these ergonomic lifting devices are extensions of your...

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