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Diversity and growth has led Oregon firm into their 40th year ................................................................. 8

The Ulven Companies success story starting as a one-man shop forging shackles for the logging industry.

Flight 1549:arriving in Charlotte a couple of years late ........ 14

One passengers’ view of what happened that fateful day when geese got caught in the turbine engines on this now famous flight.

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By Peter Hildebrandt

Diversity and growth has led Oregon firm into their 40th year

The Ulven Companies have come a long way from their start in a one-man, three-sided forge shop in Molalla, Oregon, where owners Andy and Diane Ulven began forging shackles for the logging industry.

The Ulven family purchased the forging operation from Molalla Ironworks and formed Ulven

Forging Incorporated in 1971. Andy hired Ray Philpot, a blacksmith, who taught Andy how to make forgings.

“Dad would go out to visit potential customers, pick up orders while he was there, head back to the shop for the product to be produced and then load the product in the back of his car to deliver to the customer,” says An-dy’s son, Dan Ulven, president of The Ulven Companies. “The hope was that some more orders would be picked up as he delivered the products.” Andy forged the hooks, shackles, logging tongs and other items used for timber harvesting. His customers were wire rope rigging shops in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California, and British Columbia; there were a lot of forge shops up and down the coast from British Columbia to San Diego competing for this business. In order to establish Ulven Forging, Andy took on the repair work and the hard-to-do items that the bigger shops weren’t re-ally interested in; their first year sales were almost $12,000.

Diane was an extremely important part in those first critical years of busi-ness, doing the books and keeping things moving, according to Dan, “but she had three kids at home, and once they were able to afford a secretary mom went back home to raise the next generation.”

Ulven Forging, along with other Ul-ven family owned companies Skookum, Wolf Steel, and Houston Structures, is now located on a 35-acre tract about 30 minutes south of Portland, Oregon and about 20 minutes from where they first started. They have come a long way in diversifying and fulfilling the needs of the many and varied indus-tries they sell into. “My father recog-nized one thing early on, that even though he was building the business in the logging industry, longer term we needed to diversify,” says Dan. “He visualized some of the environmental issues that were on the horizon and saw the need to expand into a few ad-ditional markets and industries. We’ve carried this through to today, keeping a very diverse industry base and prod-uct line so we’re not dependent on any one or two markets. When defense is

down some of the other markets, such as oil or gas, may be up.

“Over time we built a reputation for holding to the values my dad commit-ted to: supporting our customers with quality and delivery. We continue to produce the standard rigging products that got us started, and have added new products based on our increased/improved equipment and software ca-pabilities. These include items for de-fense work, particularly in suspension, chassis, and steering components for all of the military tracked and wheeled systems. We now have a tremendous variety of product mix, capabilities, and industries we supply to. While we are not the largest forge shop, we be-lieve that we are one of the most versa-tile in the U.S.”

The variety of product capability is in part the result of the Ulven family’s ac-quisition of four other companies over the years: Skookum, Wolf Steel Found-ry, Houston Structures, and Hale Iron.

The companies, Dan explains, were really built on auction purchases and very limited new equipment purchas-es. His father always enjoyed finding

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a deal at auctions, and still attends them. Getting into the forging indus-try otherwise would have been too capital-intensive. Over the years he was able to acquire saws, forging ham-mers, furnaces and all of the essential manufacturing equipment and tooling that it takes to participate in the forg-ing industry. Forgings and Castings and a Smooth Georgia Company Transition

Skookum, one of the Ulven compa-nies, was founded in 1890 and was pur-chased by Ulven in 1986. At one time they had a forge shop, but when they were purchased the forge shop was integrated into Ulven Forging and Ul-ven Forging’s rigging product line was integrated into Skookum. Skookum produces blocks and shackles for the logging, maritime, offshore oil and gas, construction, and commercial indus-tries as well as the defense markets.

“Most people who buy forgings also have a need for castings,” explains Dan. “We were consistently hearing ‘we love your forgings, but we also have a need for quality castings; do you know somebody you could refer us to?’ My fa-ther was able to put together a foundry through auction purchases and found-ed Wolf Steel Foundry in 1989.

“Another change was the integra-tion of Hale Iron – in Rossville, Geor-gia since 1929 – which we purchased in 1998 and relocated to Oregon earlier

this year. Hale Iron’s prod-uct line has the same cus-tomer base as Skookum, and it made sense to bring that company in, integrate Hale product line into Skookum, and service their customer base through one company instead of two. The manufac-turing was split between Ul-ven Forging and Skookum.

“I like to think of the Ul-ven companies as really be-ing a solutions provider to the customer, helping devel-op casting, forging or com-plete packages turn-keyed for their needs,” says Ulven. “We’re able to help design their products from a forge-ability standpoint; we work with everything from napkin sketches to full 3D models. A customer may come to us with a simple, basic sketch with certain requirements they’ve got to meet. We’re able to handle it because we have a tremendous engineering staff here.”

“The Ulven companies have many long term employees, including some who started with the forge plant right after the move to Hubbard and some who came with Skookum when it was purchased. The combination of the vast experience of the twenty and thirty

plus year employees together with the addition of new engineering graduates with the latest training and technolo-gy, makes a work force that we believe to be as good as any in the industry.”

Ulven has the ability to provide a complete package, from forging or cast-ing to machining and testing, through a single sales contact. “Our customers are able to reduce their vendor base and we’re able to offer a wide range of completed products with one vendor ID code – this allows customers to stream-line their supply chain.”

Skookum works through a network of wire rope dealers, the AWRF mem-ber base, and a master distributor (Sea Land) in the Gulf region. Sea Land handles the Hale product line of mas-ter links; with stock in inventory from one-half inch to seven inch. “They are probably the only company in the U.S. that carries that kind of inventory,” says Dan. On the rigging side, Skoo-kum sells through dealers who handle the sale to the end users. Skookum en-gineers will get involved if there are some technical questions or if a special product is required. Their main goal is to help the end user get a product that will meet their requirements.

“I see our goal as good steady growth achieved with high quality customer relationships, which are extremely im-portant to us,” adds Dan. “And with-out good employees it’s hard to make things work; they’re the ones making the product. Taking care of the em-

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continued from page 10ployees and their families is critical. In addition to a 401k plan and other ben-efits, Ulven pays 100% of the health insurance premium for our employees and their dependents.”Training & Touring the Shop

All of the Ulven companies work closely with industry groups to provide product and safety training. They have worked with Mike Parnell of Industrial Training International for many years by providing plant tours for his classes so they can see how the products they are working with are produced.

Another current Ulven development – within the early months of 2011 – is the application and receipt of some federal grants through OMEP (Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership) which is funded in part by the Renew-able Energy Act. OMEP is currently leading the forge plant through a ma-jor lean manufacturing project which will help drive improvements on the shop floor and in the administrative processes.New Markets through Company Acquisition

Ulven understands that to be suc-cessful, have stability, and maintain good consistent growth they have

to diversify the markets they serve. They have gained entry to some of these markets by acquisition, in-cluding aviation products when they acquired a machine shop, bridge components when they acquired what is now known as Houston Structures, Inc., and master links when they acquired Hale Iron, Inc. Their companies have also been able to enter new markets by following a sister company into them – top drive bales from the forge plant and cast drilling parts from the foundry are a prime example.Still a Family Business

With all their growth over the years the Ulven family has continued to ap-preciate the experiences that have led them to where they are. The first job Dan Ulven and his brothers had was pushing a broom and cleaning up the shop floor during the summer. Out of high school Dan began building busi-ness relations by picking up and de-livering product to local vendors and customers. “I have always enjoyed the sales side, the customer interaction,” says Dan.

In 1994 Dan stepped into a business development role where he could capi-talize on his strong ties with produc-

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The companies have gone through a generational change in 2011 – just as they pass the milestone of 40 years in business. In the first part of 2011 Dan was made president of the Ulven Companies, his younger brother Mike was made chief operating officer and Andy is now chairman of the board. Dan and Mike’s older brother, Darrin was involved in the business until he died in a car accident; his son, Hank Ulven, works in the forge plant dur-ing breaks from college. The family plans to continue manufacturing and delivering what Ulven calls the per-fect combination of products, service, and value. WRN

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It was a quick two minutes to reach 250 mph and 3,200 feet elevation for the Airbus-320. Like many airports around the US, especially those near bodies of water, LaGuardia Airport has witnessed a fourfold increase in bird strikes since 1990. This has been driven largely by the fact that former migratory bird species now have a plentiful year-round food source. Their populations have expanded exponen-tially. These facts became all too real in the next few seconds.

Four Canada geese struck the plane just below the point of the cone-shaped radome at the front of the fuselage. The birds’ bodies then entered both jet turbine engines on the aircraft. For two engines to be hit at once is actually quite rare.

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The crippled plane now had less than four minutes to do something - any-thing. The jet engine turbines made a sound that passengers described

Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger being interviewed prior to setup of the exhibit.

Flight 1549arriving in Charlottea couple of years late

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as akin to that of tennis shoes going around in a dryer – not a good sound for an object weighing 70 tons, completely dependent on the powerful thrust of its turbine engines. Attempts were made to get one or both engines going again, all the way down to an altitude of 500

feet. At this point LaGuardia was sev-en long miles away; Teterboro Airport in New Jersey was even farther away at 16 miles. One of the engines was also in flames.

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continued from previous pagefor the time being. I was trying to re-main quiet to listen for an announce-ment saying we were going back to La-Guardia or other landing strip – which never came.”

From the voice recordings of the ex-change with Air Traffic Controllers and the flight crew of Flight 1549 there is a pause and a distinct feeling of disbelief regarding 58-year-old Captain Sullen-berger’s next decision, to make a water landing on the Hudson River. Water landings by aircraft not really equipped or designed for them are almost always fatal. Such planes typically either cart-wheel once they hit the water or simply snap in half and then sink in a matter of seconds.

The George Washington Bridge, 600 feet high and one mile long loomed ahead as the plane turned directly over the river, dropping 18 feet per second. The Airbus cleared the bridges towers and cables by just a few hundred feet; the water was only 700 feet below them now. One passenger texted out a simple goodbye, another called and informed their spouse how much they loved them and their family before saying goodbye. At 500 feet above the water flight at-tendants broadcasted, “Brace for Im-pact….Brace - Brace – Brace!”

Sullenberger, also an experienced glider pilot knew that the margin for error in the landing he was attempting was thin. The plane must hit the wa-ter at no less than 150 mph and had to impact the water at a precise 11 degree angle to avoid almost certain fatality for all aboard the plane.

Land-based automatic video camer-as in the area which caught the land-ing show the plane landing relatively smoothly on the water. The reality for those aboard was something far dif-ferent. Bostic described the impact as much worse than he expected, more jar-ring than a bad rear end auto accident.

Orderly chaos is how Bostic heard the next few minutes described and he’s used that term himself. There were some issues with the back door and it being under water so they could not use that exit. Some 17-20 rows of the 26 row plane were trying to exit through the four wing exits which left few initially heading to the two front doors exits in first class.

Survival instincts helped Bostic cope. “Basically your mind takes over and it’s fascinating to me how it filters out certain data and information that it doesn’t deem necessary for survival. I went into a micro-focus mode where I followed orders of the flight attendants

directing the evacuation. A lot of oth-er things going on at that time I only slightly recalled, if at all. Over time and speaking with some other passen-gers, some of that information was re-called but not much.”

Passengers amazed that they’d sur-vived a plane crash now faced the very real possibility of drowning in the 36 degree Hudson River. In the confusion and rush following the crash, few pas-sengers had grabbed their seat cush-ions for use as floatation devices. The plane had some 24 minutes before it would sink as the impact on the water, though it had been miraculously sta-ble, had still breached a rear bulkhead.

Vincent Lombardi, a nearby ferry captain headed out to the plane imme-diately, taking four minutes to reach the stricken plane. Passengers had to choose between attempting to stay with a sinking plane until help arrived versus jumping into the icy water. One passenger tried to swim the half mile to the shore and a woman panicked and jumped into the water. The wings were crowded and slippery, the currents in the river started to crush survivors in the water against the ferry – not de-signed for rescue and with a seven-foot-high deck – against the plane.

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a head count of passengers was impos-sible in those critical minutes of life remaining some people had no idea if those others in their family aboard had survived. One man learned only hours later that his son, sitting in the rear of the plane had in fact escaped alive. In so many ways this crash was a miracle, a coming together of events that left all 155 people aboard alive and able to move forward with their lives.

The plane itself, now under recon-struction at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina stands as an amazing tribute to every-one’s hard work that frigid day. Ripple marks on the body where the waves of the river hit the 70 ton jet at 165 mph, the faintly circled smudge where the Canada Geese hit, DNA taken from in-side the turbine engines verifying the species and even the sex of the birds and gashes in fuselage metal where transport equipment was involved with recovery and transport all testify to an amazing aviation success story, despite its being a crash landing.

“I was also fortunate enough to travel with the plane on the last two days of her journey to North Carolina,” adds Bostic. “On June 11, 2011, I completed a trip I started with N106US on Janu-ary 15, 2009 as our convoy rode onto the runway at CLT.”

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In addition to the regular truck cab there was a backup truck cab that went along, in case the first broke down. A truck cab tow truck went with the group, as did a regular car tow truck to tow any cars that broke down along the route out of the way. A tool truck went along too. This was in case fences or signs in the way had to be taken apart.

Numerous escort pickup trucks with giant antennas out front went too in or-der to make sure they weren’t going to hit anything. Three vehicles from the CAM accompanied the convoy. Two had a film crew. Dorsch and his wife followed along. Every community’s city and town police came out for each municipality they were going through. At some points in New Jersey the convoy reached almost 40-vehicles with law enforcement escort vehicles joining the group.

“It was a one hundred and some-mile long block party from Newark, New Jersey to the Delaware River,” says Dorsch. “Conservative police estimates put the number of people who waited to see us along the entire New Jersey to North Carolina route at over 250,000. Traffic was stopped going over the Del-

aware Memorial Bridge in the middle of the day. The traffic jam that resulted was instantaneous and horrendous. The use of social media by the trucking company and all of us was a big part of the story too.”

The trucking firm had a GPS map on their website showing where the Verizon Droid GPS was transmitting from as the plane and convoy traveled south. People could track them. In West Virginia in-ternet capabilities were lost because the cell phone network changed. Within 30 minutes, 540 people called the trucking company and the system crashed.

“The convoy had to park in truck weigh stations at night because it was 190 feet long,” adds Dorsch. “One night in Maryland the plane was placed out of sight behind some trees at one large station in order to avoid more crowds. But the news helicopters circling over-head soon gave the location away and the station became so crowded with onlookers that they had to stop weigh-ing trucks. Aside from this incident the whole move went off without a hitch. The move was the epitome of profes-sionalism. These guys were calm and professional,” says Dorsch.

Every major network covered the trip. When the plane went through Bluefield,

West Virginia, 3,000 people showed up to see the airplane and 6,000 came to the truck scales on the North Carolina-Virginia border to see it.

“Everybody was absolutely exempla-ry along the entire route,” adds Dorsch. “They put up with all the inconve-niences and traffic jams. I have no complaints about anybody in any state. The people of New Jersey extended ev-ery kindness to us.

“On Saturday, June 11th , 350 people attended the homecoming at the Caro-linas Aviation Museum. Passes were issued to every major news organiza-tion in the U.S. that was represented at the event. We gave out 72 press passes. The CEO of US Airways attended, as did the chairman of Airbus, the mayor of Charlotte, the entire flight crew from 1549, numerous passengers, mechanics from US Airways and we also ended up turning away 300 cars that day. This was even though we had put that we’d be closed on Facebook and Twitter.”

“The public is fascinated with avia-tion; that fascination has existed since the days of the Wright brothers,” says Dorsch. “Flight 1549 and its final trip to Charlotte is a great story of human drama, representing the very best of who we are.” WRN

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Is the recession ending? Four leading states, California, Illinois, Washington, and New York are investing billions of dollars in infrastructure to improve their economies and create new jobs.

Infrastructure outlookBy Michael J. Major

Depending upon which media outlook you read or listen to on any particular day, the U.S.

is a part of a global meltdown which will plunge us into a depression even worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s; or there are signs of a modest, but steady recovery.

Although there’s little doubt that President Obama’s stimulus package of 2009 helped avert an impending de-pression, the current political gridlock appears to represent a governmental paralysis. In talking to four leading states, however, California, Illinois, New York, and Washington, they are moving ahead with expansive plans for infrastructure renewal. Since ma-jor construction projects invariably in-volve wire rope and related products, this bodes good news for the economy in general and this industry in particular.

CALIFORNIA: “Obviously all of our construction work supports jobs,” says Mark Rocco, a spokesman for the Cali-fornia Department of Transportation (CALTRNS), Sacramento, indicating that infrastructure improvements are not simply ends in themselves.

Rocco explains that California actu-ally started its building spree before the recession, in 2006 as the result of Proposition ID, which voters approved for transportation for $19.9 billions. “I believe we’ve spent nearly $12 billion of that sum,” Rocco says.

Obama’s National Recovery Act of 2009, in response to the downturn of 2008, send $2.6 billion to California. “We strove to get that money into con-struction as quickly as possible,” says Rocco. “This has been used for nearly 1000 local projects.”

States generally distinguish between “horizontal” construc tion, that used for transportation, and “vertical” construc-tion, for buildings. In California, not much is going on in new buildings, but currently more than 600 projects worth $10 billion is currently in construction.

In terms of current and projected transportation projects, Rocco says, “We’ve adopted a design/build model. In the past, a design project was put

out to bid, and the winner was awarded the job. But we’ve decided it’s better for us to do design/build, with both those factors overlapping. Instead of poten-tial conflicts, the design/build com-ponents work hand-in-hand. It saves state and taxpayer money because de-sign/build can accelerate a project up to a year ahead of schedule. Workers spending less time on a job translates into improved safety.”

Currently on Highway 99, parallel to Interstate 5, going through the Central Valley is a widening project, projected cost of $37 million due to be completed in 2013.

Another road widening project is tak-ing place further south on Interstate 5 through Los Angeles County. Currently this is costing $100 million to $450 mil-lion, with the eventual total cost to be $1.25 billion. “We’re doing this in part-nership with local agencies, for these improvements will go through the business areas of Los Angeles County and help increase mobility through the business areas,” says Rocco.

A new project scheduled for August 12, 2012 is the widening of Route 4 East, a $67 million project to be com-pleted in 2015. “We’re adding a car pool lane and three all purpose parking lanes, says Rocco. This will help im-prove mobility from the Central Valley to the Bay Area.”

Another project coming up in the Bay Area which will replace an interchange on Highway 101 is scheduled to begin in 2013 and be completed in 2015, at the cost of $27 million.

