Custom-Engineered Built Up Hoists (VX)

Name: Custom-Engineered Built Up Hoists (VX)
Brand: Street Crane
Availability: InStock

Custom Built-Up Open Winch Hoists for Steel, Mill & Process Duty Lifting

Capacities to 250 tons

Choose the VX Hoist for Your Most Demanding Lifting Applications.

Every industry requires something different, and special processes often call for additional equipment, control features or safety mechanisms. When an application demands more than a standard hoist can provide, the Street VX open winch hoist delivers the strength, precision and service accessibility required for heavy-duty lifting.

The rugged VX design has a proven pedigree and is engineered for demanding applications where customer specifications require a unique, high-capacity lifting solution. For US crane builders, distributors and end users, this British-engineered hoist technology is available through Street Crane Inc. and our American distribution network, giving demanding projects access to proven UK manufacturing with local supply and support.

Built for high-duty, high-capacity lifting in the most demanding industrial environments.

Every industry faces unique lifting challenges, but the most demanding applications require equipment engineered for high duty cycles, larger capacities, and continuous operation. When standard hoists are not enough, the Custom Built Up Hoist (VX) delivers.

Designed for severe service applications, the VX combines rugged open-winch construction with modern control technology to support high-capacity lifts and custom crane configurations. Its proven mechanical design allows flexibility in reeving, drum sizing, and control integration, making it well suited for cranes operating under high utilization and challenging conditions.

The VX Hoist is well suited for CMAA Class D and Class E applications, and can be configured for severe service environments requiring frequent starts, extended run times, and high load spectra. Its open-winch architecture supports application-specific engineering solutions commonly required in North American crane systems, including higher lift heights, specialized controls, and demanding operational profiles.

With a long-established pedigree in heavy-duty lifting, the VX excels in industries where reliability, durability, and engineered performance are critical—and downtime is not an option.

Choose the VX Hoist for Your Most Demanding Lifting Applications.

Every industry requires something different and special processes often require additional equipment, features or safety mechanisms. If your application requires something more demanding, our VX open winch hoist is the perfect solution and combines the latest innovations in control systems with traditional heavy-duty engineering.

The rugged design of the VX has a proven pedigree and excels where customer specifications require a unique heavy-duty lifting solution.

VX Built Up hoist key features

Capacities and duty classifications

The modular design of the Custom Built Up Hoist (VX) allows standard solutions to be configured from pre-engineered components, supporting an exceptionally wide range of capacities and duty classifications. This approach provides flexibility without compromising structural integrity or performance, and allows the VX to fully meet the requirements of North American and international standards, including CMAA, ASME, UL, and CSA, as well as ISO, EN, BS, FEM, and HMI.The VX is typically applied in CMAA Class D and Class E process-duty applications, where frequent operation, higher load spectra, and demanding service conditions require a robust, engineered lifting solution. In lighter-duty configurations, the VX can also be supplied in CMAA Class C applications with capacities up to 250 tons, offering exceptional versatility across a broad range of industrial lifting requirements.This modular architecture makes the VX ideally suited for high-duty and severe service environments where engineered solutions are required to meet demanding operational and regulatory requirements.

True Vertical Lift (TVL) – Precision Load Control

The VX hoist drum is double-reeved, left-to-right, providing True Vertical Lift (TVL) with virtually zero hook drift throughout the full lift height. This configuration ensures accurate load positioning and improved operator control, particularly in high-capacity and long-lift applications.The double-reeved drum arrangement also promotes equal load distribution across the crane bridge or supporting structure, reducing localized stresses and improving overall crane performance and service life.

Hoist Brake mounted on hoist gearbox

The VX is equipped with a DC-actuated disc brake mounted on the hoist gearbox, providing precise, reliable load control for high-duty and high-capacity applications.The DC-actuated design ensures fast, consistent brake response and smooth engagement, which is critical for accurate load positioning and controlled stopping under varying load conditions. In the event of power loss, the brake is spring-applied and fail-safe, automatically holding the load securely without reliance on the hoist motor.By mounting the disc brake on the gearbox rather than the motor, the brake remains fully effective even if the motor is removed or if a motor coupling, shaft, or electrical connection were to fail. This configuration also isolates brake-generated heat from the motor, resulting in lower motor operating temperatures, improved component life, and increased overall system reliability.This brake arrangement is particularly well suited for high-duty, severe service, and process-critical applications where safety, repeatability, and maintainability are paramount.

