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Scott McCauley - Technical Support Engineer
In my nearly 20 years in the overhead crane industry, I have witnessed many revolutionary crane technologies that have transformed the way we work. Looking back through the entire history of overhead cranes, I consider the following five achievements to have made the greatest impact on our industry in terms of safety, productivity and equipment longevity.
Cal Sproul - Modernizations and Advanced Service Manager
Crane modernizations solve the dilemma that many companies face: being caught between the conflicting realities of ramping up productivity to stay competitive and having to operate within budgetary constraints that limit new equipment purchases.
Cal Sproul - Modernizations and Advanced Service Manager
Crane modernization helps companies stay up-to-date as cranes age, design standards change and new safety regulations emerge.
Theodore Haalstra Director of Modernizations & Technical Support
Overhead crane modernizations provide crane owners more functional, productive, up-to-date equipment that meets the latest safety standards – at just a fraction of the cost of buying new equipment.
Mike James - Vice President and General Manager of Industrial Cranes
Chief among Konecranes contributions to crane technology is SMARTON®. SMARTON is a module-based system of crane technology that provides customers great flexibility in adapting their equipment to the evolving needs of their operations.
Calvin Leclair - New Business Development
One of the most expensive parts of crane repair is not the cost of the actual repair. It is the loss of operating income that results when a crane is out of service. Your downtime cost can be extremely high when you consider your wasted business support cost, and your loss of business opportunity cost.