HCSG

Complete Maintenance and Fatigue Management System for the Primary Metal Industry

In today's industrial environment, many of the cranes utilized have been in service for thirty years or more. It would not be economically feasible to replace an entire crane population at the point in which they reach the end of their expected lives.

HCSG can work with your facility to not only manage the maintenance of these older cranes, but also to design a program to deal with fatigue in existing equipment. Through determining existing damage as a relationship to expected fatigue, a program can be designed to repair, as well as upgrade, inspection and maintenance schedules. This will allow for extended crane service beyond existing life expectancies

Hoist and Crane Service Group's SYM-PAC System offers:

• General Maintenance Including:
  • Wheel Set Replacement
  • Load Cable Changes
  • Block Replacement
  • Girder and End Truck Repair or Replacement
  • Gear Box Repair or Replacement
  • Runway Corrections Including:
    • Rail Replacement
    • Flashbutt Splice Repair
    • Thermite Emergency Rail Repair
    • Complete System Alignment
    • RailPac Outage Repair
  • Electrical Upgrade, Repair and Modernization Including:
    • AC Variable Speed Drives
    • DC Variable Speed Drives
    • Radio Control
    • Complete Electrical Hardware Replacement
    • Festoon and Busbar Upgrades

  HCSG can supply complete packages, including our 3 to 5 year upgrade program, MOD-35. This program, combined with our PVM-5 preventative maintenance schedule, offers the most complete Primary Metal crane maintenance operating system available today.

  Regardless of the crane, no mechanical part or component needs to be considered obsolete. HCSG's FlexParts replacement part program can recreate castings as well as machine parts.

Pulp and Paper: One of the Most Challenging Crane Maintenance Environments in the World

140 F heat, constant steam encasement and near capacity loads! These are just a few of the evils mill cranes face every day. Operators cannot afford to go down, much less stay down in these mills. That is why mills across the country call HCSG!

24 hours a day, 365 days a year, experienced crane technicians are available to tackle ANY problem!

House Cranes

House Cranes and their runway systems have to be repaired and maintained "on the run." No problem. HCSG has completed more "House Crane" work over running paper machines than anybody. The result is no lost production.

Reel Cranes

Reel Crane come with their own unique problems. All repairs and upgrades must be packaged to allow for very tight down time windows. When using HCSG, expect faster outages and a faster return to production!

FATIGUE MANAGEMENT

Crane Structures, Runway Assemblies, Shafting etc. have expected lifetimes. The proper management of fatigue as a part of your maintenance program will head off catastrophic failure.

Contact HCSG for more information on our Advanced Fatigue Managment Solutions.

SITE MAINTENANCE

HCSG is in the crane business as mills are in the paper making business. Ever shrinking staffs require assigning assets to your core needs. Hoist and Crane, thru our SYM-PAC operating system, can handle all material handling equipment in the mill, freeing in-house personnel to concentrate on the paper making equipment.

See HALO Service Programs

DATA MANAGEMENT

Utilizing Hoist and Crane Service Group's MOD 35 and PVM maintenance systems, the data generated by your inspection, fatigue and maintenance programs can be easily tracked and managed, allowing the mill to focus on the most critical issues and the most critical cranes. This is essential in today's world of shrinking in-house maintenance staffs and budgets.

Meeting all requirements of:

• OSHA
• ANSI
• AWS
• NCEER
• NEC

Refineries and Chemical Plants

For thirty years, some of the world's top production companies have relied on HCSG for the maintenance and service of their overhead cranes. HCSG has taken that experience and expanded their operations to include the global Petro-Chem industry. We can offer a broad range of services for hoist and crane systems, including a specific focus on providing API and OSHA compliance inspections, maintenance, and repairs on overhead and hydraulic dock cranes and small hoists.