Extended hoist drum and wire rope life

The VX is engineered with optimized drum and sheave diameter ratios designed to extend the service life of the hoist drum and wire rope in accordance with the selected hoist duty classification. These ratios reduce bending stress on the wire rope, resulting in increased lift cycles and improved long-term reliability.The hoist utilizes double-scrolling drum design to provide balanced rope reeving across the full lift. This ensures even rope winding and load distribution, which further extends rope and drum service life while enhancing overall operational safety and consistency.This design approach is especially beneficial in high-duty and process-critical applications, where maximizing component life and maintaining predictable performance are essential.

Hand lever hoisting brake release

The Custom Built Up Hoist (VX) includes a hand lever hoisting brake release, a critical safety and service feature that is not standard on most competitive hoists.In the event of a power outage or mechanical breakdown, the hand lever brake release allows the operator to safely and controlledly lower the load, minimizing downtime and reducing risk to personnel and equipment. This capability is especially valuable in high-capacity and process-critical applications where suspended loads cannot remain unattended.By providing a controlled manual brake release, the VX enhances operational safety, emergency response capability, and serviceability, making it a reliable solution for demanding industrial environments.

High performance hoist motors

VX Hoists are equipped with high-performance hoist motors specifically selected to match the application and duty classification. Motors are Class F or Class H insulated and typically rated for 60% ED, making them well suited for high-duty and process-driven lifting applications.Each motor is provided with over-temperature protection and housed in a IP55-rated enclosure to ensure reliable operation in harsh industrial environments.For precise control and repeatable performance, the VX utilizes closed-loop motor control with encoder feedback. This allows accurate speed regulation, smooth acceleration and deceleration, and consistent performance under varying load conditions—critical for high-capacity, high-duty, and precision lifting applications.

Heavy duty hoist gearbox

All gears are hardened and ground, fully enclosed and submerged in an oil bath. The gearbox has a gear inspection cover and a motor coupling inspection facility.

Safety overload cut off device

A capacity overload using load cell prevents the operator inadvertently overloading the hoist.

Closed loop variable speed drive (VFD) on hoisting and lowering

Speeds are varied by means of a frequency inverter in “closed loop” with a motor encoder which provides a high safety level through continuous speed monitoring. As standard this system provides the facility to programme hoisting and lowering speeds as well as acceleration and deceleration to suit your application. Gentle acceleration reduces the loading of mechanisms and improves productivity, hoist life and safety.

Electrical braking

Electrical braking of the hoist motor is standard with VX which significantly reduces wear on the mechanical hoist brake linings.

The Custom Built Up Range (VX)

VX: Custom Engineered to Suit Your Lifting Application.

Street Crane has more than seven decades of experience designing and manufacturing hoists for the more extreme applications. The VX hoist is a product of that pedigree and epitomizes the special performance levels we can offer those customers who have the most exacting requirements. The VX is a modular concept which uses pre-engineered components in both standard and customized formats to provide high-performance and high reliability for a very wide range of demanding applications where one or more of the following are required:

Capacities up to 250 tons
Duty classifications up to ISO M8/CMAA CLASS F.
Superfast hoisting speeds.
Super-high lifts.
Increased factors of safety.
Extremely arduous environments.
Additional safety and operating equipment.
Special hoist constructions.

The Custom Built Up Range (VX)

VX: Custom Engineered to Suit Your Lifting Application.

Capacities up to 250 tons
Duty classifications up to ISO M8/CMAA CLASS F.
Superfast hoisting speeds.
Super-high lifts.
Increased factors of safety.
Extremely arduous environments.
Additional safety and operating equipment.
Special hoist constructions.

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