“We contract out all our construc-tion work, which means we definitely support those construction companies working on the projects,” Rocco says.

ILLINOIS: In Illinois, capital Spring-field, there’s no question that the driv-ing motivation behind building infra-structure is jobs. On July 13, 2009, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law bills that created the $31 billion Illinois Jobs Now! plan, intended to revive the state’s ailing economy by creating and retaining over 439,000 jobs over the fol-lowing six years. At a bill signing cere-

mony, Quinn stressed this was the first statewide capital con struction effort to become law in over a decade. “This is a crucial economic recovery initiative that will generate what’s needed most in Illinois: jobs, jobs, jobs,” said Quinn. “Illinois Jobs Now! provides many long-awaited improvements to our bridges and roads, transportation networks, schools and communities.” He added it would create many new “green” weath-erization jobs, pro tect and improve the state’s fresh water supplies, and ad-vance high-speed rail from Chicago to St. Louis, which will cut down on auto traffic and emmissions.

Speaking for the vertical side, spokesman Dave Blanchette says that $3.6 billion has been dedicated to pre-school through 12th grade education, including $3 billion for school construc-tion, $200 million for school mainte-nance, $196 million for charter schools, $100 million for a new school energy efficiency retrofit program, $75 mil-lion for vocational education, and $45 million for a new early childhood fa-cilities program. For higher education the plan calls for $1.5 billion with $788 for public universities, $400 million for community colleges, and $300 million for private universities. A total of $2.5 billion has been allocated for economic development projects, including $715 million for state facilities.

Blanchette says, “The projects, where possible, will use the best energy-effi-cient, environmentally-friendly, sus-tainable technologies.”

For the horizontal side, Guy Tridgel, spokesman, lists $360 million to rebuild part of Wacker Drive in downtown Chi-cago, $400 million for construction of a high speed rail route between

Chicago and St. Louis, and $44 million for additional lanes on Highway 173 in the St. Louis area.

When asked if the overall project, now at its half-way mark, is working out as expected, Tridgell responds, “Absolutely.”

WASHINGTON: In Washington State, though its projection of new in-

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frastructure will undoubtedly create jobs, the primary motivation is pre-serving the integrity of its transpor-tation system. For if it deteriorates, so does the state. Last year Governor Gregoire, from the capitol, Olympia, convened the Connecting Washington Task Force. Its charge was to create a 10-year plan to maintain and improve the state’s transportation system for consideration during the 2012 legisla-tive session. Among its findings were that the transpor tation system, the lifeblood of the state’s economy, faces enor mous challenges in such areas as an increase in number of vehicle miles traveled and in public transit and ferry ridership.

Add to this the fact that the state’s population is projected to grow by more than 28% during the next decade, plac-ing an even greater demand upon the transportation system. The number of vehicle miles traveled each year is pro-jected to reach 60 billion by 2020, an-nual freight volumes to triple by 2035, and the number of passengers using transit in the central Puget Sound re-gion is estimated to grow 90% by 2040.

Challenges are as broad as they are vital: Freight: Freight-dependent busi-

nesses represent 44% of the state’s jobs. Companies mover $37 million worth of freight on the state highways hourly.

Highways: 18,500 state highway lane miles, 87 million vehicle-miles per day driven, more than 3,600 bridges and structures.

Ferries: 22.3 million passengers per year, 22 vessels with 19 terminals, 900 total sailings per day.

Passenger rail: More than 750,000 passengers per year.

Freight rail: 3,600 rails of operated public and private freight railroads move 103 million tons of freight.

Transit: Commute programs support more than 810,000 workers state wide which cuts 170 million vehicle miles traveled per year, 2,400 vans form the largest public fleet in the nation.

Some of the costs projected are $2 bil-lion for public transit, $3.4 billion for city streets and bridges, $1.5 billion for county roadways and bridges, and over $2.9 billion for state-owned highways, bridges, rail, and ferries.

The Task Force found that withoutad-equate funding for maintenace the con-sequences would be the elimination of five ferry routes and reductions on two others. Further risks include the dete-rioration of state highways, leading to

hazardous conditions, plus compromis-ing bridge safety and triggering freight-restricting weight limits. Total invest-ments projected: $21 billion.

NEW YORK: Governor Cuomo has said that “New York must be open for business.” Therefore, job creation, the restoration of a vibrant state economy, and a new reputation for New York as a loca tion for investment have been his top priorities from his first day in office.

Morris Peters, a spokesman for the New York State Division of Budget, Al-bany, points out that over the past year Cuomo has attracted new businesses and worked with companies across the state to help them expand and create thousands of job.

The 2012-13 Executive Budget funds a comprehensive and coordin ated blue-print for economic development pro-grams. This budget will create jobs in the state through public-private part-nerships that leverage state resources to generate billions of dollars in eco-nomic growth, improving infrastruc-ture to support business expansion and supporting regionally based economic strategies.

The new budget will seed a $15 bil-lion initiative through New York


continued from page 24Works Infrastructure Investment, to rehabilitate the state’s critical infra-structure assets and create thousands of jobs by accelerating capital projects. The program will build and/or improve bridges, highways, parks, waste water treatment facilities, renewable and ef-ficient energy systems, flood control structures, dams, SUNY facilities and other critical infrastructure compo-nents. New budget appropriations for New York Works total $1.64 billion, in-cluding $723 million in state funds and

and $917 million in federal transporta-tion funds. These new resources, along with $600 million in funding from ex-isting programs, are expected to spark nearly $12.8 billion of additional in-vestments in job-creating infrastruc-ture. The additional investments in-clude more than $760 million of federal matching funds for environmental and economic development projects, $9 bil-lion from public authorities and local governments for major projects, and $3 billion of private sector investment to match public seed money for economic

development and energy projects.The $723 million of the new seed

funding in the budget includes: $232 million for DOT bridge and highway projects, $130 million as referenced below for regional council capital fund-ing, $102 million for flood control and critical dam and coast erosion projects, $94 million for improvements and re-pairs at state parks and regional de-velopment facilities, $75 million for the Buffalo Regional Innovation Cluster activities.-part of the $1 billion multi-year economic development package, $75 million for the New York Works Economic Development Fund program, and $15 million for the Peace Bridge capacity improvement projects.

The $15 billion New York Works Fund breaks down into:

• State: $1.3 billion, with $723 mil-lion new capital and $600 million exist-ing capital accelerated.

• Federal: $1.7 billion for a combina-tion of new and accelerated federal aid for projects such as dam and municipal water systems.

• Authorities: $5 billion for the New Tappan Area Bridge, and existing capi-tal accelerated for other projects.

• Private: $3 billion for leveraging new private investment.

The $75 million New York Works fund will provide capital grants to support projects that facilitate an em-ployer’s ability to create new or retain existing jobs. In addition, the program will fund infrastructure investments necessary to attract new businesses or to expand businesses, including im-provements in transportation, water and sewer, communication, broadband internet access, energy generation, and distribution facilities.

In addition, the Works Task Force will develop a master plan to coor-dinate, leverage and accelerate the state’s capital investments.

Previously, capital planning decisions were made at the individual agency lev-el and not coordinated across agencies to maximize economic impact. The Task Force, working closely with the regional councils, will ensure the state’s capital planning is done in a comprehensive manner that allocates capital resources in accordance with a clearly articulated set of priorities, on the basis of objec-tively quantified infrastructure need and economic impact.

In sum, despite the apparent paraly-sis among politicians in cities ranging from D.C. to London to Athens, many of the states appear to be building in-frastructure with a clear intent to build themselves out of the recession. WRN

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Cashing outhow much can you get

for your business?By Phillip M. Perry

Business owners looking to sell their operations are benefiting from the most favor-able market in years. Determining a fair price tag, though, remains difficult. Buyers looking for profitable enterprises will pay only a certain multiple of cash flow. How-ever, sellers can take steps to make their organizations more attractive and facilitate quicker sales.

“Time is of the es-sence.” That old proverb certainly

rings true when it comes to selling your business. While re-cent years have seen sluggish demand for commercial trans-actions, the market’s on the mend. Today’s business owner can be hopeful that dusting off the “For Sale” sign will bring some attractive offers.

“This is the best time since the 2008 recession to sell your business,” says Rick Rickertsen, managing partner of Pine Creek Partners, a private eq-uity firm based in Washington, DC (pinecreekpartners.com). “There are three reasons why. First, there is a lot of economic optimism, and that always impacts what people will pay. Second, banks are getting more ag-gressive about lending. Third, interest rates are at record lows so buyers can borrow money at favorable rates.”What price?

Doubtless your first question will be: “How much can I get?” On the down-side, no one is claiming that prices have rebounded to their pre-recession levels. At the same time, prices are now higher than they have been for several years.

The answer to your question depends on the same factor that has determined commercial transactions in decades past: bottom line performance. Most businesses are priced at a level equal to four to six times their cash flow. “Ultimately buyers care most about the cash your business generates,” explains Rickertsen. (For details on the cash flow method of determining a business’s price tag, see the sidebar, “Pricing Your Business.”)

If cash flow is important, it’s clear that a multiple of six will get you a lot

more money than one of four. How can you sell your business at the higher level? Here are some factors that may affect the amount you receive:

• Growth expectations. Can you get a multiple of six or even seven times cash flow? Maybe, if you can convince the buyer of your business’s favorable growth prospects. A retailer with a great concept, notes Rickertsen, might get up to eight times cash flow. A man-ufacturer with attractive patents, or operating in a high growth niche, can also command a premium.

• Regional economics. Are you a re-tailer in a high growth area such as southern California? Buyers may be willing to pay more for what seems a promising basis for generating higher cash flow in the future.

To up your selling price, you need to put together a convincing argument that your own business will be affected by such factors.

Some business owners believe that brand perception can play a role. May-be so, if there is some special relation-ship you have developed with your public. But limit your expectations.

“Business owners always think their companies are the greatest in the world,” cau-tions Rickertsen. “They feel they are loved in their commu-nity and therefore they should get a seven multiple. Bear in mind you have to let math rather than emotion drive your price.”Outside help

The above material provides a primer on determining a like-ly selling price. But how about a more structured approach: Is there any value in having your business appraised?

It depends. If there are any extenuating circumstances

pertaining to your business, you may wish to pursue an independent valua-tion. “Often a business owner receiving an offer has no idea what a business is worth,” says Kurt A. Myers, a valuation analyst in Goodlettsville, TN (kurtmy-erscpa.com). Interest in a valuation can also come from the buy side, he adds: “Sometimes a buyer needs to determine fair value. An appraiser can provide as-sistance determining a selling price.”

Absent unusual circumstances, you may decide to forego a valuation. Not all business experts feel that one is required. “To hire an accounting firm to do an appraisal for value is basi-cally meaningless,” asserts Rickertsen. “Buyers just don’t care about apprais-als – they care about precedent trans-actions in that space. Suppose you have a five store retail chain in Michi-gan that you want to sell. There will be similar retailers who have sold in that market and their sale price will provide insight into multiples.”

In contrast, it’s smart to pay a CPA to have your financials examined since the results can provide buyers with a seal of


continued from page 28trust in your numbers. You have your choice of the type of examination. “It is often a good idea to have a CPA prepare ‘reviewed’ or ‘compiled’ financials rather than audited ones,” says Myers. While a review may cost several thousand dollars, an audit may run upwards of $20,000 to $30,000 even for a modest size organization. “That is a significant expense for a small business.”Brokers

Also valuable is obtaining a rep-resentative in the form of a broker. “You do want to hire a representa-tive, an investment banker, hopefully one that has expertise in your sector, who knows who the buyers are,” says Rickertsen. “There is a rich universe of bankers who represent businesses for sale. They help you put together a pre-sentation, contact buyers, and can be your bad guy in negotiations.”

“A business broker can help you pre-pare your business for sale, market your business and maintain the confidenti-ality of your sale,” says Dylan Shrader, general manager for BizQuest.com, a Los Angeles-based online marketplace for buying and selling businesses. “A good business broker will know the best avenues to market your business, be it through their personal network, on the Internet or in print.”

Using a professional intermediary such as a broker can be of particular value in keeping negotiations and mar-keting under wraps. “Keeping the sale of your business confidential is often imperative to the livelihood of the busi-ness,” notes Shrader.

Find a broker who possesses knowl-edge of your local market and your industry. Cast a wide net to garner a number of prospects. “Internet directo-ries and professional organizations are both good places to seek out business brokers,” says Shrader. Some websites (such as BizQuest.com) maintain busi-ness broker directories that allow you to search for brokers in your communi-ty. The International Business Brokers Association (ibba.org) has a certifica-tion program that requires members to meet educational and professional standards. Many state and regional associations are good resources. One example is the Ohio Business Brokers Association (obba.org).

No matter how good your broker, closing the deal often takes longer than you anticipate. “The time required to sell a business can vary, depending on the market,” says Myers. “I seldom see a sale happen sooner than six months after the process starts. And it can take

nine months to a year.”Prepare for success

Planning is key. “The number one thing is to plan well in advance,” says Myers. “I cannot emphasize that enough. You do not want to be in the position of saying ‘we’re ready to sell’ and not have your groundwork done. Start planning as early as four or five years before your actual sale. That pro-vides the breathing room to sit down and deal with matters such as poten-tial buyers and what type of corporate structure would be best for a sale.”

And retool your business to appeal to buyers. A selling price can often be im-proved by changing the basic philoso-phy of the operation. “It often happens that a business will be operated mainly with tax savings in mind,” says Myers. “Maybe most of the compensation has been going to the owner with the idea of paying the least amount of taxes. You may change that approach to one that is financially motivated. While taxes are still important, you may want to make your business as profitable as possible. From the standpoint of buy-ers, there is a lot of comfort in seeing a decent number on the bottom line.”

And more: “Try hard to diversify your customer base,” suggests Rickertsen. “It is worrisome to have only one or two customers. The business that has a sin-gle customer representing 50 percent of revenues will get a lower multiple than a business where no customer repre-sents more than 10 percent.”

“Also, make yourself as unimportant as you can,” adds Rickertsen. “You do not want to have the business dependent on you. If you can go on vacation for a month and the business can still run fine, then you have a saleable business.”

Address those factors and you’ll have a solid foundation for a profitable sale. “Selling a business successfully boils down to one word: preparation,” says Shrader. “Has the seller done every-thing possible to prepare the business for sale? Is the business strong finan-cially and showing signs of growth? Does the seller have all the financial documentation ready that will be re-quired in the due diligence process?”

And ultimately, adds Shrader, a suc-cessful transaction will depend on a psy-chological factor: the personal readiness of the seller. “Many business owners un-derestimate the emotion involved in the sale of a business that they may have spent years and in some cases blood, sweat and tears building up.”Pricing Your Business

You will most likely want to sell your business for a price representing a

multiple of cash flow. Why? First, it is the most commonly used method, and thus is familiar to prospective buyers. Second, it is logical from a financial point of view: A buyer’s investment needs to be rewarded with a return in cash. Third, the formula usually re-sults in the most favorable price from the standpoint of the seller.

Here’s how the formula works. Start by determining your annual cash flow. Begin with your annual bottom-line profit figure. Then add back what you have deducted during the year for in-terest, taxes, depreciation and amorti-zation. The resulting cash flow number goes under the acronym of EBITDA (pronounced “EH-buh-ta.”) That stands for “earnings before interest, taxes, de-preciation and amortization.”

Now that you have your EBITDA, ap-ply a multiple. “For smaller companies the sales price is almost always four-to-six times EBITDA,” advises Rick Rick-ertsen, managing partner of Pine Creek Partners, a private equity firm based in Washington DC (pinecreekpartners.com). So if your business’s EBITDA is $300,000 then your business may sell for $1.2 million to $1.8 million.Calculating by revenue

The above calculation, sometimes called the “earnings multiple,” is the most common method of pricing a busi-ness. Sometimes, though, a selling price can be determined by revenue. This is especially so for a business that has not been very profitable in recent years because of conditions beyond its control, and the future looks brighter. Such a business might sell for any-where from one half to full annual rev-enue. In most cases a business has to have massive margins to sell for more than its annual revenues.

Here’s yet another calculation. If you have an asset-rich business, book value can be meaningful. This situation most commonly occurs with manufacturers who might own the real estate, a com-mercial building, inventory and mod-ern equipment.

Book value can also come into play for those businesses which have no cash flow. A buyer will pay the face value of assets with the idea of retool-ing operations in a way that generates more cash in the future.

As for retailers, their inventory is usually not high enough to qualify for a meaningful calculation based on book value, since they usually turn inven-tory from seven to eight times a year. Most retail operations will use the cash flow method and will sell from four to five times cash flow. WRN

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Did you know that the IRS is increasing its audits and targeting not Fortune 1000 companies, but rather small medium-sized businesses with annual income of $100,000 or more?Here’s everything you wanted to know about IRS but were afraid to ask.

Coping with the IRSBy Thomas G. Dolan

That lumbering bureaucratic gi-ant, the Internal Revenue Ser-vice (IRS) has been going through

a number of changes. The bad news is that it has dramatically increased its number of audits, is tar geting small to medium-sized businesses, and has de-veloped sophis ticated computer tech-niques to determine the parameters of any particular type of business in terms of income and expenses. The good news is that if you understand and adapt to the parameters of the new IRS, it’s easier to avoid an au-dit, the IRS personnel are in some re-spects more reasonable, and it’s much

easier to settle a dispute and move on now than before.

“There was a time, about ten years ago, when the IRS did not do a whole bunch of audits,” says Stephan J. Schli-chting, president, Schlichting Group, Dallas, TX. “They didn’t feel it was nec-essary or worth the effort. But that has gradually changed.”

In fact, the biggest change, says Don Cummings, enrolled agent, CBTS, Inc., Spokane, WA, “came in the last session of Congress, and is a big thing. The IRS has increased its staff this past fiscal year just to do more audits. The increase of audits is focused on small businesses with gross incomes of over $100,000.” Those businesses with gross incomes under $100,000 are not worth the effort, Cummings explains. Nor are the large or giant corpora tions that tend to have large staffs of accountants and lawyers dedicated to minimize tax-es. These, Cummings says, represent “a hard audit.”

“From my perspective,” adds Gary Thunem, owner of the Padgett Busi-ness Services Franchise, Spokane, WA, “it’s the mom and pop busi-nesses, the sole proprietor that will have the highest scrutiny and highest number of audits.”

