The increasing problems of waste disposal in the modern world have led to a growth in waste incineration and more recently waste to energy schemes where refuse is incinerated at high temperature to fuel a power plant. The refuse handling in such facilities is generally done by heavy duty grabbing cranes. Street can offer a number of features considered essential in such applications.

In these grabbing cranes rope deviation is inevitable as the grab is lowered at speed into the refuse and it assumes a variety of angles.
Such an application would cause problems with standard hoists which incorporate rope guides and hence the Street heavy duty open winch with double reeved rope and no rope guides is the ideal solution. Other special features typical of refuse grabbing cranes include:-