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Pulp & Paper |
Achieved a stabilization of crane maintenance cost, and a steady decrease in emergency repairs. |
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Power |
In many cases, modernization of the nine cranes achieved a savings of 30 percent or more over the cost of new crane equipment. |
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Automotive |
Today, with 27 additional cranes in the plant and two additional site technicians, less money is spent on annual crane inspection, maintenance, repair, modernization, and new equipment than it was spending in 1987 on maintenance alone. |
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Steel |
A gantry crane was engineered that could handle the various sized coils emerging from the hot mill every 90 seconds. |
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Steel |
Logged zero hours for end truck repairs or wheel replacements during the first year. |
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General Manufacturing |
Called on Konecranes to build a state-of-the-art crane with electronic controls. |
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Power |
Konecranes helped the Cooper engineering design team define what types of controls and modifications would improve crane operation. |
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Power |
Installing the third crane cost Exelon $650,000 but saved them $4.5 million in downtime expenses. |
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Automotive |
Konecranes’ ability to provide reliable and accurate service to a variety of cranes and their ability to work one-on-one with a customer set them apart from competition. |
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General Manufacturing |
With the improvements recommended and implemented, breakdowns in the lifting equipment have significantly reduced in number. |
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Automotive |
By investing in Konecranes’ maintenance expertise, the primary crane experienced fewer safety failures, an elimination of production consequences, and a steady increase in reliability. |
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Pulp & Paper |
Expert teams reviewed the site and delivered a viable and economical plan to modernize the cranes by using as much of the existing structure as possible. |
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Pulp & Paper |
The modernization plan not only saved money, it also increased the crane’s safety, ensured the older piece of equipment complied with Federal, OSHA and State regulations, and lowered insurance costs. |
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Automotive |
The corporate purchasing group elected to expand its relationship with Konecranes to include additional site contracts on 134 cranes. |
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Steel |
Able to achieve zero unplanned crane downtime, which enhanced its control over the production process. |
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Harbors & Shipyards |
Konecranes successfully upgraded the crane system to a technologically advanced system |
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Power |
Konecranes brought in expert technicians from all over the country to complete the work on time. The result was so successful that Konecranes was asked to perform an identical modernization on the second crane. |
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Pulp & Paper |
The cutting-edge Autostore technology has allowed maximization of storage capacity, eliminated forklift costs, and allowed more work to be accomplished with the same number of employees. |
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Power |
The total cost to relocate, transport, and modernize the giant crane was less |
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Galvanizing |
Outsourcing responsibility for the cranes alleviated pressure on maintenance employees, allowing them to be more effective in other areas of responsibility. |
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Steel |
The modernization increased the useful life of the existing equipment, met the new production demands, complied with new safety regulations, sand alvaged usable structural and electrical systems. |
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Automotive |
A Konecranes study revealed that 95% of corrective repairs being performed were redundant. |
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General Manufacturing |
The design and implementation of the hook block eliminated the unsafe practice of bumping reels together. |
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Pulp & Paper |
The modernization saved time and the expense of replacing the reel crane. |
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