Model 285

Telescoping Coil Grab

This rack-and-pinion-style grab allows for the handling of a wide range of coil sizes with minimum manpower. 

The optional motorized rotation gives the crane operator the ability to spot the coil with precise positioning. 

With Caldwell, you design a unit that perfectly matches your unique process. 

Product Features

• Low-headroom design

• Heavy-duty worm gear reducer

• Drive protection includes slip clutch

• Machined slide arms 

• Curved supports on lifting feet for coil protection

• Designed for easy maintenance.

• More

For a full list of Model 285 standard features and customized options, view catalog now.

Model 286

Parallelogram Coil Lifter

The motorized Parallelogram Leg Drive Coil Lifter is ideal where aisle space between coils is limited. 

This lifter, designed so that the weight of the coil keeps the lifter closed, features optional motorized rotation that allows the crane operator to spot the coil with precise positioning. 

For a full list of Model 286 standard features and customized options, view catalog now.

Product Features

• Narrow aisle design

• Heavy-duty worm gear reducer

• Drive protection includes slip clutch

• Curved lifting pads for coil protection

• Designed for easy maintenance.

• More

Model 282

C-Hook

Product Features

• High tensile strength alloy steel plate minimizes physical si

• Counter-balanced to hang level when emp

• Inside radius on hooks avoid coil edge contact

• Curved coil support on the lower arm is standard  

• Handles a wide range of coil widths

• More

For a full list of Model 282 standard features and customized options, view catalog now.

C-Hooks are designed to handle coils in the eye horizontal position and are available in a wide range of capacities, coil sizes and design styles. Tell us your requirements, and let us do the rest. 

Build coil lifters to your exact specifications with Caldwell’s complete line of coil handlers for heavy- and severe-duty applications.

Steel mills and processing centers count on Caldwell to increase safety, efficiency and productivity in heavy- and severe-duty environments: 

• Hot mill 

• Cold mill

• Annealing 

• Plating/Galvanizing

• Processing

• Shipping

• Storage

“Caldwell’s engineering team helped us design the right solution for our client, delivering a heavy-duty capacity for heavy-duty requirements.”

Marc-André Martineau, Premium’s sales and project director.

Total Control

Manage high-load cycles and extreme temperature environments with lifters made to your exact specifications. Never again worry about delayed shipping containers, questionable import quality, or anything other than a process YOU lead with our top-notch engineers. Let us get you what you need precisely how you want it.

More Solutions

Our full line of severe- and heavy-duty lifters fit every step of your production process. Caldwell can help you completely outfit a new mill or service center, update an existing facility, or just replace a single piece of equipment when that’s all you need. Simplify your procurement efforts. One source, easy choice.

End-to-End Support

From design to maintenance, we are there for the long haul. You’re not just buying a piece of equipment, you’re gaining a team of experts who understand your business and can help you create the best system possible. 

Industry-Leading Warranty

Caldwell’s industry-leading, 2-year warranty doubles the protection on your investment because it’s twice as long as the typical 1-year warranty for both standard and custom equipment. You, your production scheduler, and your maintenance crew will rest easier, knowing your company made the right choice for the best quality.

Partner with Industry Insiders

Our lead engineer is on the ASME Board. He helps make the standards and rules your equipment and processes need to be compliant with. Rest easy knowing you are partnering with pros on the cutting edge creating the standards.

Leverage 70 Years of Experience

Users of below-the-hook lifting devices have trusted Caldwell Lifting Solutions to deliver the quality, innovation, and expertise to operate safely and efficiently since 1954. 

Today’s Caldwell is proud to serve the lifting specialists, plant managers, manufacturing engineers, rigging shops, crane dealers, construction contractors, transportation suppliers, and material handling professionals who lead the lifting industry worldwide. 

Tell us about your project and get a callback from an engineer or download our catalog now to view our entire line of coil handling equipment.

What happens when you contact Caldwell and say you need a new Coil Lifter?  

1. It starts with the Application Evaluation. You'll fill out a form to provide the Caldwell team with a solid starting point for your custom lifter. 

2. Conversations happen next. With your information in hand, one of our Technical Service Reps will call you to discuss everything about your processes, plant, and priorities. 

3. The engineers get to work. Following ASME guidelines and with decades of industry experience, our mechanical and electrical engineers create the drawings according to your custom specs. 

4. You sign off on a final design. After a collaborative process, the approval is yours.

5. The build. This is where the fun starts! Caldwell’s skilled fabricators, welders, electricians, and assemblers turn those drawings into reality. 

6. Testing. Now is the time to make sure it all works like it’s supposed to. Every detail is checked. 

7. Delivery. It’s time to get to work ... knowing you’ve made the right choice with Caldwell.

Tell us about your project to get started.