While the government’s current economic woes and the dedication of so many politicians to spare their wealthy benefactors the incon venience of paying taxes are no doubt the driv-ing forces for the audit increases, the more gradual long-range impetus, says Schlichting, is due to the increas-ingly sophisticated use of computers which have become faster, with better software. “The technology, developed by Google, has become very complex in its analytic capability,” he says. “For small businesses such as riggers and wire rope distributors, the IRS can fig-ure average gross amounts of income. If, say, a rigger is listing costs for slings higher than the industry aver-age, that can trigger an audit.” In fact, Schlichting explains, the IRS investi-

gations can start even before they look at a tax return. He gives an example of how agents will go into a laundro-mat, find the model of the washing machines and dryers, call the manu-facturers to estimate how many loads the machines carry, and check the meters for water and energy costs. “If a business owner wants to run under the radar, it’s not a good idea,” Schli-chting says. “The IRS has been to that rodeo before, has invested a lot more time and energy, so it’s not a good bet they are going to be fooled.”

But there are also other factors in-volved. For instance, a person might not be aware of a change in the tax law which affects him adversely, or thinks he has an advantage when he does not, or does have an advantage he doesn’t take because he’s not aware of it.

The IRS can initiate changes, par-ticularly in regard to specific types of businesses, without any apparent rhyme or reason. For instance, says Schlichting, “The IRS is subjecting most tanning salons to an excise tax of 10% of gross revenues within a year or so.” When asked why, Schlichting re-plies, “No one knows.”

“If you listen to the news you hear a lot of talk about the stimulus and job creation, and we find a lot of confu-sion for many people think they’ll get a tax credit for hiring someone who’s been unemployed for a long time,” says Jackie Perlman, principal researcher at the Tax Institute at H & R Block, Kansas City, MO.

“But the first thing to remember is that it is just talk, a lot of rhetoric, and none of the proposals are real until and if a bill is signed.”

An area where a small business can take advantage of changing tax laws is if he is aware of those changes and responds to them at the right time is in depreciation. “Most people think of depreciation such as when you buy a car and the next day its value has de-preciated 50%,” Perlman says. “But dif-ferent kinds of equip ment you write off

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Here there are two different but somewhat related laws which come into play, Perlman explains. The first is the Section 179 allowance, called the small business deduction, which has been around for many years, and is usually written off over five to seven or more years. Suppose a rigger has expanded and refurbished with new equipment? Special for 2011, you can write off up to $500,000 in new equipment. But in 2012 that allowance drops way down to $139,000.

The other option, Perlman continues, is called the bonus depreciation, which has also been around for many years. At times it’s been as low as 30%. In 2011, as an incentive for businesses to expand, it was up to 100%. But in 2012 it drops back down to 50%.

The two are very similar, Perlman says. But also different in signifi-cant ways. Say, for instance, a rigger spent $100,000 in new equipment thinking it was going to have a good year. But then it turned a profit of only $5,000. Under the bonus depre-ciation, the owner can go back two years to write off that $95,000 loss. Sec tion 179 works differently, how-

ever, because it allows the owner to only write off that $5,000 profit.

If this sounds complicated, it is, and is only the start of the complications inherent not only in depreciation but many other areas as well. “You have to do good business planning generally, taking into account past and future tax years,” Perlman says. “I can’t stress enough the importance of talking to a tax professional.”

There are also other changes tak-ing place on the horizon. For instance, previously, it was considered perfectly legitimate to protect your assets by prepaying expenses. Even your child’s education, years in advance, as well as alimony, child support, insurance, medical care and even the legal fees necessary to combat the IRS, as well as the rent on your business facility were allowed. But these options may or may not be considered legitimate now. As says Cummings, “The IRS is mandated to tax more of untaxed items, to go after those areas where taxes have historically not been paid. If you pay your rent in advance, the IRS may require you get a refund. They’re looking at things like that more closely now than before.”

Another change, Thunem says, has

to do with the S Corporation. This is a popular venue for many small busi-nesses for it allows the owners to pass through their earnings and report them on the 1090 form, as opposed to paying the separate self-employment or social security tax, and allows the owners protection from being sued personally for their business activi-ties. “Now,” says Cummings, “the IRS is making sure that owners are pay-ing themselves a fair market wage, and are not underpaying themselves to avoid taxes.”

On the near horizon, Cummings adds, “is electronic accounting, an en-tirely new area, which would allow the IRS to go back not just seven years for audits, but as far back as the records are.” In preparation for this brave new world of big brother encompassing your entire life at his fingertips, new ac-counting software is being developed. “We’ve just been notified of this new direction,” Cummings says. “We’re now getting feedback from the industry as to how this will work and what the lim-its should be.”

How to avoid an audit?“I can’t stress enough the importance

of excellent record keeping,” says Perl-


continued from previous pageman. “I feel almost like screaming it from the rooftops. Take a small busi-ness class if you need to.” As has been said, you can’t argue with a computer. If you know what the IRS is looking for and your reported incomes and expens-es are within the normal parameters, then you have a much better chance of avoiding the IRS1 attention.

What to do if you receive a notice of an audit?

The same basic dynamics are in place here - keeping good books. “For a lot of it you don’t need to understand taxes, just use good common sense,” Perlman says. “For instance, it should be obvious that you have separate checking and credit card accounts for business and personal life, and not have kids’ toys and groceries in your business accounts.”

“Save all your receipts,” says Thu-nem. “It may sound redundant, but documentation is super important. A lot of small businesses are really strapped for cash flow much of the time, so, if you can’t pay, at least file. That shows good faith and you avoid late filing charges.”

There are different types of audits, Thunem continues. Now, with cost cut-ting more in vogue at the IRS, many audits are done by mail and/or phone, without your needing to go to the IRS office or have an agent come to you.

“The key point to remember about an audit is to respond quickly,” Cum-mings says. “Try to provide more than they request, to show you have noth-ing to hide. Be cooperative, but also sel ective as to opening your files and letting them go through all your re-cords. They’re usually looking for spe-cific things. Give them what they want, without adding things that can lead to more questions.”

“Any time you get any notice from the IRS, the faster you communicate the better chance you have of getting things done expeditiously,” Schlichting says. “But don’t procrastinate, for then you lose your window of time to resolve matters in your favor.”

You usually have 60 to 90 days to cor-rect a delinquency, and, in the process, close your bank account and open an-other.

The IRS has information of your old bank, and, if you make any payments by money order, won’t know of your new bank. If and when they ask, you must tell them about your new ac-count. But, meanwhile, you have time to maneuver.

But how much leeway do you have,

really, to maneuver with an agency like the IRS? Everybody has heard the horror stories of IRS arrogance, unfair-ness, and brutality.

All that was suppose to have changed with the passage of the IRS Restruc-turing and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA), which incorporated the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The RRA offered many forms of taxpayer redress, including super-visory reviews, local and national tax-payer advocates, and places to report IRS fraud and abuse, such as the Trea-sury Inspector General for Tax Admin-istration and the Commissioner.

So, shouldn’t this have changed the culture of the IRS, put them on the straight and narrow, and engendered a measure of consideration and re-spect for all of the citizens who pay their wages?

If, in fact, the abuses associated with the IRS had been eliminated with the RRA, then the most recent bills coming out of Congress asking for the IRS to raise more money would not have been accompanied by the directives that they respond to taxpayer issues in a more reasonable and accommodating fashion.

As lawyers have shown us again and again, nothing is so susceptible to cor-ruption as reform.

Nevertheless, the three consultants interviewed for this article who work directly with the IRS have noted posi-tive changes. “Before the auditor was judge, jury, and executioner, whose focus was efficiency and cost effective-ness, not necessarily in the taxpayer’s best interest,” Schlichting says, add-ing that the situation has changed for the better.

Thunem says that, among auditors, “there are still some bad apples,” but also says even they are under pressure to not only do more auditing, but to set-tle more quickly and move on.

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February steel shipments down 1.1 percent from JanuaryUp 16.6 percent year to date

The American Iron and Steel Insti-tute (AISI) reported that for the month of February 2012, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,407,343 net tons, a 1.1 per-cent decrease from the 8,497,932 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2012, and a 20.7 percent in-crease from the 6,967,481 net tons shipped in February 2011. Shipments year-to-date in 2012 are 16,905,275 a 16.6 percent increase vs. 2011 ship-ments of 14,496,136 for two months. 2012 shipments through February would annualize at 101 million tons.

A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following chang-es: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 7 percent, cold rolled sheet, down 4 percent and hot rolled sheet, down 6 percent.

March steel shipments up 1.3 percent from FebruaryUp 13.0 percent year to date

The American Iron and Steel Insti-tute (AISI) reported that for the month

of March 2012, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,512,825 net tons, a 1.3 percent in-crease from the 8,407,343 net tons shipped in the previous month, Febru-ary 2012, and a 6.3 percent increase from the 8,006,015 net tons shipped in March 2011. Shipments year-to-date in 2012 are 25,418,100 a 13.0 percent increase vs. 2011 shipments of 22,502,151 for three months. 2012 shipments through March would annu-alize at 102 million tons.

A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following chang-es: cold rolled sheet and strip, up 2 per-cent, hot rolled sheet, down 3 percent and hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 4 percent.

Finished Steel imports up 11 percent in AprilApril import market share increases to 25 percent

Based on the Commerce Depart-ment’s most recent Steel Import Moni-toring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import per-mit applications for the month of April

totaled 3,074,000 net tons (NT). This was a 5% decrease from the 3,248,000 permit tons recorded in March and a 6% increase from the March prelimi-nary imports total of 2,899,000 NT. Im-port permit tonnage for finished steel in April was 2,394,000 NT, up 11% from the preliminary imports total of 2,163,000 NT in March. The 2.4 million permit tons of finished steel imports in April was the highest monthly tonnage figure in over 3 ½ years (since October 2008). April 2012 total and finished steel import permit tons would annu-alize at 34,529,000 NT and 26,534,000 NT, up 21% and 22%, respectively, vs. the 28,515,000 NT and 21,835,000 NT imported in 2011. The estimated finished steel import market share in April rose to 25%, which is the highest level in the last 9 months.

Chicago Hardware celebrates 100 year anniversary

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in Franklin Park, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, 2012 will be the 100th con-tinuous year of business for Chicago Hardware & Fixture Company.

In a small building located only a few blocks from the center of downtown Chicago, a young man named John Herbstritt, founded a company named Chicago Warehouse and Silo Fixture Company in 1912. John started the business to fulfill a need for basic hard-ware components marketed to the farm-ing and railroad industries. Beginning with wire rope clips used to support grain silos being supported by cable, he began developing other wire rope acces-sories to expand the product offering.

Today, the company now known as Chicago Hardware & Fixture Compa-ny, has evolved into a world class, USA manufacturer of steel forgings and wire forms. Continuing on with this heritage are the 3rd and 4th genera-tion owners, Tom Herbstritt, and his son Brian Herbstritt. They have made a commitment to manufacture items to supply various other distribution chan-nels that serve a wide variety of indus-tries beyond agriculture and the rail-roads. Today, the over 6,000 products offered by Chicago Hardware are used in a variety of industries including rig-

ging, construction, energy, automotive, mining, steel mills, aerospace, commu-nications, marine, entertainment, and many more.

With three Chicago area manufactur-ing facilities, and distribution facilities located in the areas of Houston, Atlanta and Los Angeles, Chicago Hardware has the capability to offer its distributor part-ners high quality, American made prod-ucts in an efficient, cost effective manner. The commitment to quality, service and new products has allowed the Herbstritt family to grow the company and become a leader in the industry.

The company’s growth has resulted in various plant expansions over the years. From the humble beginnings on the West Side of Chicago in 1912, the company moved in 1946 to a newly con-structed plant in Franklin Park, Illi-nois. Over the next several years there were several plant additions.

In 1952 the family purchased a forg-ing plant in downtown Batavia, Il-linois, located on the Fox River. Due to the wish of Batavia to develop the riverside lot for residential buildings, a new building was constructed and the plant was moved to an industrial section of town in 1966, where it is located today. Currently, the plant is

being expanded by 10,000 square feet to house new forging equipment that will be dedicated to new Chicago Hard-ware items. All the steel used to forge Chicago Hardware products is made in the USA, and Chicago Hardware only manufactures in the USA.

In order to keep up with wire prod-ucts demand, a wire drawing facility was built in 1980 within 3 miles of the main Franklin Park plant. This plant draws wire for threaded rod, u-bolts, eyebolts and various other wire forms, including special products requested by customers. All the wire drawing/forming is done here using exclusively USA made steel.

Chicago Hardware & Fixture Com-pany is proud of its strong heritage and commitment to be an industry leader in the forging and wire forming indus-tries. We look forward to our celebra-tion, and invite our industry partners, and their end-user customers, to join us for the next 100 years and say, “proud to be made in the USA!”

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Thirty-three SC&RA members won a Crane & Rigging Safety Award because of their superior safety records:

AmQuip Crane Rental, LLC, Phila-delphia, PA.

Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC, Columbus, OH.

Bigge Crane and Rigging Company, San Leandro, CA.

Bollmeier Crane & Lift, Madison, IL.Bragg Companies – Crane & Rigging,

Long Beach, CA.Bragg Companies – Crane Service,

Long Beach, CA.Bridger Crane & Rigging, LLC, Boul-

der, WY.Chellino Crane, Inc., Joliet, IL.Connelly Crane Rental Corporation,

Detroit, MI.Crane Rental Corporation, Orlando, FL.J.J. Curran Crane Co., Detroit, MI.Custom Service Crane, Inc., Mahomet, IL.Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc.,

Milwaukee, WI.Deep South Crane & Rigging, Baton

Rouge, LA.Dutcher-Phipps Crane & Rigging

Company, Monahans, TX.Emmert International, Clackamas, OR.Fagioli, Inc., Houston, TX.Gatwood Crane Service, Inc., Arling-

ton Heights, IL.Hawaiian Crane & Rigging, Ltd., Ho-

nolulu, HI.Ideal Crane Rental, Inc., Madison, WI.Imperial Crane Rental, Inc., Chicago, IL.M&R Constructors, Inc., Richmond, VA.Mammoet USA South, Inc., Houston, TX.Mountain Crane Service, Riverton, UT.Mr. Crane, Inc., Orange, CA.Omega Morgan, Tacoma, WA.PSC Crane & Rigging, Dayton, OH.Specialty Crane & Rigging, Santa

Barbara/Santa Maria, CA.TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc., Houston, TX.Turner Bros. Crane & Rigging, Hous-

ton, TX.Williams Specialized, Inc., New

York, NY.George Young Company, Swedes-

boro, NJ.George Young Installations PR, Hu-

macao, Puerto RicoTwenty-one SC&RA member compa-

nies received the Crane & Rigging Zero Accidents Award because they did not have a single recordable accident or in-

jury in the past year: Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC,

Columbus, OH.Bigge Crane and Rigging Company,

San Leandro, CA.Bollmeier Crane & Lift, Madison, IL.Bridger Crane & Rigging, LLC, Boul-

der, WY.Chellino Crane, Inc., Joliet, IL.Connelly Crane Rental Corporation,

Detroit, MI.Crane Rental Corporation, Orlando, FL.J.J. Curran Crane Company, Detroit, MI.Custom Service Crane, Inc., Mahomet, IL.Dutcher-Phipps Crane & Rigging

Company, Monahans, TX.Fagioli, Inc., Houston, TX.Gatwood Crane Service, Inc., Arling-

ton Heights, IL.Hawaiian Crane & Rigging, Ltd., Ho-

nolulu, HI.Ideal Crane Rental, Inc., Madison, WI.M&R Constructors, Inc., Richmond, VA.Mr. Crane, Inc., Orange, CA.Omega Morgan, Tacoma, WA.PSC Crane & Rigging, Dayton, OH.Specialty Crane & Rigging, Santa

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Worker fatally struck by parts ejected from swaging press

A worker was using a 600-ton hydraulic swaging press to swage sleeves onto a wire rope sling. The eye in each end of the sling is formed by splicing the wire rope and placing a steel sleeve over the splice. The sleeve is then placed between two dies within the press to compress the sleeve onto the spliced area. As the worker operated the press, the die assemblies were forcibly ejected out of the press. The worker was fatally injured when struck by these assemblies.

A WorkSafeBC investigation found that the worker had no training or experience on the press. It also established that the dies and die adaptor plates were not properly aligned within the press or secured from moving out of alignment before the worker activated the foot control to close the press. The press had also been set to allow far more pressure than required for the particular swaging job.

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macao, Puerto RicoTen SC&RA member companies

earned a Crane & Rigging Safety Im-provement Award by showing an im-proved incidence rate compared to the previous year’s contest entry:

Bigge Crane and Rigging Company, San Leandro, CA.

Connelly Crane Rental Corporation, Detroit, MI.

Crane Rental Corporation, Orlan-do, FL.

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc., Milwaukee, WI.

Emmert International, Clackamas, OR.Essex Crane Rental Corporation,

Buffalo Grove, IL.Mammoet USA South, Inc., Hous-

ton, TX.Mountain Crane Service, Riverton, UT.Turner Bros. Crane & Rigging, Hous-

ton, TX.George Young Company, Swedes-

boro, NJ.

P & R Specialty announces additions to management team

P & R Specialty, Inc., www.prspe-cialty.com, a leading manufacturer of spools and reels serving the wire and cable industry announces key addi-tions to the leadership team as a result of current growth performance and the planned strategy for the future.

“P&R Specialty has had consistent revenue growth in the past several years. Through our strategic planning process, we have established an aggres-sive growth strategy for the next five year period that generated the need to expand the management team”, states Greg Blankenship, president. “Our strategic planning process has identi-fied new markets that provide an op-portunity for substantial growth for our plastic spool and reel products, there-fore, we have added experienced execu-tive talent in Operations, Finance and Sales. This expanded leadership team will enhance our ability to continue to provide a high level of customer service and quality products for all of our cus-tomers and future customers.”

Joining the leadership team is: Pat Kiernan – vice president, operations; Mike Koon - vice president, finance; and Vince Reidy – vice president, sales.

Mr. Kiernan will oversee all of the company’s manufacturing operations. Kiernan with more than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing in-dustry, most of his experience comes from New United Motors Manufactur-

ing, Inc. (Joint venture between Toyota and General Motors) where he served as Assistant General Manager.

In the capacity of Vice President, Fi-nance, Mr. Koon will manage all finan-cial functions of the company. Koon has been in the manufacturing industry over 30 years with a demonstrated re-cord of successful accomplishments in finance management serving as a busi-ness’s Chief Financial Officer.

As Vice President, Sales, Mr. Reidy will oversee the sales and marketing strategy development and manage all sales functions. Reidy has held senior level executive sales & marketing posi-tions in the document, IT and packag-ing industries.

P & R Specialty manufactures fiber-board spools, plastic spools, and ply-wood reels for multiple industries, in-cluding welding wire, fine wire, magnet wire, hose and cordage. The company has in-house mold and tool making capabilities to provide a one stop so-lution. The company is privately held and headquartered in Piqua, Ohio.

