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Improve Safety with Crane Collision Avoidance Systems

2020-10

Limiting the risk of collisions means increased operator safety, lower maintenance costs, and improved productivity and uptime. CRANE 1 partners with Columbus McKinnon and Magnetek to provide our clients with “state-of-the-art” collision avoidance systems. These systems are available in multiple configurations and allow our technical experts to help you specify the exact functionality, size, and style to fit your specific application needs. These systems are ideal for all types of cranes equipped with variable frequency drives, soft starters, or contactor controls.

Magnetek offers three collision avoidance systems with increasing levels of sophistication.

Hoist Wire Rope Replacement

2020-9

The most important factors in hoist wire rope replacement are using the correct rope and installing the rope correctly. There is also quite a bit of confusion on the requirement for a load test after the installation of a wire rope on an existing hoist.

Factors to Consider When Selecting a Chain Hoist

2020-8

Purchasing or specifying hoists to lift heavy loads in close proximity to equipment and personnel is a decision that requires research and planning of the best options for the correct type, duty and brand of hoist. In this blog we will identify some important items to factor into your decision-making process.

Improve Safety and Productivity Through Crane Automation.

2020-7

CRANE 1 can help your organization to better protect personnel and improve facility throughput with Intelli-Protect™ technology installed on your cranes to create "no-fly zone". What exactly is a crane "no-fly" zone and how does it work?

Safety, Up-time and Reliability - CRANE 1 Leads the Charge

2020-6

It is very likely that you are not investing enough with the maintenance efforts on your production cranes!

Most organizations do not spend nearly enough on planned maintenance and end up paying far higher costs in unplanned breakdowns. It’s well documented that investing effectively in hoist and crane maintenance can improve the bottom line significantly, by increasing planned and predictive maintenance to lower the much higher costs of reactive maintenance. Unfortunately, what level of investment will be optimal to maximize the investment is hard to determine.

Hoist Overload Devices Increase Safety

2020-5

Though overload protection is common in hoists today, many safety managers assume their cranes have them when they actually may not. Overloading a crane or hoist by inexperienced operators or through negligence is a dangerous practice that could result in mechanical or structural failure of the crane, hoisting equipment, or the supporting structure. Many hoists are mechanically capable of lifting more than the rated load and even more than the 125% test load as required by ASME and OSHA when placing a new unit into service.

Hoist Central: Any Part - Any Time - Everywhere

2020-4

CRANE 1 has kicked off an e-commerce site designed to showcase our ability to process online orders for equipment from leading manufacturers as well as sourcing parts from all crane and hoist manufacturers. The website at http://www.hoistcentral.com provides direct access to purchase equipment online and to contact our experienced and trained inside sales experts.

Fall Protection Systems for Crane Runways

2020-3

A crane runway rail’s narrow, dust-covered walking surface is often one of the highest maintenance areas found in any facility. Proper maintenance and inspections of crane and hoist system must include human access to the runway structure and rails. Many facilities have process machinery, storage rack or other equipment blocking ground access to the runway rails using personnel lifts.
Learn how inexpensive fall protection systems can help you better maintain your runways, increasing productivity and improve safety as well.

Proper Hoist Chain Inspection

2020-2

One of the most important parts of an electric chain hoist to inspect carefully is the lifting chain. Most hoist lifting chains are “case hardened”, meaning that the surface coating of the chain is very hard while the inner metal of the chain is much softer and less resistant to wear. Once the chain has worn through the “case” material, the chain can wear through to failure very quickly. That is why the daily/shift inspection and detailed documented monthly inspection of hoist chains is so critical.

Continuous Crane Rails for Mill Duty Cranes

2020-1

The benefits of continuously welded crane rails are considerable in a steel mill or high use environment. Crane rail is typically installed in 20 or 30-foot sections with splices at the joints. These joints can develop gaps through expansion and contraction, the cause impact stress on the wheel, rail, and structures when the crane runs over the gap. These crane rails may be welded into lengths of 300 meters or more with no expansion joint. The rail cross-sections are large, and the metallurgy, with high carbon and manganese content, make welding difficult.

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