Engineering Blog

When people refer to a “ton,” they’re usually talking about a large unit of weight. Depending on the industry or location, that word can mean slightly different things. The three most common definitions are the long ton, the short ton, and the metric ton. Each has its own historical background and is still used in different parts of the world today.

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) is reaching out to trainee and experienced structural engineers who might not have considered what the crane industry has to offer.

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) has delivered a presentation to port authorities titled, ‘Peer Review of Container Cranes’.

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

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 completed a structural design review on a mega 3,500-tonne capacity double boom offshore crane.

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has completed procurement and design review services related to 10 rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes, manufactured by Konecranes, for Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Mason Mega Rail project in Savannah.

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) was represented on a panel that took questions from an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) delegation recently.

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.