Talurit AB partners with Chant Engineering, in North America

Two great names have partnered to-gether to provide products and service to the Rigging Industry. Talurit AB of Sweden has partnered with Chant Engineering Co., Inc. In addition to its well-known wire rope testing ma-chines, Chant is now the authorized Distributor for Talurit Swagers, Dies and Wire Rope Cutting Machines, throughout North America. Chant will stock equipment, spare parts and pro-vide service for all Talurit equipment from their New Britain, PA facility.

Thommy Andersson, managing di-rector of Talurit AB, said “This coop-eration will allow us to provide not only our products and spare parts from stock at Chant but also competent technical service and training for the full range. TALURIT continues to be a pioneering force, developing effective methods and equipment for mechani-cal splicing of wire rope, ensuring total quality control and customer satisfac-tion. Together with Chant we will cre-ate a new TALURIT Service Center in North America. We are looking forward to this venture.”

Phil Chant, vice president of Chant En-gineering, said “This is an exciting busi-ness venture that we have been working on for many years. The potential is tre-mendous. We are now able to offer our customers not only our products and ser-

vices but package deals on swagers, cut-ting machines and test beds. This part-nership will allow us to increase the size of our manufacturing facility and create quality American jobs.”

SC&R Foundation announces new officers

During the SC&RA Annual Confer-ence, April 17-21, at the SC&RA Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas, the SC&R Foundation announced its officers for 2012-2013:

President: Earl Johnson III, South-ern Industrial Constructors, Inc./Southern Crane, Raleigh, NC.

Vice President: Robert Moore, NBIS, Atlanta, GA.

Treasurer: Jim Sever, PSC Crane & Rigging, Piqua, OH.

Also set were the Foundation Com-mittee Chairpersons:

Development/Public Relations: Tiea Cowley, Turner Brothers, Longview, TX.

Research/Education: Dan Bumby, ECC Lift Systems, Woodland Park, CO.

Scholarship: Stephanie Bragg, Bragg Crane Service, Long Beach, CA.

Jane Bennington, Duncan Machin-ery Movers, Inc., Lexington, KY, will renew her term and new board mem-bers are Ingo Schiller, Manitowoc, Shady Grove, PA, and Richard Miller, Mammoet USA South, Rosharon, TX.

The SC&R Foundation is a 501(c)(3) corporation with the mission to ad-vance research and education while furthering other charitable, education-al and scientific purposes for the indus-tries served by SC&RA.

The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) is an internation-al trade association of more than 1,300 members from 46 nations. Members are involved in specialized transporta-tion, machinery moving and erecting, industrial maintenance, millwrighting and crane and rigging operations.

Lift-It® Manufacturing Co., Inc. achieves SAE AS9100 registration

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Kemp Goldberg Partners announces Yale Cordage as latest client additionAgency will provide marketing and public relations services for custom and specialty rope manufacturer

Kemp Goldberg Partners, a nation-ally recognized advertising, public relations and interactive agency, an-nounced Yale Cordage, a custom and specialty rope manufacturer located in Saco, Maine, as a new client. The Portland-based agency will conduct a comprehensive brand review and de-velop a communications strategy to address their marketing needs within their target industries.

“Kemp Goldberg Partners’ history of success and broad experience elevating brands demonstrate a unique ability to create value for our company,” said Yale Cordage Vice President, Bill Put-nam. “Yale Cordage is at a pivotal point in our growth strategy and we believe Kemp Goldberg is the best partner to help us promote our products and ex-pertise, and increase our market share in new and interesting ways.”

Yale Cordage first introduced syn-thetic fiber into commercial fishing in 1950, and continues to design and manufacture custom, application-specific ropes of the highest quality, winchlines, stringing lines and block-lines for utilities; fiber optic pulling lines for telephone construction; bull ropes and climbing lines for arborists; safety lanyards and lifting slings for in-

dustrial applications; ropes for marine applications — from hawsers for moor-ing commercial tankers to halyards for sailing dinghies.

Yale continuously develops unique custom and modified machinery to main-tain its advantage in processing fibers to their fullest potential. This allows them to design and manufacture custom and specialty rope for specialty applications such as oceanographic arrays and faired electromechanical cables.

“Yale Cordage is a leading innova-tor in its field and we couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with them,” said Pamela Boudreau-Kemp, principal, Kemp Goldberg Partners. “We’re hon-ored to be selected as Yale Cordage’s agency and we believe their confidence in us is a testament to the diversity and scope of our agency’s capabilities.”

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SC&RA elects slate of officers for 2012-2013

During its Annual Conference, April 17-21, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas, the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) elect-ed Michael Battaini, Sheedy Drayage, San Francisco, CA, as President. Join-ing Battaini as officers for the 2012-2013 term are:

Chairman: David Lowry, Bennett In-ternational Group, McDonough, GA.

Vice President: Ron Montgomery, Intermountain Rigging & Heavy Haul, Salt Lake City, UT.

Treasurer: Delynn Burkhalter, Burkhalter, Columbus, MS.

Assistant Treasurer: Alan Barnhart, Barnhart, Memphis, TN.

Also joining the Board are four newly elected Group Chairs:

Allied Industries Group: Jim Stro-bush, Terex USA, Wilmington, NC.


continued from previous pageCrane & Rigging Group: Jim Sever,

PSC Crane & Rigging, Dayton, OH. Transportation Group: Paul DeLong,

Paul DeLong Heavy Haul, Las Vegas, NV.Ladies Group: Nichole Cravens, Ride-

well Suspensions, Springfield, MO.With the exception of the Board

members and the Treasurer, all new-ly-elected officers will serve one-year terms that will expire at the Associa-tion’s 2013 Annual Conference, to be held April 2-6 at the Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, AZ.

Additionally, SC&RA elected the following five new Board members to serve three-year terms:

Alan Barnhart, Barnhart, Barnhart Crane and Rigging, Memphis, TN.

Steve Freckmann, Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Milwaukee, WI.

Kevin Johnston, J&R Engineering, Mukwonago, WI.

Doug Miller, Burkhalter, Columbus, MS.Terry Emmert, Emmert Internation-

al, Clackamas, OR.

Spider named key distribution partner for Beta Max, Inc.

Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, announced the company has been se-lected as a key distribution partner in the Americas for Beta Max, Inc. hoists and is named as its exclusive distribu-tor in the Western U.S.

With 25 locations in the Americas and 65 years experience working at height, Spider has aligned its man-rated hoisting solutions with the ma-terial-hoisting capability of Beta Max, stocking rental equipment as well as sale product. Local Beta Max product service is also available.

“We could not find a better distri-bution partner for Beta Max’s qual-ity products than Spider,” states Tony Rowell, president Beta Max, Inc. “At Beta Max, we take pride in providing exceptional service and technical sup-port to create safe and reliable hoist systems that will increase productivity and worker safety. Spider’s 65 years of demonstrating safe work at height and real discipline to achieving a better op-erator or user experience are charac-teristics of the strategic partner with whom we want to work. The quality of the Spider approach made it an easy decision to name Spider as Beta Max’s exclusive distribution representative in the western US for our portable hoist line.”

“We are delighted to be partnering with such a well-established supplier

such as Beta Max to provide material hoisting to our customers,” adds John Sotiroff, vice president Spider Sales & Distribution. “Spider’s quality rental solution, already well-known and re-spected throughout the swing stag-ing industry, will enhance Beta Max’s ability to reach contractors and facility owners who are looking to tie in ma-terial hoists with their man-hoisting needs. With consistent fleet prepara-tion and hoist service across our 25 lo-cation network, Spider makes quality local Beta Max product support and rental access available to a wide range of users. Safe, reliable work at height plus innovative, solid material hoisting for sale or rent equal a winning combi-nation for our customers.”

See the Spider portable hoist line so-lutions here: www.spiderstaging.com/Standard/SpiderBetaMax.aspx.

SC&RA presents Transportation Safety Awards

The Specialized Carriers & Rig-ging Association (SC&RA) announced the winners of the Fleet Safety, Fleet Safety Improvement and Zero Accident awards during its 2012 Annual Confer-ence, April 17-21, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas. The contests are part of SC&RA’s ongoing effort to encourage its motor carrier members to transport, lift and erect oversize/over-weight items safely.

Four SC&RA member companies re-ceived a Fleet Safety Award for having the lowest accident frequency rate in different mileage categories:

Over 100 Million Miles – Landstar Systems, Jackson, FL.

Over 50 Million Miles – Bennett Mo-tor Express, McDonough, GA.

5 Million to 20 Million Miles – Mid-west Sprecialized Transportation, Rochester, MN.

1.5 Million to 5 Million Miles – Crane Rental Corporation, Orlando, FL.

100,000 to 1.5 Million Miles – George Young Company, Swedesboro, NJ.

Ten SC&RA member companies re-ceived a Zero Accident Award for hav-ing no recordable accidents during all of 2011:

Bragg Comanies-Heavy Transport, Inc., Long Beach, CA.

Bridger Crane & Rigging LLC., Boul-der, WY.

Crane Rental Corporation, Orlan-do, FL.

DST, Inc, Milwaukee, WI.Kreitz Motor Express, Hamburg, PA.Midwest Specialized Transportation,

Rochester, MN.White Brothers Trucking Co.,

Wasco, IL.Williams Specialized, Inc., Hicks-

ville, NY.George Young Company, Swedes-

boro, NJ.George Young Installations PR, Hu-

macao, Puerto RicoEight companies earned a Fleet Safe-

ty Improvement Award by showing a reduction in their accident frequency rate for miles traveled, compared to their previous year accident frequency rate :

Bennett Motor Express, Mc-Donough, GA.

Bragg Companies-Heavy Transport, Inc., Long Beach, CA.

DST Inc., Milwaukee, WI.Kreitz Motor Express, Inc., Ham-

burg, PA.McTyre Trucking Co., Inc., Orlan-

do, FL. Midwest Specialized Transportation,

Rochester, MN.Miller Transfer and Rigging, Root-

stown, OH.White Brothers Trucking Co.,

Wasco, IL.

Barnhart, Atlas Industrial and George Young Company selected for SC&RA Rigging Job of the Year Awards

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has announced the winners of the Rigging Job of the Year Awards. The awards went to Barnhart Crane and Rigging, Mem-phis, TN, in the Jobs over $750,000 category; Atlas Industrial Contractors, Columbus, OH, in the Jobs between $150,000 and $750,000 category; and George Young Companies, Swedes-boro, NJ in the Jobs under $150,000 category.Over $750,000: Barnhart Removed and Replaced Large Components at Wisconsin Nuclear Plant

Barnhart Crane and Rigging was contacted about a nuclear plant up-grade project at the Point Beach Nucle-ar Station (PBNS) in Two Rivers, WI that called for removing and replacing four feedwater heaters, a condensate cooler and two main feed pump/motor skids inside the condenser shells of both units of the power station. How-ever, in many places, the flooring of the facility would not support the weight of the feedwater heater. Plus, height re-strictions added major challenges.

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The general contractor for the plant upgrade was Bechtel Power, with Barnhart working as a subcontractor to Bechtel. The upgrade would result in two power units receiving a 17 per-cent increase, equal to 260 additional megawatts thermal (MWt).

Barnhart’s scope of work was to pro-vide design fabrication and field en-gineering, project management, field supervision, operators, equipment and rigging for the removal and replace-ment of the components in two units. The most challenging task for Barn-hart was to remove and replace four feedwater heater vessels weighing up to 124 kips through a very challenging travel path. The feedwater heater ves-sels measured 42 feet long by about 6 feet in diameter and weighed approxi-mately 124,000 pounds.

Barnhart’s plan for the project was to cut doors into the side of the building in order to pass the feedwater heaters in and out using the company’s signature Tri-Block rigging system. In the build-ing, there were numerous obstacles and elevation limitations, plus the floor limitations. Lightweight grating and floor beams would not support the feed-water heaters’ 100 pounds per square foot. The feedwater heaters had to slide

through the facility on a tedious obsta-cle course that involved raising, lower-ing and rotating.

Critical to the removal and replace-ment of the feedwater heaters was Barnhart’s design of a host of new tools. All of the tools developed for the job were tested and retested at Barn-hart’s Memphis facility. Among these tools was a sliding gantry and track system used inside the plant. The sys-tem required four jacks per gantry for a total of eight jacks in each bay, double acting jacks, a light slide system to run each gantry leg, slide shoes on top of each header beam and 28 LP/HP hose connections and two multi-purpose pumps.

Barnhart also designed a crossing gantry track system to allow the heat-ers to move through the plant safely. Additional innovation involved the creation of a sliding swiveling rigging device (SSRD), which allowed the long, narrow heaters to be rotated when ful-ly suspended by the SSRD and two legs of gantry.

Barnhart also designed a gantry sad-dle system for holding the new heaters in place during lifting and installation. Rigging innovations included the use of air skates, jacking and traditional slid-

ing, sliding gantry and sliding heater links.

To move the feedwater heaters in and out of the building doors a 500-ton capacity all-terrain crane was used on the outside of the building. The heaters were transported into and out of the facility on Barnhart’s Goldhofer self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) systems.

The engineering of the project re-quired 5,000-plus man hours, includ-ing methodology, concept design, in-terference identification, integrated planning with Bechtel and the own-ers, fabrication design, new equipment mockup and testing and field-based risk management. For the project more than 200 engineering drawings were submitted.

The key distinction on this job was the overall limitations imposed includ-ing contractual limitations; time/sched-ule limitations including a crunched planning schedule and critical path activity; physical limitations includ-ing ground, floor, ceiling and condenser structure bearing limitations, travel path limitations, quarter inch clear-ances of immovable plant, and single pick point required on Unit 1 heat-


continued from previous pageers; and weather limitations including rain, cold and blizzard conditions and consistent wind gusting.

Working in a nuclear environment requires above and beyond safety mea-sures. For the job Barnhart provided an overall job risk assessment, provided new tools that would assure safer opera-tors, employed full time safety champi-on on each shift, performed two-minute drills, instituted continuous improve-ment cards and participated in a plant observation and rapid trends program.

The job involved 22,300 Barnhart man hours plus 30,000 more Bechtel craftsmen hours under Barnhart’s su-pervision, no first aids, no accidents or recordables and no lost time accidents.$150,000-$750,000: Atlas Industrial Assists in Rebuilding of Damaged 835-Megawatt Generator

In January 2011, at the peak of the winter lighting and heating season in Ohio, a generator at FirstEnergy Cor-poration’s Sammis Station threw its ro-tor. National Electric Coil (NEC) was dispatched to perform the emergency repairs. NEC in turn called Atlas Indus-trial Contractors to assist in the tedious job of rebuilding the damaged generator.

The main obstacle in the repair pro-cess was the 835-megawatt genera-tor’s location astraddle two building bays with structural steel obstructions directly overhead. NEC’s method for repairing the generator was to upend the stator housing. But due to the over-head obstructions, the stator housing would have to be relocated before up-ending could occur.

As NEC and Atlas prepared their safety, lifting and repair plan, FirstEn-ergy was anxious about potential dam-age to the stator housing and turbine pedestal. Generator OEM Siemens was also concerned that the end bell might deform during the lift or while resting on the foundation during the core in-stallation, irreparably damaging the generator.

Atlas turned to Ruby and Associates of Farmington Hills, MI to perform a finite element analysis of the stator housing and the lift plans. It was de-termined that reinforcing plates should be temporarily installed on the stator housing during the rebuild. In addi-tion, support stands were designed to distribute some of the weight of the stator to the lower lift trunnions.

By mid-February all specialized com-ponents had been fabricated, a 1,000-ton gantry system procured from Rig-ging Gear Sales installed and the stator ready to be relocated and rotated. In

preparation, the rotor was removed from the stator housing, decoupling the generator from the turbine. NEC also removed the existing core, which was comprised of some 750,000 individual laminate plates that weighed 400,000 pounds. Given the reduced weight of the empty stator, this was the easier part of the move. Fully assembled, the generator weighed 400 tons, and the plan and the engineering had to ac-count for this.

Atlas employed a Lift Systems 34PT-10060WTIC 1,000-ton gantry system with a height elevation of 40 feet. Atlas also used two legs of its 34PT5400WT 500-ton gantry connected to Atlas’ tail-ing fixture to act as the tailing gantry during the lift process. Eighty feet of 30-inch track and 30 feet of 15-and-a-half-inch track were deployed to sup-port and direct the rolling gantries.

With the gantries and tracks in posi-tion, the reinforcing plates on the side of the stator were installed and four lifting trunnions were mounted on the stator housing. Engineers determined that high friction forces would have to be overcome during the uprighting or there was a chance that the stator and lift system would lurch unpredictably during rotation. In response, an ultra-low friction bearing was incorporated into the lift links. The lift links, lift trunnions and other specialty compo-nents were fabricated by Atlas Steel. The lift links fit snugly over the upper trunnions and assured a smooth up righting process and kept the assembly in a plumb condition.

For the stands to share load with the end bell of the stator as it increased in weight due to reinstallation of the laminate plates, shims were installed under the stands at a critical point in the restacking process. Shims were also employed under the steel grillage supporting the stator end bell to pro-vide uniform contact of the stator bell against the steel.

The Atlas team submitted pre-task planning and job hazard analysis to both NEC and FirstEnergy. All proj-ect personnel attended FirstEnergy’s site-specific safety orientations. At-las conducted its own full-scale safety orientation, including comprehensive schooling all team members and con-ducting walk-throughs of all phases of the project. A series of test lifts were also performed.

With the tailing fixture in place, the generator was moved away from the turbine in a series of coordinated ver-tical lifts and horizontal gantry move-ments to keep the stator and attached

piping clear of the turbine and genera-tor foundations and to maintain clear-ance with overhead obstructions. As the tip-up operation began by raising the 1,000-ton gantry system at the tur-bine end of the stator, the 500-ton sys-tem was used to synchronize with the movement of the 1,000-ton system dur-ing rotation of the stator. Pre-planned hold points were built into the lifting schedule to ensure all axis’ of the stator and gantry systems were within allow-able tolerances.

Once vertical, the stator housing was moved to the far west end of the gan-try tracks. At this point, support steel grillage beams were positioned and the lower trunnion support stands moved into place.

Atlas crews left while the rotor was repaired and NEC began restacking the core, which took about three months. During restacking, Atlas crews re-turned once to install shims beneath the support stands to support the ad-ditional weight added during restack-ing. With the rotor and laminate plates reinstalled, the stator weight was back to its original 400 tons.

