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Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has advised the crane industry not to overlook heat straightening as an efficient method of repair when structural beams or columns are damaged. Heat straightening, when considered, is often found to be the ideal solution when a beam or column has plastically deformed — but has not cracked. It has been used to straighten bent ship-to-shore container crane booms, where a failure of the boom up limit switch caused the boom to bend. He

Connection detailing is an underrated art form, especially on cranes, writes Richard Phillips, mechanical engineer at Casper, Phillips & Ass

Generally, the faster a crane component operates, the more important alignment is, but there’s more to understand about this important subject than that, writes Richard Phillips, mechanical engineer at Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc.

There is a trend for ports to push their container cranes harder for longer, which can lead to cracks and other fatigue-related issues, says Richard Phillips, mechanical engineer, Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A).