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LIFT TURN MOVE
Rigging and Trussing
Lift Turn Move Ltd, established in 2004, is based in Birkenhead, Wirral and is wholly owned and operated by a nucleus of staff who were responsible for introducing the Columbus McKinnon Lodestar® electric chain hoist to the UK and European professional entertainment and touring industries since 1992.
John Jones, David King and Dave Ward own the business with Jenny Hobday, Dan Holme, Alison Jones,James Porter and Dean Ward in sales and office roles. Dave Ward is joined in the workshop by Geoff Cromwell, Phil Jones, Lee Culff, Don Paul and Wade Taylor - all Engineers. Together we boast over 197years of lifting experience.
An extensive range of equipment is available from LTM including- Lodestar and Prostar electric chain hoists, hand and electrically operated hoists, trolleys and winches. Motor Controllers are built at LTM to your requirements. A full range of rigging accessories is also available. If you have unusual requirements we will be pleased to source equipment for you.
The Lodestar Is the Standard Hoist for the entertainment industry. CM Lodestars are found on virtually every tour, event and festival on the World circuit. They are increasingly used in theatres and multi purpose venues.
High integrity hoisting systems are available including equipment to BGV C1 German safety standard. Special features include double brakes, load sensing and multiple limit switches. Variable speed units and manual or computerised controllers are available to monitor safety features and drive the equipment.
Lift-Turn-Move has launched the Carbon Cub winch and the Kinolift PHC 1000 S person lift. The Carbon Cub is a compact, portable, ‘plug-and-play’ mini hoist system. It suits a variety of lifting applications, but is perfect for theatres, broadcast studios, museums, sporting productions and worship and retail venues. Featuring a matt black finish with black lifting cables and weighing only 41kg, it has been specially designed to raise and lower lights, scenic elements, projectors or banners.
It has a travel speed of 4.3m/min and can lift loads up to 136kg to a height of 7.5m. The unit comes complete with self-locking helical gears; it has both right and left hand-grooved drum winding preventing lateral movement, and there are limit switches and over travel protection. The Carbon Cub is supplied with low voltage controls and remote pendant facility as standard and operates on either 400V three-phase (50Hz) or 220V single phase (50Hz) power supplies.
The Kinolift PHC 1000 (made by Alplift in Germany) is a cost-effective telescope-type person lift and a quick, safe and easy way of reaching and working roofs and ceiling spaces. It makes changing lamps and other equipment, including smoke detectors, extremely easy. Its high aluminium content makes the Kinolift very light in weight and maneuverable despite a rigid construction.
In 10 minutes, two people can transport and erect the Kinolift wherever it’s needed, and it can easily be fitted in between rows of seats and other awkward spaces, where other more conventional lifts struggle to gain access, replacing the need for a time-consuming scaffold construction.
Kinolift has special arms that can be used in a variety of ways to deal with any ‘on-the-spot’ situation, making it possible to erect the device in the most challenging locations, e.g. where the floor is sloping or directly at a wall. All components are mounted on an elevating truck for easy transportation and an electric stairlift facilitates movement up or down steps.
The Kinolift operates on 230V from a nearby standard electrical socket. The drive mechanism is mounted on a separate elevating truck for increased portability and positioning and can be placed in front or behind the Kinolift.
