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A rise in demand for crane engineering services lead to the conclusion it might be better for companies to hire a consultant rather than taking on an employee, and looking at the benefits of this. This practice is also known as outsourcing engineering.

CP&A — the company offers a wide variety of services, including specification, design, manufacturing review, modification, and accident investigation — accepted a scope of work to replace an existing three-rail stacker crane , including full mechanical and structural design services. Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has designed a 1-ton capacity overhead stacker crane for painting airplanes at a large aerospace manufacturer. The company designed a new trolley, mast,

Solar array for an agriculture project. Array can tilt to optimize crop sunlight exposure.

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) is expecting demand to retrofit its crane base anti-seismic isolation system (BASIS) on ship-to-shore container cranes at the quayside. BASIS Seismic System BASIS is built on NLTHA and can protect the crane main structure from damage even in contingency level earthquakes. BASIS has been successfully installed and commissioned on new ship-to-shore container cranes in major seismic zones, but can be used for other gantry cranes, such as

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

Terminal operators and owners are increasingly looking to increase the size of their quayside container cranes, which presents a series of challenges that must be overcome, such as coping with increased wheel loads, says Richard Phillips, mechanical engineer, Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A).

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has designed and installed a bespoke fall protection system for a large commercial airplane supplier.

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).

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has upgraded its proprietary crane analysis software, used for pre- and post-processing during finite element analysis of cranes.

A revolutionary seismic isolation system—provided by Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A)—has been installed on two quayside container cranes for the first time.