SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC offers cost effective ways to improve safety and upgrade existing equipment by performing modernizations.
As available technology outpaces installed cranes, strategic upgrades or additions to existing equipment is a way to avoid the cost of new cranes. Rebuilding or overhauling aging components can be an effective way to improve overall performance and extend equipment life. During a modernization from Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC, Nuclear Crane Engineers perform a detailed analysis of the customers' current application while taking into consideration the unique challenges of the environment. Nuclear Crane Engineers recommend improvements in order to enhance the safety, productivity and reliability of the customers' equipment.
Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC perform single failure proof crane upgrades, crane and capacity upgrades, automation feasibility studies, duty-cycle studies and planned engineering lifts. They diagnose and correct tracking problems, abnormal rail/wheel wear and fatigue cracks. Nuclear Crane Engineers perform precise measurements and alignments for crane structures and wheels. They extend existing railways and supply new systems, provide Static Stepless® and DCDigital control upgrades, radio controls and remote diagnostics. Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC also offer festoon system, motor and brake replacements.
With nearly a half century of nuclear crane experience, Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC can provide complete life cycle care to reduce the total cost of ownership by improving productivity and safety. Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC continues to advance many of the equipment designs and concepts used in nuclear plants.
Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC is a member of the National Safety Council, the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and many other crane and hoist manufacturer associations. As an ASME member, Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC meets the unique, nuclear-specific standards of ASME NOG-1: Rules for Construction of Overhead and Gantry Cranes, including the design of complex and safety related single failure proof cranes.
Konecranes nuclear cranes are designed to meet the stringent standards of ASME NOG-1. ASME NOG-1 addresses issues that are important for nuclear facility cranes, including quality assurance, safety requirements, single failure proof and other design criteria specific to the prevention of lifting equipment accidents at nuclear facilities.
To learn more about Modernizations Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC or other Nuclear equipment or service, go to konecranesamericas.com.
Product and/or Service inquiries:
David Schaeffer, Sales Manager Nuclear
david.schaeffer@konecranes.com or 610.368.8389
Press:
Scott Gilbey, Director of Marketing and Communication, Region Americas
scott.gilbey@konecranes.com or 937.525.5683
About Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC
Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC (formerly part of Morris Material Handling, Inc., the original manufacturer of P&H® equipment) provides a full range of nuclear services and regulatory-approved overhead lifting equipment for nuclear power plants throughout the world for all types of nuclear lifting equipment including, polar reactor and BWR cranes, spent fuel handling cranes, nuclear dry cask transporters, manipulator cranes, fuel handling equipment, robotic cranes, radiation waste cranes, containment jib outage support cranes and missile shield cranes.
About Konecranes, Inc.
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes.
In 2010, Group sales totalled EUR 1,546 million. The Group has 10,000 employees at 578 locations in 46 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).
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