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Complete Maintenance and Fatigue Management System for the Primary Metal Industry

In today's industrial environment, many of the cranes being 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 that they reach the end of their expected lives.

The Hoist and Crane Service Group 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. By 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 current 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

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

  Regardless of the crane, no mechanical part or component need be considered obsolete. Hoist and Crane's FlexPart 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. You can't go down, much less stay down in these mills. That is why mills across the country call the Hoist and Crane Service Group. 24 hours a day 365 days a year, crane technicians are available, whatever the problem!

"House Cranes" and their runways have to be dealt with on the run. No problem. The Hoist and Crane Service Group has completed more "House Crane" work over running paper machines than anybody. The result is no lost production!

"Reel Cranes" come with their own unique problems. All repairs and upgrades must be packaged to allow for very tight down time windows. When done professionally, faster outages with a faster return to production!

FATIGUE MANAGEMENT

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

SITE MAINTENANCE

Hoist and Crane Service Group 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 their SYM-PAC operating system, can handle all material handling equipment in the mill, freeing in-house personnel to concentrate on the paper making equipment.

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 is 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 Hoist and Crane Service Group for maintenance and service on their overhead cranes. Hoist and Crane Service Group has taken that experience and expanded their operations to include the Petro-Chem Industry Worldwide. Hoist and Crane Service Group can offer a broad range of services for hoist and crane systems. However, Hoist and Crane specializes in providing API and OSHA compliance inspections, maintenance, and repairs on Overhead and Hydraulic Dock Cranes, along with small hoists. These units 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 Hoist and Crane Service Group offers:

• 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 - THE HOIST AND CRANE SERVICE GROUP CAN INSTALL A SYM-PAC MAINTENENCE PROGRAM TO FIT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

The current fleet of U.S. Power House cranes are at a mean age in excess of over 40 years. Technology is obsolete, spare parts are difficult to attain and performance characteristics are years behind current possibilities. Those are the problems - Hoist and Crane Service Group 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 Hoist and Crane Service Group for maintenance and service on their overhead cranes. Hoist and Crane Service Group has taken that experience and expanded their operations to include offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and Worldwide. Hoist and Crane Service Group can offer a broad range of services for hoist and crane systems, but specializes in providing API and OSHA compliance inspections, maintenance, and repairs on offshore cranes and small hoists. These units are often overlooked, but can prove critical during breakdowns. Below is a listing of some of the services that Hoist and Crane Service Group offers:

• 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!

Coming Soon

CRANE SYTEM 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. By offering its SYM PAC maintenance system nationwide, Hoist and Crane Service Group can provide "cradle to grave" management of all overhead lifting equipment.

Important Factors to Remember

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

Coming Soon!

The Hoist and Crane Service Group has been providing overhead crane services for over thirty years, including maintenance, repair, and modernizations. Our abilities of providing crane services on time and on budget for the military are a result of the experience gained by the company and its employees over its thirty year history. The Hoist and Crane Service Group will maintain compliance with all alteration modes and the strict safety rules and regulations of the military. Knowledge and an understanding of NAFVAC have allowed The Hoist and Crane Service Group to meet the data and record maintenance requirements essential to complete repair. The Hoist and Crane Service Group is able to provide services nationally and internationally.

Hoist and Crane Service Group offers expertise in the following areas:

• 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