After the restacking of the laminates was complete, it was time to return the unit to horizontal and remarry it to the turbine and exciter. Gantry lift-ing pressures and the tractive effort to overcome rolling resistance would be markedly different this time since the stator was twice as heavy. With the stator clear of the support stands, the generator was repositioned through a series of coordinated vertical lifts and horizontal gantry movements. Under $150,000: George Young Relocates Historic 103,000 Pound Monument

When Drexel University recently started an expansion project that involved the construction of a new 12-story College of Law, the first chal-lenge was to relocate a 107-year old, 103,000-pound bronze statue of found-er Anthony J. Drexel, which sat where the new building would be constructed. A call was made to George Young Com-panies, an expert in handling fine art and historic monuments, to perform the project.

The effects of time and pollution had taken their toll on the monument’s Ital-ian granite base. Fissures, cracks and broken lettering marred the valuable work of fine art. The monument’s site was ringed with underground subways and above-ground buildings, making the use of a large crane expensive and heightening risk.

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ing implementation of Young Group’s Beyond Zero Safety Program as the project’s Number One goal. Protec-tion of the monument’s stone base and eliminating stone loss was considered vital. Soil and ground strength were re-viewed and additional loads of crushed stone were installed to provide a stable lifting and skidding surface.

Young’s Heavy Rigging Group re-viewed the site and suggested apply-ing their heavy rigging systems to relocate this rather light piece. The decision was made to relocate the monument monolithically as opposed to suffering the stone loss that dis-mantling and subsequent re-assembly would likely pose.

Prior to handling and rigging the monument for the move, the granite base’s multiple fissures were injected with epoxy to stabilize the stone. Areas where engraved lettering was unstable were fortified with Japanese Tissue, a long-fiber vegetable material. Corners were edged in protective devices to pre-vent damage from incidental contact. Finally, Ethafoam was placed between the rigging equipment and the monu-ment base to absorb vibrations that might cause fissure to spread.

Due to the presence of subways di-

rectly underneath the site, the rigging, lifting and relocation plan called for eliminating the use of heavy cranes. Young’s Heavy Rigging Group opted to utilize in-house rigging systems that could lift the valuable and delicate monument, valued at up to $5 million, without a problem or issue.

Interestingly, the university was able to supply notes to the Young Group from when the monument had previ-ously been moved in 1966 and again in the mid 1990s by George Young Com-panies. The discovery of notes from the previous move in 1966 were instru-mental in the rigging plan.

They were the handwritten notes of George Young’s father, and they ex-plained how he designed the founda-tion, including a pair of 10-inch square beam pockets underneath the marble base. Since the foundation was covered, the notes presented the only informa-tion indicating those pockets existed.

After excavation of the area sur-rounding the monument, a pair of beams were threaded into founda-tion pockets below the monument’s granite base. The lower lift beams threaded into the foundation pockets were attached to lift beams support-ed by one of Young’s 100-ton capacity

J&R Engineering hydraulic gantries. The gantry lifted the monument to its new elevation so that a Young Group 400-ton capacity turntable could be placed under the monu-ment’s base and on top of crane mats that had been inserted.

The monument was rotated on the turntable exactly 14.5 degrees to match the new foundation orientation located 60 feet away. After reconfigu-ration to a four-lift beam arrangement, the hydraulic gantries lifted the monu-ment a second time and Young’s 500-ton Hydra-Slide system was installed under the base.

Multiple eight-foot long custom built skid-shoes allowed for numerous safe-ty cribs to support the lower lift/skid beams and the granite base and easily slid the 103,000 pound monument into final position over the waiting founda-tion. The J&R Engineering hydraulic gantry performed flawlessly as it lifted the monument for the third and final time, lowering the monument into po-sition after the removal of the Hydra-Slide rail system.

Upon inspection, all of the engineer-ing and precautions taken resulted in a zero stone loss result and a satisfied


continued from previous pageclient. Over the years, the company has handled almost 150 different large works of fine art, many of them mul-tiple times.

The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) is an internation-al trade association of more than 1,300 members from 46 nations. Members are involved in specialized transporta-tion, machinery moving and erecting, industrial maintenance, millwright-ing and crane and rigging operations, manufacturing and rental. SC&RA helps members run more efficient and safer businesses by monitoring and af-fecting pending legislation and regula-tory policies at the state and national levels; researching and reporting on safety concerns and best business prac-tices; and providing five yearly forums where these and other relevant mem-ber issues can be advanced.

Muncy Industries is proud to announce the recent opening of our new satellite manufacturing facility in Lafayette, LA

To celebrate the occasion, a crawfish boil was held as part of an open house and grand opening on March 23, 2012. Many customers were in attendance to enjoy tours of the facility as well as dem-onstrations of the new test beds. From this location we will be stocking and/or manufacturing the following items:

• Flemish Eye Sleeves• Spelter Sockets• Swage Sockets

• Casing Thimbles• Slip-Through Thimbles• Zinc• 1pc Turnback Sleeves• Aluminum Turnback Sleeves• Roll Off Hooks• Button Stops/Ferrules (Steel)Our satellite manufacturing facil-

ity, at 109 Balboa Drive, Broussard, Louisiana, is conveniently located to allow ease of pick up and/or delivery of products to our local valued custom-ers. In addition to the stock items, we will be able to manufacture special or-ders with quick turn-around time on threaded studs, modified sockets and buttons. Freight is next day to areas such as: Corpus Christi, TX, Hous-ton, TX, Birmingham, AL, Mobile, AL, Memphis, TN, Pensacola, FL and areas in between. We will be going “live” this spring to better serve our customers.

We look forward to our continued re-lationships and new ones to come. We encourage you to call 570-649-5188 for any orders or questions and please feel free to stop by the facility.

SC&R Foundation announces new officers

During the SC&RA Annual Confer-ence, April 17-21, at the SC&RA Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas, the SC&R Foundation announced its officers for 2012-2013:

President: Earl Johnson III, South-ern Industrial Constructors, Inc./Southern Crane, Raleigh, NC.

Vice President: Robert Moore, NBIS, Atlanta, GA.

Treasurer: Jim Sever, PSC Crane & Rigging, Piqua, OH.

Continuing as the Foundation Com-mittee Chairpersons:

Development/Public Relations: Tiea Cowley, Turner Brothers, Longview, TX.

Research/Education: Toni Sabia, Transport Systems and Products, Inc., Stamford, CN.

Scholarship: Stephanie Bragg, Bragg Crane Service, Long Beach, CA.

Jane Bennington, Duncan Machin-ery Movers, Inc., Lexington, KY, will renew her term and new board mem-bers to serve a two-year term are Ingo Schiller, Manitowoc, Shady Grove, PA, and Richard Miller, Mammoet USA South, Rosharon, TX.

Two members received a Corner-stone Award for completing a three-year elected term on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. George Young, George Young Company, Swedesboro, NJ, was recognized for his seven years as Treasurer and more than 30 years of Foundation support and service. Joe Bob Joyce, Joyce Crane, Longview, TX, had served on the Board since 2008.

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Boston Gear to celebrate 135th anniversary

This year Boston Gear celebrates 135 years in business, longer than such venerable companies as I.B.M., Coca-Cola, General Electric and Ford. It’s been around longer than the light bulb, radio, movies, automobiles, and the airplane.

Boston Gear, part of Altra Industrial Motion, is a leading global supplier of quality power transmission products to most major industrial markets in-cluding food processing, packaging ma-chinery and material handling. From its 193,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, Boston Gear offers a wider range of products than any competing company in its field. Many companies worldwide rely upon Boston Gear as their single-source supplier of motion control products.An Industry Leader and Innovator from the Beginning

Boston Gear was founded in 1877 as a small machine shop manufactur-ing gear-cutting machines. But the company quickly became recognized as a dominant, pioneering leader in its field. Early on, Boston Gear introduced the concepts of gear standardization and stock gears – innovations of enor-mous benefit to power transmission de-signers, specifiers and users. By 1929, Boston Gear was established as the world’s largest manufacturer of stock gears. And the company pioneered the concept of enclosed drives, a category it still dominates with its dependable, high-performance worm, helical and bevel gear drives.

The spirit of innovation that vaulted Boston Gear into a position of industry dominance many decades ago is still alive and well. Products like the new 2000 Series gear motors help Boston Gear maintain its position as the go-to company in its field. The 2000 Series, sets new standards in performance and design flexibility. And Boston’s 700 Se-ries speed reducers, available in both cast iron and stainless steel, have long been the industry standard for food processing and material handling ap-plications.A Survivor

Though Boston Gear has been an innovative leader in its field for more than a century, the company has en-dured some tough times. The company survived a national depression in the late 1800’s, the Great Depression of the 1930’s, numerous recessions, and several changes of ownership. And dur-

ing World War II, the company worked round the clock, contributing to the U.S. war effort. In appreciation, the employees of Boston Gear were award-ed the Army-Navy Production Award for high achievement in 1943.

More recently, Boston Gear has faced radical changes in the global market-place. “Just 20 years ago we competed primarily with companies based in North

America,” said Vice President & General Manager Ed Novotny. “But now we face competition from companies worldwide. This globalization has opened up many new opportunities for us.”What’s The Secret?

Any person who lives to the ripe old age of 100 is inevitably asked about the secret to longevity. But since not many companies survive to their 100th birth-day, that’s a question that’s also worth asking of a company like Boston Gear.

Carl Christenson, President & CEO of Boston’s parent company, Altra In-dustrial Motion, has an answer to that question. “We’re an extremely cus-tomer focused company,” Christenson said. “Our associates are committed to satisfying the customer. We service the marketplace with above average indus-


continued from previous pagetry performance standards in quality, delivery, and product innovation.”

Christenson explained that the driving force behind their record of consistently providing world-class customer service is the Altra Busi-ness System, a unique company-wide business management system. “Fo-cusing upon the customer and con-tinuously striving to align quality, delivery, and cost with our customers’ wants and needs – that’s the Altra Business System,” Christenson said. “Because of our absolute dedication to customer satisfaction, sales growth takes care of itself.”

Longtime customer Pat Hantz, Engi-neering Manager for Omni Metalcraft agrees that Boston Gear consistently hits the mark with superior customer service. Hantz said. “We specify Boston Gear reducers as standard equipment on our machinery. With their diverse line of quality products and excellent service, Boston Gear has proven to be a partner we can count on.”

Of course, world-class customer ser-vice is not possible without world-class employees. “It’s all about your people,” Ed Novotny said. “A company is no bet-ter than all of the people who dedicate years, even decades of their lives to the success of that company. With good people, a company can accomplish any-thing – even 135 years of success.”

The ability to change with the times must be part of a company’s culture, as it is with Boston Gear. “We reinvest a fixed percentage of sales revenue each year in continuously upgrading our manufacturing equipment and pro-cesses,” Novotny said. “These funds are also used for new product development and new product launches.”

Novotny also noted that the company operates with a sharp focus on their stra-tegic plan which is updated annually, helping to keep the company’s vision and strategy aligned with market realities.“We Try to be Good Neighbors”

Most people have moved a few times in their lives, and the same is true of many companies. Boston Gear has been in its Charlotte, NC head-quarters for 10 years, but the compa-ny has had several homes throughout its history.

But wherever the company has been located, it’s always been focused on being a good neighbor. Dana Wil-liams, Human Resources Manager for Boston Gear, said, “Our commu-nity involvement is pretty broad, both organizationally and individually by our associates.”

Williams said that the company makes direct financial contributions to many charities such as the Special Olympics, The Salvation Army, Cri-sis Ministries, Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital, and others. On the commu-nity level the company is involved with many organizations such as the local Food Bank and Blood Bank.Looking Forward

One thing that people and companies have in common is that it’s fairly rare for either to live to the age of 100. But a company with such a storied past sure-ly holds a claim to the future, and Bos-ton Gear looks forward to many years of eclipsing past achievements with fu-ture successes.

SC&R Foundation Awards $22,500 for seven scholarships and one grant

The SC&R Foundation recently awarded $3,000 scholarships for 2012-2013 to seven students preparing for careers related to transportation or construction management. Addition-ally, the Foundation awarded a $1,500 grant for the pursuit of a technical cer-tificate.

The scholarships and grants were announced during the Closing Night Awards & Recognition Dinner at the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Asso-ciation (SC&RA) Annual Conference, April 17-21, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas. Since 1986, the SC&R Foundation has awarded over $300,000 in scholarships.

In alphabetical order, this year’s $3,000 scholarship recipients are Jobie Debrick, Steven McLean, Callie Meek, Samson Meyer, Mitchell Nettinga, Lee Rucker, and Taylor Shepley.

Jobie L.E. Debrick attends Fort Scott Community College, Paola, KS, and plans to continue his education, simul-taneously pursuing a Ministry degree at Manhattan Christian College and a Business Administration degree at Kansas State University. Both institu-tions are in Manhattan, KS. He is the recipient of the Southern Industrial Constructors/Southern Crane Continu-ing Education Scholarship. His father, Kevin Debrick, is President of Debrick Truck Line Co., Paola, KS.

Steven Douglas McLean, a graduat-ing senior from Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, FL, plans to at-tend the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL as a Mechanical Engi-neering major. His father is Accounts Receivable Manager at Beyel Brother Crane and Rigging, Cocoa, FL.

Callie Dawn Meek is a Business Administration major at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Gi-rardeau, MO, who plans to receive a Bachelor’s degree in 2013 and attend an additional year to become a Certi-fied Public Accountant. She is the re-cipient of the George M. Bragg Memo-rial Scholarship. She and her mother, Debbie, both work at Integrated Wind Energy Services, Cape Girardeau, MO, as the Controller and Accounts Payable Clerk, respectively.

Samson Clay Meyer is a graduating senior at Valhalla High School, El Ca-jon, CA. He plans to pursue a degree in either Business Administration or Economics. At the time of his selection for the scholarship, he had not yet de-cided among several universities that had accepted him. He is the recipient of the Bennett International Continu-ing Education Scholarship. His father, Samson Adolph Meyer, is Vice Presi-dent at Marco Crane and Rigging. Co., Lakeside, CA, where the scholarship recipient also works as a part-time ad-ministrative assistant.

Mitchell Curtis Nettinga, a three-time winner, attends Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA, where he majors in Business Administration with an em-phasis in Finance. He plans to gradu-ate in May 2014. He is the recipient of the Christopher A. Lorenz Memorial Scholarship. His Mother, Marlys Net-tinga, is a Secretary at Berghorst & Son, Inc., Hull, IA.

Lee Edwin Rucker is a graduating se-nior at Tina-Avalon R-II Public School, Tina, MO. He plans to attend Linden-wood University, Saint Charles, MO, as an Electrical Engineering major. He is the recipient of the Terex Continu-ing Education Scholarship. His father, James Rucker, is Maintenance Super-visor at WireCo WorldGroup, Kansas City, MO.

Taylor Monroe Shepley is a gradu-ating senior at Line Mountain Jr./Sr. High School, Herndon, PA. He plans to attend Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes Barre, PA as a Surveying En-gineering major. He is the recipient of the Mammoet USA Continuing Educa-tion Scholarship. His father, Mike E. Shepley, is a Laborer/Operator at Zart-man Construction, Inc., Northumber-land, PA.

Additionally, the Foundation award-ed a $1,500 grant to Donald Newman, a Yardman/Welder/Tillerman at Mc-Tyre Trucking, Orlando, FL. He plans to use the grant to pursue a Welding certificate at Mid-Florida Tech in Or-lando. He previously used a Founda-



tion Grant for 2010-2011 for Welding studies at the same institution. He is the recipient of the Eugene R. DuBay Memorial Grant.

Lift-It® Manufacturing announces relocation to new facility

Michael J. Gelskey, Jr., vice presi-dent and general manager, Lift-It® Manufacturing is proud to announce the purchase of a new facility in Po-mona, California. The 40,000 square foot, multi-million dollar building was purchased in the Mission-71 Business Park to provide the foundation for fu-ture expansion and continuing excel-lent customer service for those who demand and expect quality rigging and stellar service.

Mr. Gelskey comments, “Our new facility will be one of the largest facil-ities devoted to the production of syn-thetic rigging products in the country and possibly the world. We made the purchase when I finally convinced my father that he could not see the floor in our existing facility. Every avail-able square inch was allocated to fin-ished stock, inventory and works in process. The new work flow process, machinery acquisitions and produc-tion personnel expansion will be nec-essary for the numerous marketing, sales and training programs we are preparing to unveil.”

Chief Executive Officer, Mike Gelskey, Sr. stated, “I am extremely pleased with the planning and layout that Junior did to streamline our production, strength-ening our business and marketing plans. California based manufacturers should be on the endangered species list and our investment speaks volumes of our commitment to our customers and loyal employees. It is sometimes attractive to consider buildings in other locations that can be purchased for the equiva-lent cost of re-roofing our facility, but it’s never been about the money, it’s always been about our people and our customers”.

In addition to housing the manu-facturing and corporate offices, the facility will also feature a 1500 sq. ft. Learning Center. Monthly train-ing classes for: Competent Rigger, Certification Preparatory Training, Signal Person, Qualified Inspector and Train-the-Trainer Programs will begin in June 2012. The Lift-It Sling Safety Program will include programs developed by Rigging Institute, LLC. and will feature classroom and hands on learning experiences. Details are

available at www.lift-it.com Lift-it® Manufacturing Company,

Inc. has provided quality sling and rigging equipment internationally for over thirty-three years and training for sling users and inspectors for over thirty years.

Certified Slings & Supply is named a winner of Harrington Hoists’ Distributor Excellence Award

Certified Slings & Supply of Cas-selberry, FL was named a recipient of Harrington Hoists’ Distributor Ex-cellence Award for its continued high growth in product sales for Harrington Hoists.

According to Harrington Hoists, this prestigious award is presented to dis-tributors that achieve outstanding sales growth during the year for Har-rington Hoists’ products. Harrington Hoists considers the distributor’s part-nership and loyalty as key to the mu-tual success of the manufacturer / dis-tributor relationship.

“Over the last year Certified Slings & Supply has been very active in pro-moting Harrington Hoists through

Certified Slings’ outside and inside sales team and on-line channels”. Stat-ed Doug Worswick, CEO of Certified Slings & Supply. “We are honored to receive this award from such a quality manufacturer as Harrington Hoists.”

As an example of the on-going partnership, earlier this year Certi-fied Slings & Supply opened a Har-rington Hoist inspection and repair facility in their Tampa Service Cen-ter. According to Mr. Worswick, this new service was implemented to fur-ther support our customers’ needs and add additional support to the products we are selling.

This year’s award presentation lun-cheon was held on April 23rd, in Atlan-ta, GA. Representatives of Harrington Hoists, Inc. were, Carlo Lonardi, Chief Operations Officer, Jason Bulan, East-ern Regional Sales Manager, Jim Small, Central Regional Sales Man-ager, Ted Rust, Sales Representative and Greg Morris, Sales Representa-tive. Those in attendance from Certi-fied Slings and Supply included Dennis E. Worswick, President and his wife Barbie, Nicole R. Parkerson, VP Pur-chasing, Eric Worswick, Executive Ac-counts Manager and his wife Lindsay.


