| Alatas Service | Field Service |
| Location | Amelia, LA,USA |
| Equipment Type | Deck Crane / Mast Crane |
| Cranes | Huisman OMC400 |
Intro / summary
| ALATAS was contracted to complete an engineered procedure & onsite luffing rack replacement |
Background
| The crane has been in service for seven years with little downtime and working extensive duty cycles. The luffing racks were experiencing pressure angle loss and damaging drive pinions. |
Alatas’s solution
| Because the client had never executed this type of repair previously, and the replacement took 150′ above the ground, they asked ALATAS to create a replacement protocol. As the representative for Kranunion service in the United States, ALATAS was delighted to assist with the designed replacement operation and entire onsite staff. |
Job scope
- ALATAS was contacted to provide an engineered luffing rack procedure
- Once issued the procedure, ALATAS was asked to perform the replacement services, turnkey
- ALATAS mobilized on-site and began the replacement activities as per the procedure.
- ALATAS & the client Locked out and tagged out the crane.
- ALATAS removed the luffing drives & gearboxes
- ALATAS removed the luffing rack pins utilizing thermal lancing
- ALATAS, with the use of the ALATAS rope access team, lowered the luffing racks to the ground
- ALATAS switched out the luffing racks on the ground
- ALATAS hoisted the racks into position and re-pinned
- ALATAS re-installed the luffing drives and set the backlash as per the OEM requirements
- ALATAS put the crane back into service
- ALATAS & the client successfully tested the crane and put it back into operational service
luffing rack exchange gallery
