July-August 2018 NPJ

American Crane & Equipment Corporation American Crane & Equipment Corporation (ACECO), a privately held U.S. company with headquarters in Eastern Pennsylvania, is a leading manufacturer of cranes, hoists and other material handling equipment, as well as components and parts for standard, custom and nuclear applications. The company’s three plants feature a 270,000 square foot combined capacity of manufacturing space and 125 ton lifting capacity. American Crane has one of the largest floor type horizontal boring mills in the Northeastern United States along with an onsite 200 ton load testing tower. This expanded manufacturing capacity, coupled with highly skilled labor, allows the scalability to meet future market demands. From the start, American Crane made the strategic decision to maintain in-house resources for engineering, manufacturing and field service needs to assure consistent quality and schedule adherence. Our engineering staff consists of seasoned mechanical, electrical and structural engineers, including world-class nuclear seismic experts. American Crane’s engineering capabilities include mechanical and machine design; structural design and analyses; dynamic modeling and seismic failure modes and effects analyses; complete control system design; remote systems; automated systems; software development (including real-time graphics,); complete licensing success with NRC; and support for 50.59 evaluations. American Crane specializes in critical lift cranes for special applications when failure is not an option. These cranes are designed and built for applications handling high value equipment, radioactive containers, and/ or loads carried in sensitive environments. Critical lift cranes are also used when dropped loads could cause schedule delays or when difficult load lifting configurations exist. These cranes feature single failure-proof designs, redundant braking systems, PLC controls (including safety critical), anti- collision protection, variable speed controls (including micro speeds) and real time X, Y, & Z positioning. As a supplier to the nuclear industry, American Crane has maintained a Quality Assurance Program since 1996 that meets both 10 CFR 50, Appendix B and ASME NQA-1 standards. This quality program has been audited by commercial nuclear utilities, NUPIC, and DOE contractors. Non-nuclear augmented quality programs are also available. American Crane’s service & parts department can provide services such as load testing, product support, outage support, retrofit and upgrades, OSHA and other inspections, spare parts and custom fabrications. Cranes and hoists of all types, makes and sizes are serviced by certified technicians to meet all current inspection codes and standards, assuring full compliance with OSHA requirements. The parts department maintains an online catalog (Store.AmericanCrane. com) of over 40,000 items featuring standard cranes & hoists, rigging, trolleys, lifting devices, spare parts & much more. As an authorized distributor for Yale, Shaw-box, Little Mule, Coffing Hoists, Chester Hoist, CM, Budgit, Gorbel, Munck, etc., you will find many of these products available for purchase online. American Crane can also provide custom fabricated components using our NQA-1 Nuclear or Augmented Quality Program. Manufacturing is available in carbon and stainless steels to meet your print specifications or our custom design based on your application needs. American Crane’s welding is performed to AWS D1.1 or D14.1 standards and our in-house non-destructive testing is performed by SNT-TC-1A qualified personnel. Our staff can handle procurement with commercial grade dedication available, fabrication (including plasma cutting) and welding to AWS standards. 531 Old Swede Road • Douglassville , PA 19518 • 877.877.6778 • fax: 610.385.3191 AmericanCrane.com MARKET LEADER IN CRITICAL LIFT CRANES From complex custom equipment to standard equipment and parts, American Crane can meet all your material handling needs. Sales@AmericanCrane.com SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION