As head of Demag’s crane components technical department for 14 years, Neupert has had a hand in generations of Demag lifting equipment. He helped develop a generic wheel block travel drive system, a rope hoist, series designs of rope and chain hoists, mechanical gears and controls. (Early in his career, he designed standard cranes for Cologne-based industrial equipment firm Pohlig Heckel Bleichert).
No surprise then that he holds several patents. He also holds standards. He collaborated with Top 50 member Ilkka Riikonen on another standard, EN 13135-2, Non-electrical equipment of cranes.
But his experience, and his influence, extends beyond cranes. Since 1997 he has been the convenor of the CEN group for power driven hoists and winches, which has developed two major new international standards (EN 14492-1) on winches and hoists, likely to be issued in 2006. Although he left Demag in 2004, he continues to lead this group.
