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equipment is used in glazing, roofing, steel erection, HVAC, manufacturing, maintenance, aircraft, marine, facility, landscaping, home and commercial construction and a variety of industries globally. Products are ISO certified. Made in
the USA. CE Certified. OSHA, ASME, PALD, ANZI, CSA compliant. No operator license is required, under OSHA’s small crane compliance (rated 2,000 lbs. or less.) Visit
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Acco Overhead Crane Solution for Aerospace Manufacturer
Jones said: “This type of innovation is
possible only because we partnered with J&B and collaborated our ideas with theirs. Our distributors are not just people we take orders from; they are our partners. J&B received an enquiry from the end user and brought the challenge to us. We then combined with them to make a system that would meet the customer’s stringent requirements—safely and efficiently. There is always a lot of back and forth at this stage to innovate and create new solutions for special applications.” He added: “All of our products are
manufactured to specific project requirements but many components are standard design, emphasizing the important role the dealer plays in tailoring a solution for the end user. J&B, for example, takes those products and, as we like to call it, provides the ‘magic’, like the special carrier device for the jet engine. The end user and location of the project
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> J&B Equipment has installed a circular crane and other systems to lift jet engines for testing at an aerospace company. Acco Material Handling Solutions LLC, a manufacturer of material handling products, including cranes and hoists, provided the solution. The scope of work covered design and
installation of a system for moving jet engines to and from test cells. The principle challenge was that the engines needed to be moved quickly, slowly, and with great precision at various stages of the testing process. Of course, safety was the paramount concern throughout material handling operations. The solution was a Louden monorail, a
circular (360-degree curve) and other cranes, a customized carrier, and work-rated hoists. Variable speed control was provided for the crane and carrier travel, while two-speed controls for the hoists facilitated lifting and lowering operations. Weston-style mechanical load brakes and multiple carrier travel limit switches provided added safety. John Jones, district sales manager at Acco,
explained that the circular crane was used to rotate the jet engines into position before it interlocked with the monorail system to transport the load to other areas of the facility. The equipment is exposed to cold conditions in the building and the mind- blowing thrust generated by the engines during testing also had to be factored into the material handing equation.
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Irving Equipment and ITI Collaborate on New Crane Operator Online Training Solution
> Industrial Training International focuses on customer needs and aims to identify the perfect match between partner and training solution(s). The new partnership between Irving Equipment Limited and ITI Online is the latest example of ITI’s customer-centric approach to training.
The Situation Irving Equipment was in search of training curriculum for their crane operators that far exceeded what was merely required of operators. They wanted to cover all the necessary bases of mobile crane operations, but be able to incorporate Irving’s practices, National Canadian standards, and standards mandatory for crane operators in New Brunswick. As a heavy lifting company that specializes in a wide range of activities including, heavy lifting, specialized transport, pile driving and management services, Irving’s training needed to follow suit by expanding its training. Further adding to the complexity of the situation, although Irving is based in New Brunswick, they operate branches in Maine, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Ohio, and Texas. As the organization expands and prepares for future growth, their crane operator training plan needed to align and exceed the
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industry and geographic demands for crane and equipment operators in all their operating branches
The Solution ITI often modifies its content and creates new variations to support customers crane operator training needs. After multiple conversations that included the Irving leadership and the ITI Technical Services team, it was determined that the online training solution would include elements of ITI’s Mobile Crane Operator Curriculum with adjustments to filter out OSHA standards and replaced them with CSA Z150 specific requirements, as well as Irving Equipment specific standards. The result was a modified 14-hour
mobile crane operator online training course that also included procedures specific to Irving Equipment. The project presented a fun and highly
in-depth build and required constant communication between Irving and ITI’s technical team including ITI Co-Founder Mike Parnell, and Technical Director, Joe Kuzar to ensure that every need was addressed, and no detail was overlooked. From an internal standpoint this project
offered a unique opportunity to test the development capabilities of ITI Online, and resulted in a new course that lives up to the lofty standards that folks have come to expect from ITI. Although the build may have taken longer than originally projected, the quality speaks for itself, and all who take the course will undoubtedly recognize that safe, efficient crane operation is always at the forefront. The project pulled in ITI’s graphic
design, media, technical services, and online learning product coordinators. Because of the abundance of communication that was necessary between ITI and Thane Tapley and Ryan Long from Irving, relationships and knowledge between both companies grew stronger. The major takeaway from this partnership was the communication skills, designing, organization, and services that both ITI and Irving were able to deliver to one another to complete one goal. It was not an overnight project, but it created a sense of pride in two companies that could put their heads together and create a training tool of beauty. In the words of Thane Tapley, Training Coordinator, Irving equipment, “Many thanks to you and your team for the tremendous effort dedicated to this project. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with everyone!” y
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