Small hoists ("tooling hoists", "other lifting equipment") are often overlooked, but can prove critical during breakdowns. Our service technicians are trained to be multi-crafted in electrical, mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatic, and structural. Below is a listing of some of the services that HCSG offers off-shore and petro-chemical industries:

• API Inspections
• OSHA Compliance Inspections (Annual/ Semi-Annual/ Monthly)
• Comprehensive Inspection Report provided to the Customer
• NDT Testing
• Runway Analysis
• Beam Replacement
• Hoist Repairs/ Installation
• Rigging Inspection
• API Certified Service Personnel
• Universal Parts Sourcing for all Manufacturers
• 24-hour/ 7 Day Emergency Breakdown Service
• Capacities from 1/4 to 1000 ton
• Preventative Maintenance Programs
• Fatigue Management
• Long term Modernizations and Upgrades
• ANYTHING Hoist and Crane Related!

FOSSIL, NUCLEAR OR HYDRO - HCSG CAN INSTALL A SYM-PAC MAINTENENCE PROGRAM TO FIT YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.

The current fleet of U.S. Power House cranes are averaging 45 years or older. Technology is obsolete, spare parts are difficult to attain and performance characteristics are years behind current possibilities. Those are the problems - HCSG is the solution!

SYM PAC Inspection and PM Packages designed based on age and brand of equipment

Issue: Obsolete Parts

By working with FlexPart Inc., Hoist and Crane Service Group can source and/or reproduce any component including castings, machine parts and electrical components.

Issue: Poor Performance Characteristics

Hoist and Crane Service Group can design complete modernization and upgrade programs including drive performance improvements, capacity or speed increases, and remote control or environmental improvements.

If you have a crane in one of these applications, Hoist and Crane Service Group is your one stop source

• Fossil - Turbine, Ball Mill, Pulverizer, Conveyor, Coal Handling
• Nuclear - Polar, Turbine, Waste Handling, Cast House
• Hydro - Turbine, Head Works, Screen derricks
• Waste to Energy - Turbine, Ash Handling, Garbage Handling Pit Cranes

Offshore Operations

For thirty years, some of the world's top production companies have relied on HCSG for maintaining and servicing their land-based lifting equipment. We have taken that experience and expanded our operations to include offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and Worldwide.

HCSG offers a broad range of services for offshore hoist and crane systems, including API and OSHA compliance inspections, maintenance, and repairs for pedestal cranes and small hoists. T

Below is a listing of some of the services that HCSG offers offshore customers:

• API Inspections
• OSHA Compliance Inspections (Annual/Semi-Annual/Monthly)
• Comprehensive Inspection Report provided to the Customer
• NDT Testing
• Runway Analysis
• Beam Replacement
• Hoist Repairs/Installation
• Rigging Inspection
• API Certified Service Personnel
• Universal Parts Sourcing for all Manufacturers
• 24-hour/ 7 Day Emergency Breakdown Service
• Capacities from 1/4 to 1000 ton
• Preventative Maintenance Programs
• Fatigue Management
• Long term Modernizations and Upgrades
• ANYTHING Hoist and Crane Related!

HCSG provides complete inspection and maintenance services for manufacturing facilities, throughout the United States. Contact us for more information on these services. 

"CRANE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DESIGNED FOR AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY, MANUFACTUREING AND SUPPORT"

Automotive manufacturing is no longer limited to the mid-west. Today, vehicle builders and ancillary suppliers are located wherever resources and transportation can offer an advantage. This attention to logistics must be complimented by locally available, systematic, and gauge capable maintenance. HCSG' SYM PAC maintenance system  can provide nationwide "cradle to grave" management of all of your overhead lifting equipment.

Important Factors to Remember

Independent assessment of new equipment + lifetime maintenance plan + fatigue management + down time risk assessment = COST TO RUN (CTR), the true indicator of RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) so: 1- (capitol purchase) + (ctr) / (capitol purchase) = ROI

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Hoist and Crane Service Group has provided overhead crane services for the military, including maintenance, repair, and modernizations, for over thirty years. HCSG will maintain compliance with all alteration modes and the strict safety rules and regulations of the military. Our experience and understanding with NAFVAC have allowed us to meet the data and record maintenance requirements essential services rendered for the military.

Military Services offerred by HCSG:

• Aircraft handling cranes rebuild, upgrade and modernizations
• Shipyard crane refurbishment
• Complete maintenance systems for rotor handling equipment
• Rolling stock and door system maintenance programs
• Ordinance crane inspection, maintenance and repair systems
• Shipboard system repair
• Clean Area and Nuclear application maintenance systems