EBCI indicates improvement in North American conditions slowed in April

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions retreated nearly 13 points in April to 59.1, fol-lowing a sharp run-up earlier in the year to its highest levels since 2005. Despite the slide seen in the latest month, the index continues to point to an economic environment conducive to industry growth.

The survey’s measure of the degree of change in current North American conditions also suggested a slowdown in the pace of improvement. It dropped to +0.2 in April from +0.7, its highest mark in nearly two years, in Febru-ary and March. Panelists are asked to report intensity of change on a scale ranging from –5 (deteriorated signifi-cantly) through 0 (unchanged) to +5 (improved significantly).

The EBCI for future North American conditions was strongly positive again in April. Though the index declined just over 4 points to 81.8, it remained at the high end of its historic range.

Go to www.nema.org/econ/ebci/index.cfm for the complete April 2012 report.

Nighttime lift at Wolf Trap uses FIRST® High Performance Roundslings

The Wolf Trap Bridge will soon con-nect the two main facilities at the Wolf Creek National Park for The Perform-ing Arts in Vienna, Virginia. The Barns and Filene Center have long been sepa-rated by a narrow road with no side-walks and had for many years been a safety concern not only for local travel but also for the roughly 500,000 visi-tors to the park each season in this Na-

tional Capital Region. So as of August 2011 and after 8 years of working to secure funding, the project is being re-alized through a total of over $3.5 mil-lion released by the Federal Highway Administration.

Many state agencies are shifting to-wards nighttime construction. Night-time construction mitigates the impact of construction operations on the trav-eling public, shortens the duration of construction operations and reduces interruptions to construction activities. Such was the case in the lift performed for the construction of the Wolf Trap Bike/Pedestrian Bridge over the Dulles Access and Toll Road from Wolf Trap National Park.

Under nighttime illumination short-ly after midnight on April 3rd, Phil Garber, Product Advisor for The Rig-ging Box, Inc., of Lorton, was one of a few of those working through the night dedicated to the safe and successful lift of the first and largest of three bridge sections measuring 170 feet at a weight of 140,000 pounds.

The Rigging Box supplied FIRST® FHPZ 70 High Performance Round-slings, each measured 40 feet in length, rated at 70,000 lbs vertical, but each weighing only 42 pounds. The Inspectable Roundsling®, slings with a transparent Clear Cover®, was developed to make it possible for rig-gers to inspect the load bearing core yarns, advancement in lifting safety. And Wolf Trap area residents gath-ered before sunrise to watch the lift and celebrate a safer passage.

Selina Conrad, founder and owner of The Rigging Box, was one of the first to become a part of the FIRST® team, recognizing the value in offering her customers the latest and safest lifting and rigging products. Phil Garner said that he was proud to be a part of this project. “It was so well planned and I was so impressed by the overall orga-

nization.” The Rigging Box also manu-factured 20 inch wide by 4 feet Edge Lifters® for edge protection.

SC&RA announces 36 Crane Operator Safety Awards at annual conference

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) announced 36 Crane Operator Safety Awards during its 2012 Annual Conference, April 17-21, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas. This award is presented to certified crane operators who exhibit exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man-hours and recording zero accidents or incidents. Winners represent nine dif-ferent companies:

AmQuip Crane Rental, LLC, Phila-delphia, PA – Kaliope Fatolitis, Jason Galvin, Richard Good, Jr., Tim Hall, Dave Hawthorne, Don Kerr, Ryan Mc-Illwain, Joe Occhipinti, Keith Schoch, Mark Snelling, Stephen St. Germain, Scottie Stevens, Tom Stowers and Brent Wilson

Canton Erectors, Inc., Canton, OH – Benjamin Baum, Michael Neff and Charles T. Vermillon

Connelly Crane Rental Corporation, Detroit, MI – Art Cole, Damian Durus-sel, Norman “Bud” Herman, Mike Ran-dall, Jeff Schnarr and Tony Weir

Custom Service Crane, Inc., Mahom-et, IL – Alyce Pollak and Aaron Kearns

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc., Milwaukee, WI – Peter Haley, Larry Kraemer, Craig Larson, Greg Schultz and Curtis Smith

Dutcher-Phipps Crane & Rigging Company, Monahans, TX – Zachariah Dutcher

Mammoet USA South, Inc., Houston, TX – Paul Morris

Mountain Crane Service, Salt Lake City, UT – Craig Hall and Parker Chapman

Mr. Crane, Inc., Orange, CA – Steve MacDonald and Scot Palmer.

Exhibitor and visitor increase with excellent business results at wire and Tube 2012

The recent staging of wire 2012, In-ternational Wire and Cable Trade Fair, and Tube 2012 International Tube Trade Fair, in Düsseldorf, Germany, closed with record exhibitor numbers and increased visitor participation: about 2,500 companies from around the world presented the latest ma-

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The wire and Tube 2012 exhibitors were pleased with the business results of the events and reported visitors’ high interest in purchasing as well as many deals concluded and new business con-tacts acquired. They also praised the visitor quality, again confirming the location Düsseldorf as the No. 1 inter-national platform for the industry.

“For us as trade fair organizers, the somewhat euphoric mood in the exhibi-tion halls, the orders made here and the expectation of good post-show business are important indicators that we have the right trade fair date and product range,” stated Joachim Schäfer, Man-aging Director of Messe Düsseldorf.

“Companies invest heavily in Düssel-dorf in order to remain present amongst the international competition. Here, the companies meet qualified business

partners from all over the world and many new contacts are made as well,” added Friedrich-Georg Kehrer, Project Director of wire and Tube 2012.

At wire 2012, 1,314 wire companies from 50 countries presented their innovations on more than 613,500 square feet of net exhibit space – an increase of about 100 companies and 10.7% of space compared to wire 2010. From the U.S., 84 companies exhibited at wire 2012, including 31 exhibitors within the North American Pavilion, organized by Messe Düsseldorf North America and sponsored by the Wire and Cable Industry Suppliers Asso-ciation (WCISA). Overall, the trend towards a more extensive trade fair presence with larger, more attractive booths is continuing.

The producers of process engineering tools were pleased with the results of wire 2012 as were the manufacturers of wire production and finishing ma-chines. The success of the trade fair was also confirmed by materials pro-ducers and companies offering special-ty wire and cable.

“wire and Tube in Düsseldorf were excellent events again, and they were very successful trade fairs for us. The follow-up business is now going to be

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As in the past, the rate of interna-tional trade fair visitors was high. Ap-proximately 60% of the wire visitors were from outside of Germany, with the majority coming from Italy, France, Great Britain, Belgium, the U.S., the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Spain, Tur-key, Austria and Switzerland. A strong representation of visitors came from the industry (80%), trade (8%), services (4%) and skilled crafts (2%).

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continued from previous page527,400 square feet of net exhibit space at Tube 2012, which marks an increase of 9.4% of occupied space compared to Tube 2010. Exhibitors included 44 companies from the U.S., with 18 companies participating in the North American Pavilion also organized by Messe Düsseldorf North America and co-sponsored by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Interna-tional (FMA) and the Society of Manu-facturing Engineers (SME).

The Tube 2012 exhibitors in all seg-ments were pleased with their partici-pation in the trade fair. “We are very happy with the results of Tube 2012. We were able to intensify our contacts with the professional audience and presented our broad product range for the industry in detail. In particular, we had exciting talks about our new tube solution PREOn marine for low noise and space-saving construction of offshore windmills,” remarked Norbert Keusen, president and CEO of V & M Deutschland GmbH.

“For Salzgitter AG, represented by its Tubes and Trade Division, Tube 2012 is an important communication plat-form to meet customers and partners,” noted Bernhard Kleinermann, man-

ager of Corporate Communication and Investor Relations of Salzgitter AG. “Since 2002, we have been represented at Tube as a corporate group under the brand “Salzgitter Mannesmann” and show the entire product range, from precision tubes and medium-sized con-ducting tubes to large-diameter tubes. Due to the many visitors and the inten-sive discussions with customers and potential customers, we have an over-all positive end result.”

The Stappert Company combines stainless steel and solar energy and has been participating in Tube since 1990 as an expert in the areas of stain-less steel/rust-proof roof materials. The company philosophy and the approach to the topics of renewable energies and sustainability were reflected in this year’s trade fair presentation. “At Tube 2012, we made a lot of international contacts. Our export team was talking to customers almost around the clock,” noted Silke Löser, marketing manager of Stappert Spezial-Stahl Handel.

The ratio of international trade fair visitors at Tube 2012 was about 50%. The attendees arrived primarily from France, Italy, the U.S., Great Britain, Brazil, Spain, India, the Netherlands, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland and Bel-

gium. A total of 62% of the visitors came from the industry, 21% from trade and 5% from skilled crafts.

The Tube 2012 visitors were mainly interested in tubes (57%), tube process-ing machinery (26%), tube materials (23%) and tube production machin-ery (22%). Visitors named accessories (18%), profiles (16%) and profile pro-duction machinery (10%) as their pri-mary reasons for visiting Tube 2012.

According to a survey, the trade visi-tors at wire and Tube 2012 rated the two events as excellent and the evalu-ation of the products and services on exhibit again improved. The survey also identified more first-time visitors to wire and Tube.

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horizontal support member 201, and a first bushing 206 is attached to the first vertical support member 204 to be vertically spaced from the first component 202 of the horizontal support member 201 by a distance which is somewhat larger than the radius of a reel of goods to be transported. The first bushing 206 extends from the first vertical support member 204 a first predetermined dis-tance 208 in the first direction.

The carton support structure 200 further comprises a second substantially vertical support member 214 affixed to the second component 210 of the horizontal support member 201, and a second bushing 216 that is affixed to the second vertical support member 214 to be vertically spaced from the second component 210 of the horizontal support member 201. The second bushing 216 extends from the second vertical support member 214, a second predetermined distance 218 in a second direction that is opposite the first direction and towards the first bushing 206. The two components 202, 210 of the horizontal sup-port member 201 can take other configurations such as two plates bolted to one another, a first tube which is slid-ably inserted into a second tube, or possibly a blade fitting into a channel.

The apparatus 100 further comprises at least one stabi-lization member 102 affixed to the carton support struc-ture 200, preferably at the first component 202 of the horizontal support member 201, and adapted to abut one or more nonrotational surfaces 304 of the carton 301 to prevent the carton 301 from rotating about a horizontal


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Transporter for box of spooled wire or cablePat. 8,136,753 U.S. class 242/578.2 Int. class B65D 85/04Inventor: Richard Galgano, Naperville, IL, Mark K. Win-kel, Indian Head Park, IL, Martin J. McGuire, Downers Grove, IL.Assignee: Windy City Wire Cable and Technology Prod-ucts, LLC., Bolingbrook, IL.

Apparatus for manually transporting cartons or reels of goods include a support structure that includes a horizon-tal support member having first and second components, first and second vertical support members, and first and second bushings attached to the vertical support members for insertion into arbor holes in a reel or carton. Addition-ally, the apparatus includes a handle affixed to the sup-port structure. In an alternate embodiment, one or more stabilization members prevent the carton from rotating as the contents of the carton are removed.

Referring to figures 1 and 2, apparatus, indicated gener-ally at 100, for manually transporting a carton of goods comprise a carton support structure 200 that includes an elongate horizontal support member 201 extending in a first direction and having a first component 202 and a sec-ond component 210 affixable to the first component 202 at any of a plurality of positions, such that an overall length of the horizontal support member 201 may be adjusted.

Additionally, a first substantially vertical support member 204 is affixed to the first component 202 of the

Figure 1: Isometric view showing a first embodiment of the inven-tion’s apparatus for transporting a carton of goods.

Figure 2: Schematic elevational view showing the carton support structure.


continued from previous pageaxis 104. At least one and preferably both of the first and second bushings 206, 216 is located on the horizontal axis 104. Further, a handle 106 is affixed to the carton support structure 200 and a horizontal length of it is spaced from the horizontal support member 201. In a preferred em-bodiment, the handle 106 and one of the first and second vertical support members 204, 214 are formed as a contin-uous tube. Alternatively, the handle 106 can be attached to either the first or second components 202, 210 of the horizontal support member 201. Preferably, the handle 106 is at least as long as the first component 202 of the horizontal support member 201, but it may be longer or shorter than this to increase user comfort.

As can be seen in figures 3 and 4, the apparatus 100 may also include a releasable latch 220 for fixing in place the first component 202 of the horizontal support member 201 relative to the second component 210 of the horizontal support member 201. Preferably, the first component 202 of the horizontal support member 201 comprises a hollow tube 221 that is defined by a sidewall 222, a right end 212, and a left end 224 and has one

and preferably several openings 226 in the sidewall 222. A detent 228 upstanding from an exterior sidewall 230 of the second component 210 of the horizontal support member 201, acts as the releasable latch 220. The detent 228 is sized and positioned to fit into one or more of the openings 226 in the first component 202 of the horizon-tal support member 201 when a distance 236 between the first bushing 206 and the second bushing 216 equals one or more predetermined lengths. More preferably, the first component 202 of the horizontal support member 201 comprises a plurality of openings 226 spaced apart from each other in the first direction such that the dis-tance 236 between the first bushing 206 and the second bushing 216 is adjustable to accommodate cartons 301 of different lengths, each length being equal to bushing

lengths 208, 218 plus their separation 236.Referring to figure 5, the stabilization member 102 gen-

erally conforms to at least one nonrotational surface 304, and preferably two surfaces 304, 314 of the carton 301. The stabilization member 102 has a first surface 308 that conforms to the horizontal top surface 304 of the carton 301, a second surface 310 conforming to a first vertical surface 324 of the carton 301, and a third surface 312 conforming to a second vertical surface 302 of the carton 301 spaced from the first vertical surface 324 of the carton 301.

Referring back to figure 4, the apparatus 100 may fur-ther comprise an axial support member 232 for attach-ment to the first bushing 206 and the second bushing 216 and having a predetermined length 234. The axial support 232 member may be a hollow tube or a solid rod and be slidably received into the first and second bushings 206, 216. More preferably, the axial support member 232 may further include a first axial section 233 and a second axial section 235 and a second releasable latch 237, as above, for fixing in place the first axial support member 232 relative to the second axial section 235.

A complete system for manually transporting a carton of goods, indicated generally at 300, comprises a carton 301 that includes a front panel 314 having top side 319, a bottom side 316, left side 318, and right side 320, a top panel 304 extending from the top side of the front panel, a bottom panel 322 extending from the bottom side 316 of the front panel 314, a left panel 324 extending from the left side 318 of the front panel 314 so as to be orthogonal to the bottom panel 322, and a right panel 302 extend-ing from the right side 320 of the front panel 314 so as to be parallel and spaced from the left panel 324. The car-ton 301 further comprises a left arbor hole 326 in the left panel 324 and a right arbor hole 328 in the right panel 302. While the illustrated carton 301 is a conventional box built as a right prism on a rectangular base, it may be other shapes. It is preferred that the carton 301 have at least one nonrotational surface so the stabilization mem-ber 102 can intersect to prevent rotation of the carton 301 around axis 104.

Figure 3: Section detail taken substantially along line 2A-2A of figure 2.

Figure 4: View of an axial support member of the invention.

Figure 5: Isometric drawing of another embodiment of the invention showing a system for manually transporting goods.


Jib CranePat. 8,141,725 U.S. class 212/240 Int. class B66C 23/82Inventor: Daisuke Omori, Chuo-ku, JP., Isao Miyazawa, Chuo-ku, JP., Toshinori Fukumoto, Chuo-ku, JP., Seikichi Tanaka, Chuo-ku, JP.Assignee: Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP.

A jib crane which can prevent an unexpected movement of a burden and can sufficiently ensure the safety of a bur-den handling work is disclosed. The jib crane has hoisting wire ropes for lifting and landing a hook, derricking wire ropes for derricking operation of a jib, and a conversion device for fixing tips of the wire ropes to a revolving frame of a revolving table. The conversion device has a V-shaped link pivotally supported on a bearing bracket via a pivot pin. The tips of the wire ropes are connected to paired link arms of the V-shaped link.

Figure 6 shows a traveling jib crane having a travel-ing body 2. The traveling body 2 has a plurality of legs 4 resting via wheels 6 on paired rails 8. Thus, the traveling body 2 can travel along the rails 8. Constructed on the traveling body 2 is a portal frame 10 on which arranged is a revolving table 12 revolvable in a horizontal plane. The

revolving table 12 has a front portion from which a jib 14 extends, the jib 14 having a base end with a derrick sup-ported by the table 12 via a pivot 15.

Arranged on the revolving table 12 are an upper frame or so-called A frame 16, a hoisting drum 18 of a hoisting device and a derricking drum 20 of a derricking device. Wound around the hoisting drum 18 are paired hoisting wire ropes 22; and wound around the derricking drum 20 are paired derricking wire ropes 24. Base ends of the hoisting and derricking wire ropes 22 and 24 are fixed to the corresponding drums 18 and 20, respectively.

Arranged on an upper end of the upper frame 16 are a row of top sheaves 26 for the hoisting wire ropes 22 as well as a row of top sheaves 28 for the derricking wire ropes 24. Arranged on a tip of the jib 14 are a row of tip sheaves 30 for the hoisting wire ropes 22; and arranged on a longitudinally intermediate portion of the jib 14 are a row of suspending sheaves 32 for the derricking wire ropes 24. continued on next page

Figure 6: Side view of a traveling jib crane.


As is clear from figure 7, the hoisting wire ropes 22 from the drum 18 are guided via the top sheave row 26 to the tip sheave row 30, are passed over a row of lifting sheaves 36 with a hook (hanger) 34, are passed for a plurality of times between the tip and top sheave rows 30 and 26, are

returned from the top sheave row 26 toward the revolving table 12 and are fixed at their tips via a conversion device 38 to the revolving table 12. Thus, as the hoisting wire ropes 22 are reeled and unreeled in accordance with the rotation of the hoisting drum 18, the hook 34 is lifted and lowered.

As is clear from figure 8, the derricking wire ropes 24 from the drum 20 are guided via the top sheave row 28 to the suspending sheave row 32, are passed for a plurality of times between the top and suspending sheave rows 28 and 32, are returned from the top sheave row 28 toward the revolving table 12 and are fixed at their tips via the conversion device 38 to the revolving table 12. Thus, as the derricking wire ropes 24 are reeled and unreeled in accordance with the rotation of the derricking drum 20, the jib 14 can be pivoted at its base end about the pivot 15, i.e., can be derricked.

