1. Different types of lifting equipment

Overhead and overhead lifting

Suspended lifting: the lifted load is held by a hook or gripping tool suspended from a cable or equipment. The load's center of gravity is vertically aligned with the suspension point on the hoist's rigid equipment.

Mounted lifting: the load rests on one or more supports (stan-dards or special supports). It is held rigidly and in a fixed orientation relative to the lifting equipment on forks, a platform... Relative movements of the equipment, of limited amplitude, can slightly modify this orientation. The load is...