Below-The-Hook Lifting Solutions

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Custom Lifting And Handling Equipment

All Caldwell Products meet or exceed ASME standards

Why They Chose Caldwell

Can't find off-the-shelf equipment for your application?

Count on Caldwell’s 65+ years of lifting experience and engineering expertise to help you design the safest and most efficient lifting and handling system for your mill or processing center.

Let’s discuss your specific custom lifting application, then together we’ll create the right solution, from steel coil grabs and C-hooks to ingot/slab tongs, sheet lifters, upenders and more.  

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Unlock the possibilities with our expertly engineered custom lifting devices built to your exact specifications. Download the Quote Kick-off Checklist now, and we’ll call you back to get started.

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Made in the U.S.A.

Caldwell products are manufactured in Rockford, IL

Custom Lifting Made Easy

Lunar Lander

Transport Cradle

A customized 2,500 lb.-capacity transport cradle was designed to carry the Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander from the manufacturing floor in Houston to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. Kennedy Wire Rope & Sling orchestrated the project.

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When Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory needed a precision lifting device to be used during the assembly process for the SSRI crymodule sections of a particle accelerator, they counted on Caldwell distributor John Sakach.

Particle Accelerator

Cryomodule Lifting Device

 For Those "Never Been Done Before" Applications 

The Caldwell engineering and  technical sales staff brings decades of expertise in creating those “things that have never been done before.” 

Not only do we meet or exceed ASME standards, but our lead engineer actually sits on the advisory board. 

Take a look at some amazing recent projects:

When The Industrial Premium Group needed a robust rotating crane hook for its client Canam Group, they called on Caldwell. 

The Canam Group, operator of 12 plants in Canada and the United States, had been using overhead cranes and a C-Hook to move steel coils as part of their metal fabrication processes for years. And while the C-Hook was working, the company realized that a motorized hook would help minimize safety risks and improve productivity. 

After researching multiple options, Premium chose the Caldwell motorized rotating hook. With a 360-degree rotating range, flexible speed, a 25-ton capacity, and easy integration with existing Stahl Crane products, the Model 250 was the perfect answer.

Industrial Premium Group

Rotating Crane Hook

“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.

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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. 

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.

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