The respective hoisting wire ropes 22 are connected at their tips to connecting fittings 40, respectively, which in turn are connected to a hoisting equalizer 42. As is clear from figure 9, the hoisting equalizer 42 is substantially

Figure 8: View showing passing-over of derricking wire ropes.


Figure 7: View showing passing-over of hoisting wire ropes.



U-shaped and comprises a base 44 in the form of down-wardly directed triangle and paired arms 46a and 46b extends upward from opposite upper ends of the base 44. The respective arms 46 have base ends pivotally connect-ed to the base 44 and tip ends connected to the tips of the hoisting wire ropes 22 through the connecting fittings 40. More specifically, one of the paired arms 46a and 46b is divided longitudinally into parts, the divided parts being connected together via a load cell 48 which is a load sen-sor for detection of load applied to the hoisting wire rope 22. The base 44 has a lower portion from which a connect-ing fitting 50 pivotally extends, the connecting fitting 50 being connected to the above-mentioned conversion device 38. As shown in figure 10, the paired derricking wire ropes 24 are connected at their tips to the conversion device 38 via connecting fittings 52, a derricking equalizer 54 and a connecting fitting 55 which are similar to the above-men-tioned connecting fittings 40, hoisting equalizer 42 and connecting fitting 50, respectively.

Combined guardrail and cable safety systemsPat. 8,157,471 U.S. class 404/6 Int. class E01F 15/02Inventor: Peter Bergendahl, Angelholm, SE., Don J. Gripne, Olympia, WA., Charles R. Norton, Farmington, UT., Elzard Sikkema, Murray, UT.Assignee: Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX.

A combined guardrail and cable safety system is dis-closed. In one aspect, the present invention teaches a safe-ty barrier including a plurality of cable posts spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to a roadway. At least two cables are releasably engaged with and supported by the cable posts. The cable posts and the two cables cooper-ate with each other to prevent a vehicle from leaving the roadway. A plurality of guardrail posts are spaced from

each other and disposed adjacent to the roadway longitu-dinally spaced from the plurality of cable post. A guard-rail beam is fixedly coupled to the plurality of guardrail posts and including slots. The two cables extend from the cable posts through respective slots formed in the guard-rail beam permitting each cable to engage a respective cable anchor bracket securely fastened to a portion of the guardrail beam.

Referring to figures 11 and 12, combined guardrail and cable safety systems 15 may be installed adjacent to a roadway (not expressly shown) to prevent motor vehicles (not expressly shown) from leaving the roadway and to re-

direct vehicles away from hazardous areas without caus-ing serious injuries to the vehicle’s occupants or other motorists.

Combined guardrail and cable safety system 15 may be satisfactorily used as a median, a single barrier installa-tion along the edge of a roadway and at merge applica-tions between adjacent roadways. For some applications, combined guardrail and cable safety systems may satis-factorily withstand a second impact before repairs have been made after a first impact. For many applications, combined guardrail and cable safety systems 15 may be described as generally maintenance free except for repairs required after a vehicle impact.

Combined guardrail and cable safety system 15 typical-ly includes a plurality of support posts for cables, name-ly cable posts 30, and support post for guardrail beams, namely posts 20, that are anchored adjacent to the road-way. Posts 20 and 30 may be anchored with the ground

Figure 9: Close view of aspect of figure 8.

Figure 10: Second close view of aspect of figure 8.

Figure 11: Plan view of one embodiment of a combined guardrail and cable safety system.

Figure 12: Schematic drawing in elevation of the combined guardrail and cable safety system.


continued from previous pageusing various techniques. As shown in one example em-bodiment, concrete foundation 32 may be provided with holes to allow relatively quick and easy insertion and re-moval of cable posts 30. The number, size, shape and con-figuration of posts 20 and 30 may be significantly modified within teachings of the present invention. Optimum spac-ing between posts 20 and 30 may be designed in accor-dance with teachings of the present invention.

Guardrail beams 24 are mounted on a plurality of posts 20 using bolt 23. Posts 20 are made from wood, metal or other suitable types of material satisfactory for highway safety systems. The types of material which may be sat-isfactorily used to manufacture posts with the desired strength and/or breakaway characteristics appropriate for a specific guardrail system, location of each post and roadside hazard include, but are not limited to, wood, metal (e.g., steel), composite materials and other various types of plastics.

In some embodiments, posts 20 includes a weak-post. The weak-post mounts directly into the soil and may include a soil plate. Typically, the weak-post includes an I-beam shaped structural steel member having an “I” shape formed by a web portion interposed between two flange portions that are arranged substantially par-allel to each other. Generally, the I-beam is arranged with the flange portions facing and extending parallel to the roadway or highway. Guardrail beams 24 such as

a W-beam may couple to a flange portion of one or more I-beam member to extend along roadway. Typically, guardrail beams 24 couple directly to the I-beam mem-bers but may also include a block out structure such as block out 22 disposed between the I-beam member and guardrail beam 24.

In one particular application, posts 20 may be installed in foundation tubes (not shown). Other applications, for example in flared end terminals, two posts 20 are normal-ly installed in the foundation tubes. The remaining posts may be installed adjacent to the highway without the use of any foundation tubes as such they are buried directly in the ground. Typically, posts 20 are connected to guard-rail beam 24 adjacent to the roadway facing the oncom-ing traffic. Generally, block out 22 is disposed between post 20 and guardrail beam 24, however, in some instanc-es block outs 22 are not used. Guardrail beam 24 of the present invention includes an elongated slot 51 disposed or formed in beam 24 such as in a W-beam guardrail. In some embodiments, a series of slots 51 are longitudinally spaced along the rail. Generally, it is preferred that each slot 51 be approximately centered or placed at one-third distance points between post 20. In other embodiments, it is preferred that each slot 51 is centered approximately at one-third distance points between post 20.

Various types of guardrail beams, cables and/or wire ropes may be satisfactorily used to form a combined guardrail and cable safety system 15 in accordance with teachings of the present invention. Cables 34, 36 and 38, as shown in figures 13 and 14, may be substantially identical. However, for some applications each cable of safety system 15 formed in accordance with teachings of the present invention may have different characteristics. Generally, cable safety systems are described as flexible,

Figure 13: Perspective view with portions broken away of one em-bodiment of a combined guardrail and cable safety system.

Figure 14: Second perspective view of a combined guardrail and safety system.

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substantially maintenance free systems with designed low deflection of cables 34, 36 and 38 during a vehicle im-pact. In some embodiments of the present invention, cable safety systems may minimize damage during a vehicle im-pact with posts 30 and/or cables 34, 36 and 38.

Guardrail end terminal assembly 21 is provided to mini-mize or eliminate the potential for a serious accident from a head on collision with the end of guardrail safety system facing oncoming traffic. As such, the present invention may be used with either energy absorbing end terminals or non-energy absorbing end terminals. In some embodi-ments, guardrail end terminal assembly 21 includes ki-netic energy absorbing assembly (not expressly shown) which may prevent guardrail safety system from piercing the vehicle and passenger compartment or causing a ve-hicle to either roll over or vault guardrail safety system. In the event of a collision between a vehicle and the end of guardrail safety system, kinetic energy absorbing assem-bly dissipates the impact energy of the vehicle without creating an unduly dangerous condition.

Guardrail end terminal assembly 21 includes post 21a connected by cross member 21b. Post 21a and cross member 21b are typically made from wood or other suit-able types of breakaway material. The types of material which may be satisfactorily used to manufacture posts with desired strength and/or breakaway characteristics appropriate for the specific guardrail system, location of each post and roadside hazard include but are not limited to wood, steel, composite materials and various types of plastics.

Various guardrail designs and end terminal assemblies have been developed to minimize consequences resulting

from impact between a vehicle and the end of a guardrail. These designs include tapering the end of the guardrail into the ground to eliminate potential contact with the end of the guardrail. Other types of end terminal assem-blies include breakaway cable terminals (BCT), slotted rail terminals (SRT), sequential kinking terminals (SKT), vehicle attenuating terminals (VAT), end terminal assem-blies (ET), flared end terminals (FET) including flared en-ergy absorbing terminals (FLEAT), the Sentre end treat-ment, and breakaway end terminals (BET).

Rope tension equalizer and load monitorPat. 8,162,110 U.S. class 187/393 Int. class B66B 1/34Inventor: Rory S, Smith, El Cajon, CA., Alan M. Parker, Descanso, CA., Chi Phan, San Marcos, CA.Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Capital Corporation, Troy, MI.

This patent presents an apparatus for automatically equalizing the uneven tension between ropes of an eleva-tor in combination with a load cell to determine elevator load. The load of an elevator car having multiple tension members is automatically balanced while load is mea-sured using a single load cell. The incorporation of a load cell with an autobalancing system allows for an accurate measure of an elevator load to be taken while providing the benefits of having uniform rope lengths in the elevator system. The apparatus may have various arrangements, including an in-line configuration and a grouped configu-ration. The apparatus may also dampen the vibration en-ergy that is usually imparted to an elevator car.

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continued from previous pageizing the tension of the ropes 2 and balancing an eleva-tor car 4 comprises an elevator car 4 and an apparatus 8 for equalizing the tension between the elevator ropes 2. Ropes 2 of the apparatus 8 are suspension ropes that may be coupled to terminations at the roof of a hoistway. Each rope 2 has a tension Ta, Tc, Te, and Tg. The sheave balancing apparatus 8 further comprises an upper sheave section 10 and a lower sheave section 20, where the upper sheave section 10 includes a plurality of sheaves 11 that are coupled to the ropes 2 through rope coupling members 3 and rods 40. For example, figure 15 shows four upper

sheaves P1, P3, P5, and P7. The lower sheave section 20 is supported by the elevator car 4 and includes a plural-ity of fixed sheaves 21 and a compensating rope 30 sup-porting section. For example, figure 15 shows three lower sheaves P2, P4, P6, and P8. Each lower sheave 21 may also have a tension Tb, Td, and Tf. The compensating rope 30 is aligned with the upper sheave section 10 and the lower sheave section 20 while being supported by the lower sheave section 20 such that each section T1-T8 of the compensating rope 30 has a uniform tension when the elevator car is loaded. The sheave apparatus 8 may be dis-tributed along the length of the roof of the elevator car 4

Figure 16: Isometric view of an alternative version of an apparatus for equalizing the tension between the ropes of an elevator system hav-ing grouped sheaves.

Figure 15: Schematic view of one version of an apparatus for equal-izing the tension between the ropes of an elevator system having in-line sheaves.

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to effectively balance eccentric loads. Versions of this rope tension equalizer 8 can accurately measure the load of the car 4, because all sections T1-T8 of the compensating rope 30 must share the same load.

In the illustrated version, ropes 2 are associated with the compensating rope 30 via the rope coupling members 3, rods 40, and the upper sheave section 10. In this posi-

tion, if a relative length difference occurs between ropes 2, or if there is an eccentric load in the elevator car 4, the compensating rope 30 is subject to uneven tension so that movement of the compensating rope 30 and rotation of sheaves 11, 21 may simultaneously occur, thereby com-pensating for the relative length difference or the uneven load. In one version, the relationship is such that even if a small amount of uneven tension occurs in the compensat-ing rope 30, the sheaves 11, 21 will carry out a balancing action regardless of an amount of load applied to the com-pensating rope 30.

It will be appreciated that the upper sheave section 10 and lower sheave section 20 may be aligned in any suit-able configuration such as a linear, circular or grouped pattern. Although not illustrated, it is also possible to align the movable sheaves 11 in two or three rows, or in a lozenge pattern, depending on an alignment of the fixed pulley sheaves 21.

Each rope 2 may be associated with a single sheave 11 of the upper sheave portion 10. Thus, each rope 2 may have a corresponding sheave 11 in the upper sheave sec-tion 10. A corresponding sheave 21 in the lower sheave section 20 may also be present for each rope 2. The rope tension equalizer apparatus 8 may be used with any suit-able number of ropes 2 and sheaves 11, 21 as will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art. In the illustrated version, each of the four ropes 2 is associated with a simple sheave 11 supporting a portion of the com-pensation rope 30. The compensation rope 30 is threaded through each sheave 11 of the upper sheave section 10 and each sheave 21 of the lower sheave section 20 such

Figure 17: Top plan view of the apparatus of figure 16.


continued from previous pagethat a single compensation rope 30 couples the elevator car 4 with the ropes 2. Compensation rope 30 has two free ends. One free end 50 of the compensation rope 30 is coupled with a load cell 35 and the other free end 52 is affixed to the elevator car 4.

When suspended in such a manner, gravitational forces acting on the elevator car 4 will cause the tension on the compensation rope 30 to evenly disperse amongst the por-tions of the rope T1-T8 between the upper sheave region 10 and lower sheave region 20. The equal distribution of the load results from the autobalancing of the system 1. A balancing of eccentric loads, in particular, may help to reduce the strain on elevator components and may im-prove rider comfort due to the minimization of transverse and longitudinal vibrations that can result from varying rope lengths. Vibrations may further be damped by the

use of an aramid or para-aramid fiber rope, such as a ma-terial made from long molecular chains produced from PPTA (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide) commonly known as Kevlar™, for the compensation rope 30. Ropes constructed from such materials have a natural damping effect that may further reduce vibration.

A load cell 35 may be positioned between one end of the compensation rope 30 and the elevator car 4. A load cell 35 is positioned at end 50 of the compensation rope 30. It will be appreciated that the load cell 35 may be placed anywhere along the length of the compensation rope 30. The section T1 of compensation rope 30 between the load cell 35 and the first sheave 11 of the upper sheave section 10 will, once the apparatus 8 is balanced, have the same tension as that applied to each of the sections T2-T8 of the compensation rope 30. Thus, the total load of the elevator car can be calculated by simply multiplying the load of the section T1 by the number of such sections present in the system.

For example, the uniformity of the autobalancing sys-tem 1 allows for an accurate load measurement to be taken with only a single load cell 35 at a terminus of the compensation rope 30. The load cell 35 can be associated with any suitable programmable processor to input the proper algorithm to ascertain load based upon the load

cell 35 measurement and the number of sheaves and rope sections. Thus, only a single load cell 35 may be neces-sary to measure the load of the elevator car 4. Addition-ally, because the autobalancing system 1 will account for eccentric loads, the load measurements may be more ac-curate than systems that utilize springs or take measure-ments from only a single location. Improved accuracy in load monitoring may help the system function more ef-fectively and efficiently in determining how to respond to hall calls, high traffic, and overloaded situations. By using this rope tension equalizer 8 the ride quality, rope life, sheave life, traction performance, and safety operation may be improved.

Figures 16-18 illustrate another particular embodiment of a rope tension equalizer. Whereas figure 15 displays an embodiment of a rope tension equalizer 8 having an in-line configuration, figures 16-18 show a rope tension equalizer 60 having a grouped configuration. In all other respects, the apparatus 60 may operate in the same or similar fashion to the apparatus 8 disclosed in figure 15. For example, the rope tension equalizer 60 of figures 16-18 comprises ropes 62, sheaves 64 and 66, and a compen-sation rope 70. Figures 17 and 18 show the structure of rope tension apparatus 60 without a compensation rope 70. It will be appreciated that any suitable arrangement, such as an in-line configuration or a grouped configura-tion, may be utilized in accordance with versions here-in. The particular configuration selected may depend on available space or other restrictions.

Figure 19 illustrates yet another particular embodiment of a rope tension equalizer. Whereas the previous embodi-ments employ a half sheave at the termination, figure 19 shows a rope tension equalizer 80 utilizing a full sheave 83 with bearing. In all other respects, the apparatus 80 may operate in the same or similar fashion to apparatuses 8 and 60 shown in figures 15-18 and described above. For example, the rope tension equalizer 80 of figure 19, com-prises a compensation rope 81, sheaves 86 and 83. In ad-dition, apparatus 80 further comprises a hitch plate 82 for mounting sheave 86, a termination 85 fixed to the end of rope 87, and a bracket, 84 for mounting sheave 83. It will be appreciated that any suitable arrangement, such as an in-line configuration or a grouped configuration, may be utilized in accordance with versions herein. The particu-lar configuration selected may depend on available space or other restrictions.

Figure 19: Isometric view of another version of an apparatus for equalizing the tension between the ropes of an elevator system using a full sheave.

Figure 18: Side view of the apparatus of figure 16.

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Wire rope flaw detectorPat. 8,164,329 U.S. class 324/240 Int. class G01N 27/82Inventor: Takashi Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP., Hiroshi Sasai, Tokyo, JP., Yoshinori Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP., Kimiyasu Furusawa, Tokyo, JP., Yukinobu Karata, Tokyo, JP.Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP.

A wire rope flaw detector comprises a back yoke and ex-citation permanent magnets, which form a main magnetic path in a predetermined section of a wire rope in the axial direction; a magnetic path member arranged in the pre-determined section to be magnetically insulated from the back yoke and the permanent magnets and making the leakage flux generated from a damaged part of wire rope detour to the outside of the wire rope; and a detection coil wound around the magnetic path member for detecting leakage flux. The amount of leakage flux can be increased by providing the magnetic path member and since the windable area of the detection coil is increased, the num-ber of turns of detection coil can be increased.

Figure 20 is a perspective view showing a wire rope flaw detector according to embodiment 1 of the present inven-tion, and figure 21 is a perspective view showing an ap-pearance of the wire rope flaw detector shown in figure 20, in a state where a guide plate 6 thereof is removed. In the drawings, a wire rope flaw detector 2 includes the guide plate 6 having a guiding groove 6a of an approximate U-shape so as to allow a wire rope 1 to run through (as indi-cated by A in the drawing). In the wire rope flaw detector 2 according to the present embodiment, a main magnetic path is formed, by a magnetizer, in a predetermined seg-ment along an axial direction of the running wire rope 1. In addition, the wire rope flaw detector 2 causes leakage

magnetic flux generated from a damaged portion of the wire rope 1 to detour through a magnetic path member 7 outside the wire rope 1, whereby the leakage magnetic flux is detected by a detection coil 8 wound around the magnetic path member 7.

The magnetizer of the wire rope flaw detector 2 is de-signed to generate the main magnetic path in the predeter-

mined segment along the axial direction of the wire rope 1, and includes a back yoke 3 made of a ferromagnetic mate-rial such as iron or the like, a pair of excitation permanent magnets 4a and 4b disposed on both ends of the back yoke 3 such that polarities thereof are opposite to each other, and pole pieces 5a and 5b made of a ferromagnetic mate-rial and disposed on pole faces of the respective permanent

Figure 20: Perspective view showing a wire rope flaw detector.


magnets 4a and 4b, the pole faces being the sides opposite to the back yoke 3. Each of the pole pieces 5a and 5b is of an approximate U-shape such that an upper surface there-of fits a curvature of an outer perimeter of the wire rope 1.

