09/02/11

Heavy Industry Reports, Barnhart Ranks in Top 10 North American Companies and Top 25 Internationally


In June 2010, American Cranes and Transport (ACT) published their annual top 100 Crane and Transport companies for the year. The criteria for this list include the number of company employees and branches, scope of operation, number of mobile and crawler cranes, and a company's largest crane and its capacity.

Although the list intends to survey the heavy industry as a whole, the rankings do provide some idea of the big players in the crane and transport markets. Barnhart Crane & Rigging Company maintained a top 10 position even after the rough economic downturn known as 2009. The 2010 top 10 included the same companies as 2009.

Another crane publication, International Cranes and Specialized Transport (IC), also conducted its own survey over the international market. Although their criteria are similar, they place a heavier emphasis on crane capacity in ranking the top 50 international companies. The IC ranks companies according to an index calculated as the total maximum load moment rating, in "tonne-metres," of all cranes in a companies' fleet.

In the IC report published in August 2010, Barnhart stood impressively at the 24-spot. Other than Barnhart, only seven other U.S. companies made the top 25.

The IC also named the top 12 companies with the largest single cranes, and Barnhart's Demag CC 4000 RL ranked seventh with a capacity of 1,800 tons. The next IC rankings will debut during this quarter of 2011.

The ACT and IC reports are only available through purchase at the KHL website.

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07/02/11

Building Casks

Market: Power

Location: Washington

Problem

Special canister required for waste removal project was difficult to maneuver into place.

Solution

The added length of the tipstick hanging from the overhead crane allowed the waste container to be placed in the shipping container.

Description

A nuclear research facility is in the process of demolition and deactivation of buildings. The building was used as a spent-fuel metallurgical test facility. Some of the waste from that process were to be removed from the building to allow demolition and deactivation activities to continue. The high-level waste dose rates and concentrations required removal from the building in a special shipping canister. The truck that hauled this canister could not back into the building far enough for the overhead crane to reach the canister. Barnhart solved the problem by hanging the tipstick from the overhead crane. The added length of the tipstick provided enough distance to allow the waste container to be placed inside the shipping canister. The process involved disassembling the canister, installing the inner waste container, and reassembling the shipping canister. Two canisters were loaded. The waste was then shipped out to the repository onsite for long-term storage.

Major Equipment Used

Tipstick

01/02/11

Soil Stabilization using a Spider Excavator




Spider excavator on a steep rock slope
The Spider excavator is a unique multi-tasking piece of equipment.
  • The Spider excavator can work on very steep slopes,
  • Can be taken apart for heli-transport to remote locations,
  • Uses biodegradable oil for both the hydraulic and mechanical operations for work in environmentally sensitive areas,
  • Is equipped with a winch for near vertical slope work,
  • Capable of drilling with a down the hole hammer drill for rock bolting and soil nailing.
Spider excavator is very versatile
Spider excavator is very versatile

Spider excavator for alpine rock stabilization

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