Product Focus Connector - Fall 2023

■ Monitor Welding Data with Deltaweld

New Deltaweld Systems from Miller Electric now include Insight Centerpoint, which measures productivity, captures and reports welder activities, and helps optimize part production via a real-time operator interface. This includes everything from weld quality and productivity to rising costs or a lack of skilled welders. Utilizing this data can help fabricators uncover problems and track trends so operations can make improvements.

■ Crosby Launches Cloud-Based Load Monitoring

The Crosby Group, Tulsa, O.K., announces the launch of the Crosby Straightpoint LoadConnect cloud-based software, which can monitor loads from any distance and from anywhere around the world to improve safety and efficiency at work sites. When connected to a wireless base station, load cell data is transmitted to the unique cloud software solution, LoadConnect. An online dashboard provides users with fast, real-time load data, monitors errors and status, and has a map pinpointing exact product location. It also provides an overview of productivity and utilization.

■ Upgraded Features for Comfort Maxx Steel Harness

The Comfort Maxx Steel Harness from Malta Dynamics has an upgraded D-Ring configuration, pre-installed trauma relief straps, and sewn-in belt. The harness features improved padding that is strategically positioned to deliver optimal comfort even during extended wear and a custom, standing D-Ring with dual lifeline connection. With the integration of sewn-in lumbar support designed to accommodate heavy tool bags, workers can carry their tools without compromising their comfort and stability.

■ New Compact Crawler Boom Lift

JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, PA, has introduced its first straight-jib (SJ) compact crawler boom lift, the X660SJ. The compact crawler boom lift features 65 ft. 7 in. of platform height, 500 lbs. of capacity for up to two workers, 39 ft. of horizontal reach, and indoor/outdoor versatility. The X660SJ has 40 percent gradeability, and its 2 ft. 11 in. profile and less than 7,400-lbs weight allow operators to go more places around the job site, such as through gates and standard doorways to work in yards and public buildings.

■ Studson Announces Full Brim Type II Rated Safety Helmet

Studson, has unveiled its new ANSI Z89.1 Type II-Rated Full Brim Safety Helmet. The Studson SHK-1 full-brim safety helmet is designed to prevent traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), featuring technologies to absorb impacts from fall-related injuries on any jobsite. It is a full-brim safety helmet that complies with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z89.1 Type I and II safety standards, meaning it is designed to reduce force as a result of impacts to the front, back, sides and the top of the head.

■ AISC Releases 16th Edition of Steel Construction Manual

The American Institute of Steel Construction, AISC, has announced that the 16th edition of its Steel Construction Manual is now available. The Manual is the authoritative reference for professionals who design, fabricate, and build with structural steel. The 16th edition features new 50 ksi design tables, properties and dimensions for 210 new HSS shapes, revised and expanded discussion of prying action, new and revamped tables for design of double-angle connections, single-plate connections, single-angle connections, and shear end-plate connections, and more. A digital edition will be available this fall.

■ B2W Software Connects Workflow

New features from B2W Software improves workflow efficiency. Contractors use B2W applications to manage estimating, resource scheduling and dispatching, performance tracking and equipment maintenance as well as e-forms and reporting. Enhancements include faster, more accurate recording of employee hours and equipment meter readings, including clock-in-clockout functionality and GPS confirmation of location in the B2W mobile app. Expanded connectivity between B2W Schedule and B2W Track applications increases opportunities to populate field logs with information from the schedule and to communicate personnel, equipment and material needs from the field tracking application to the scheduling and dispatching application.