Further, auxiliary permanent magnets 16a and 16b are disposed on the permanent magnet 4a, and auxiliary per-manent magnets 16c and 16d are disposed on the perma-nent magnet 4b. As shown in figure 22, polarity directions of respective pairs of the auxiliary permanent magnets 16a and 16b, and 16c and 16d are set such that polarities of the respective pairs facing the center of the wire rope 1 are the same as those of the permanent magnets 4a and 4b, respectively. Accordingly, the magnetic flux inside the wire rope 1 is saturated uniformly, which contributes to an increase in local leakage magnetic flux.

The magnetic path member 7 is designed to cause the leakage magnetic flux generated from the damaged por-tion 10 of the wire rope 1 to detour around the wire rope

1, and is disposed between the pair of permanent magnets 4a and 4b, immediately underneath the guide plate 6. The magnetic path member 7 is made of a ferromagnetic material, and disposed on a supporting base 12, which is made of a non-magnetic material, so as to be magnetically insulated from the main magnetic path composed of the permanent magnets 4a and 4b, the pole pieces 5a and 5b, and the back yoke 3 (excluding the wire rope 1). Further, the magnetic path member 7 has a cross-section of an ap-proximate squared U-shape or of an approximate rounded U-shape in the case where the magnetic path member 7 is cut along a planar surface including a central axis of the wire rope 1, and is situated such that an opening portion of the cross-section faces the wire rope 1. Still further, the magnetic path member 7 is disposed so as to embrace the outer perimeter of the wire rope 1, and has a cross-sec-tion of an approximate U-shape, when the magnetic path member 7 is cut along a planar surface perpendicular to the central axis of the wire rope 1. The detection coil 8

to detect the leakage magnetic flux is wound around the magnetic path member 7.

The guide plate 6 is made of a non-magnetic material such as stainless steel or the like, and is disposed so as to substantially adhere to the U-shaped cross-sections of the pole pieces 5a and 5b, and of the magnetic path member 7. The guide plate 6 has a function of protecting the pole pieces 5a and 5b, the magnetic path member 7, and the detection coil 8, and also has a guiding function of allow-ing the wire rope 1 to run smoothly.

Figures 23 and 24 show a cross-sectional schematic view of the wire rope flaw detector without the magnetic path member 7, and shows a flow of magnetic flux when the damaged portion 10 of the wire rope passes near the de-tection coil 8. As shown in figure 23, main magnetic flux 9 generated from the permanent magnet 4a passes through

Figure 23: Cross-sectional schematic view of a wire rope flaw detector without a magnetic path member.

Figure 24: Second cross-sectional schematic view of a wire rope flaw detector without a magnetic path member.

Figure 22: Diagram showing a polarity direction of an auxiliary perma-nent magnet of a magnetizer.

Figure 21: Perspective view showing an appearance of the wire rope flaw detector, shown in figure 20, in a state where a guide plate is removed.



the wire rope 1, the permanent magnet 4b, and the back yoke 3, and then returns to the permanent magnet 4a. Local leakage magnetic flux 11 generated in the vicinity of the damaged portion 10 of the wire rope passes through the non-magnetic guide plate 6, the detection coil 8, and the non-magnetic supporting base 12, and returns to the wire rope 1. Therefore, the permeance of a magnetic path which the local leakage magnetic flux 11 passes along is low. As shown in figure 24, when the damaged portion 10 of the wire rope is situated inside the wire rope 1, the mag-netic flux preferentially passes along component wires at an outer side of the wire rope 1, and thus an amount of the leakage magnetic flux is small.

Pin changing device and methodPat. 8,176,611 U.S. class 29/281.5 Int. class B25B 27/14Inventor: Steven K. Waisanen, Big Bend, WI.Assignee: MHE Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE.

A pin removal assembly for use with an upper block of a crane includes a sheave support and a pin support. The upper block includes a frame, a plurality of sheaves, and a removable sheave pin that defines and axis of rota-tion for the sheaves and supports the sheaves within the frame. The pin removal assembly includes a sheave sup-port mountable to the frame of the upper block and a pin support mountable to the frame of the upper block. The pin support is configured to support the sheave pin when the sheave pin is removed from the upper block.

In figure 25, a crane 10 includes a trolley 16 that moves along girder rails 20 that sit atop a first girder 12 and a second girder 14. The first girder 12 and the second girder 14 translate along a main support beam B on one end and an additional support beam (not shown) parallel to beam 18 at an opposite end of the girders. The trolley 16 includes a drum 26 around which is wrapped two wire ropes 54, 56. As the drum 26 rotates and winds up the wire ropes 54, 56, a lower block 30 is lifted, as will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art. The lower block 30 includes a hook that can be used for lifting. However, the lower block 30 could include other configurations for lifting.

The translation of the trolley 16 along the first and second girders 12, 14 and the translation of the first and second girders 12, 14 along the main support beams 18 (only one of which is shown), allows the crane 10 to position the lower block 30 in virtually any location in a space in which the crane 10 is installed. The main support beam 18 is shown as a straight beam. As will be readily known to those of skill

in the art, the main support beam 18 may alternatively be curved to match the inside wall contours of a round building. For example, a polar crane similar to crane 10 may be used in a nuclear containment building that is built in a round configuration, in which case the main support beam 18 will be shaped in a circle instead of a straight line.

The wire ropes 54, 56 extend from the drum 26 to the lower block 30, which contains a plurality of sheaves (not shown) around which the wire ropes 54, 56 pass. From the lower block 30, the wire ropes 54, 56 extend to an up-per block 28 that also contains a plurality of sheaves (not shown). After reeving back and between the lower block 30 and upper block 28, as will be readily understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, the wire ropes 54, 56 end within the upper block 28.

Referring to figure 26, the upper block 28 includes an upper block frame 60, a plurality of sheaves 64 arranged within the frame 60, and a sheave pin 68 that supports the sheaves 64 within the frame 60. The frame 60 illustrated in figure 26 includes a plurality of vertical walls 72, with the two outermost support walls defining first and second sidewalls 72A and 72B. A horizontal top wall 76 extends across top surfaces of each wall 72 between the first and second sidewalls 72A, 72B. Each wall includes a hole (not shown) therethrough for receiving the sheave pin 68. As

will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art, in fur-ther embodiments of the upper block frame, other configu-rations are used, for example, fewer or more vertical walls are included and top or bottom walls are included.

The sheaves 64 are arranged and aligned in parallel within the upper block frame 60. Each sheave includes a hole 80, as shown in figure 27 therethrough for receiving the sheave pin 68. The sheave pin 68 defines an axis of ro-tation 84 for the sheaves 64 within the frame 60. Although seven sheaves 64 are shown in the embodiment, it will be

continued on next pageFigure 25: Perspective view of a crane including a trolley having an upper block.

Figure 27: Cross-sectional view of the pin removal assembly showing a sheave support of the pin removal assembly engaged with a sheave of the upper block.

Figure 26: Pin removal assembly that is connected to an upper block.

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readily apparent to those of skill in the art that fewer or more sheaves may be used in the upper block 28.

The upper block assembly 28 il-lustrated in figure 26 includes a pin removal assembly 90 releasably mounted to the upper block 28 for supporting the sheaves 64 and the up-per block 28 when the sheave pin 68 is removed from the upper block 28. The pin removal assembly 90 allows the sheave pin 68 to be removed and/or replaced from the upper block 28 without unreeving the wire ropes 54, 56 from the upper block sheaves 64 and sheaves (not shown) of the lower

block 30. Further, the pin removal as-sembly 90 allows the sheave pin 68 to be removed and reinstalled without removing the upper block sheaves 64. During use, the pin removal assembly 90 supports the sheaves 64 within the upper block frame 60 such that the sheave pin is removable from the up-per block 28 without unreeving and re-reeving the wire ropes 54, 56 or removing the upper block sheaves 64.

In the illustrated embodiment, the pin removal assembly 90 includes a first support bracket 94, a second sup-port bracket 98, a sheave support 102 for supporting the sheaves 64 and a pin support 106 for supporting the sheave pin 68 when the sheave pin 68 is removed from the upper block 28. The first and second support brackets 94, 98 are attached to the first and second sidewalls 72A, 72B, respec-tively, of the upper block frame 60. The support brackets 94, 98 are either permanently attached or removably attached to the sidewalls 72A, 72B. The sheave support 102 is releasably mounted to the first support bracket 94 and pin support 106 is releasably mounted to the second support brack-et 98. In another embodiment, the sheave support 102 and the pin sup-

port 106 are releasably mounted to the upper block frame 60 directly. In still another embodiment, the upper block frame 60 includes keeper plates to which the sheave support 102 and the pin support 106 attach.

In the illustrated embodiment, the sheave support 102 includes a verti-cal support arm 110 and a base por-tion 114. The support arm 110 of the sheave support 102 is mounted at one end to the first support bracket 94. The base portion 114, or beam, is attached to the other end of the sup-port arm 110 and extends substan-tially perpendicular to the support arm 110. A plurality of wedges 118, or V-shaped supports, are attached to the base position 114 of the sheave support 102. As shown in figure 27, each wedge 118 is configured to sup-port one sheave 64 when the pin re-moval assembly 90 is in use. Each wedge 118 is vertically adjusted with a screw (not shown) to position the wedge 118 to support a sheave 64. In a further embodiment, each wedge, or support, is configured to support more than one sheave. Further, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the wedge may be com-prised of one or two pieces. WRN



Joseph A. Carrabba elected new AISI chairman

The Board of Directors of the Ameri-can Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has elected Joseph A. Carrabba, chairman, president and CEO of Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., to serve as chairman of the Institute until May of 2013.

“We welcome Joe’s leadership dur-ing a pivotal period for the North American steel industry,” AISI Presi-dent and CEO Thomas J. Gibson said. “Joe brings extensive advocacy skills and a breadth of industry insight and understanding of the global market-place that will strengthen our issue advocacy to the benefit of AISI and our members.”

William Harbine HagenbuchAge 93 of Beavercreek, died

Thursday, May 24, 2012 at home.Bill volunteered with the Art In-

stitute and Cincinnati Zoo Safari Club; was president of the Greene County Red Cross; was a long-time member of Xenia Rotary; and was president and 16-year member of the Beavercreek School Board. In 1947 he joined the Engineers Club of Dayton and remained a lifelong member, earning the 2005 Deeds-Kettering Award for his ambassa-dorship, financial contributions, and endless curiosity. Bill continued to live to the fullest after retirement in 1986, becoming an early adopter of the Macintosh computer and mem-ber of the local user group.

In 1988 he co-founded the Bea-ver Creek Wetlands Association to protect the local wetlands corridor. He served as its first president and donated two properties, the Zim-merman Prairie and Hagenbuch Reserve.

He read widely in history and sci-ence and was an accomplished pho-

William Harbine Hagenbuch

tographer with a catalog of over 30,000 slides. His favorite photo of a giraffe at sunset was published on the cover of the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1965. Trav-els with Grace and family and friends

took them to Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Australia, Indonesia and much of the U.S.

After Grace died in 2003, Bill con-tinued to “see and be seen” with the help of his four daughters and many friends. Bill was a great storyteller, and in 2008 he narrated and starred in the documentary film Ropewalk: A Cordage Engineer’s Journey through History.

Bill was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Grace Horner Hagenbuch. He is survived by four daughters, Susan Martin Davidson of Los Angeles, Bonnie Martin Gor-don of Portland, Oregon, Christine Martin of Beavercreek, and Kate Hagenbuch of Oakwood; and grand-children Pamela Gordon Waldman and Jack Gordon.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions in memory of Bill Hagenbuch to any of: Beaver Creek Wetlands Association, Engineers Club of Dayton Founda-tion, Hospice of Dayton.

“Come safe home.”

turn them into opportunities,” Carra-bba said. “I believe the steel industry can continue to help lead the economy out of recession. We see this in how the industry is serving demand in the growing energy sector, including ex-pansion of the domestic shale plays; by the strong reception for new advanced high strength steel in the automotive industry; and in the industry’s signifi-cant jobs multiplier impact, with every one job supporting seven jobs in other sectors. I look forward to working with AISI and our member companies in ad-vocating for policies that strongly sup-port the competitiveness of America’s dynamic steel industry.”

warp line, which is proudly manufac-tured in America, will make a signifi-cant contribution towards lowering fuel costs, as well as improving the overall efficiency of our customer’s op-erations.”

Samson’s new TS-II Turbo trawl warp line is the new wireless alterna-tive that follows in the tradition set by the TS-II product offering where its light weight construction and ease of use has proven to be beneficial.

About Samson:For over 130 years, Samson has been

recognized as a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of high-performance ropes. Among its many in-novations, Samson invented the double braid and pioneered the first high modu-lus polyethylene fiber ropes. Today, Sam-son engineers continue to pioneer the use of new fiber technology and the develop-ment of innovative coatings and construc-tions to produce ropes with unprecedent-

ed performance characteristics. Samson’s research and development team is meet-ing an ever expanding market need for products with exceptional performance in critical applications. Samson is part of Wind River Holdings™ portfolio of oper-ating companies. For more information about Wind River Holdings™ visit www.windriverholdings.com.

To find out more about Samson call 360.384.4669 or visit our website: www.samsonrope.com.

The appointment was made today by the AISI board during the Institute’s 120th General Meeting being held this week at the Hyatt Regency Chesa-peake Bay in Cambridge, Maryland.

In his role as chairman, Mr. Car-rabba will lead AISI’s advocacy ef-forts as the steel industry seeks to strengthen pro-manufacturing public policies that will enhance the com-petitiveness of the North American steel industry. He previously served as chairman of the Institute’s Policy and Planning Committee, as well as its Finance Committee.

“I’m pleased to serve as chairman of AISI at a time when we need to take hold of the challenges before us and

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LLC, welcomes James Finn as area director of its western region. In this role, Finn will lead branch sales and operations execution for the company’s Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Dallas, Denver and Vancouver, BC operation centers.

Most recently, Mr. Finn served as Vice President, Global Parts and Service with Stolle Machinery. He also had a role as Vice President, Aftermarket Strategy and Business Development for the company. In ad-dition, he held general management roles with ThyssenKrupp Elevator and Otis Elevator. At Balfour Be-atty USA, Finn served in a number of roles including Division President and Director, Corporate Planning and Development.

Mr. Finn holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of En-gineering from University College, Dublin, Ireland. Additionally, Finn is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Chartered Member of Engineers Ireland.

“With global operations responsibil-ity at industrial companies serving marine, oil exploration, infrastructure, construction, facilities management, elevator and building controls end markets, Jim brings a broad perspec-tive to our sales and operations func-tions in putting our customers to work at height safely,” comments John Soti-roff, vice president Spider Sales and Distribution. “Jim is highly committed to service optimization and sustained customer experience improvement. As such, I am confident that our teams and customers will greatly benefit from Jim’s background and dedication to excellence.”

sity Board of Trustees and KeyCorp.Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. is

an international mining and natural resources company. A member of the S&P 500 Index, the Company is a major global iron ore producer and a significant producer of high- and low-volatile metallurgical coal. Cliffs’ strategy is to continually achieve greater scale and diversification in the mining industry through a focus on serving the world’s largest and fastest growing steel markets. Driven by the core values of social, environmental and capital stewardship, Cliffs associates across the globe endeavor to provide all stakeholders operating and financial transparency. Cliffs operates iron ore and coal mines in North America and two iron ore mining complexes in Western Australia. The Company also has a 45% economic interest in a coking and thermal coal mine in Queensland, Australia. In addition, Cliffs has a major chromite project, in the feasibility stage of development, located in Ontario, Canada.

Spider hires James Finn as area director - West

Spider, a division of SafeWorks,

Joseph A. Carrabba joined Cliffs in April 2005 as president and chief op-erating officer. He assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of the company in September 2006, and was elected chairman of the Board of Directors in May 2007.

Carrabba joined Cliffs from Rio Tinto, a global mining company, where he served for 22 years in a va-riety of leadership capacities at loca-tions worldwide including the Unit-ed States, Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe. Before relocating to Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mines, Inc., in Canada’s Northwest Territory, where he served most recently as president and chief operating officer, he spear-headed the development and success-ful implementation of Rio Tinto’s Six Sigma initiative at its bauxite mining operation in Australia.

A native of Ohio, Carrabba earned his bachelor’s degree in geology from Capital University and his MBA from Frostburg State University in Mary-land. In addition to his role as Chair-man of AISI, he is a Director of the Na-tional Mining Association, Newmont Mining Corporation, Cleveland’s Great Lakes Science Center, Capital Univer-

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Accutech .......................................................65

All Material Handling .................................61, 65

Allied Power Products ....................................33

Associated Wire Rope & Rigging, Inc. ..13, 36, 48

Buffalo Lifting and Testing ..............................60

Cableway Technical Services ..........................73

Caldwell Company, Inc. ......................12, 24, 76

Chant Engineering Co., Inc. ............................31

Chicago Hardware ..........................................37

The Crosby Group ................................2, 15, 49

Distributor Computer Systems ........................61

Downs Crane & Hoist Co., Inc. .......................63

Elite Sales ......................................................19

Engineered Lifting Tech ..................................54

Esco Corporation ...........................................20

Esmet ............................................................26

Gaylin International Co. Pte. Ltd. .....................75

Ken Forging, Inc. ............................................40

KWS, Inc. .......................................................53

Lincoln Hoist ....................................................9

Miller Products ...........................................5, 27

Morse-Starrett Products Co. ...........................51

My-te .............................................................54

New England Ropes .......................................62

C.S. Osborne & Co. ........................................63

Peerless .........................................................35

Pewag ...........................................................43

Premier Wire Rope ...........................................4

Quality Marine ................................................18

Ropewalk .......................................................58

Rud Chain, Inc. ..............................................47

Sea Catch ......................................................68

Slingmax Rigging Products ...............................3

Slinguard Protectors .......................................70

Southern Weaving Company ..........................17

Southern Wire ................................................45

Strider~Resource ......................................6, 41

Suncor Stainless, Inc. .............................. 38-39

Taylor Chain Company ...................................68

Terrier Lifting Clamps .....................................25

Van Beest BV .................................................21

Vanguard Steel, Ltd. .......................................23

Wichard, Inc. .................................................57

Windy Ridge Corporation ................................53

Wirop Industrial Co., Ltd. ................................29

Yale Cordage ..................................................34

Yoke Industrial Corp. ......................................11


HELP WANTEDFast growing Billings Montana industrial

supply and rigging shop seeks experienced rigger and wire rope assembler. Must be fa-miliar with all aspects of rigging shop opera-tions. Email resume to [email protected].

Looking for an outside sales person for wire rope shop and fall protection company. Email resume to [email protected] or email [email protected].

Seeking to fill and inside customer service/sales position with at least 3 years in wire rope and rigging hardware sales experience, aggressive and good communication skill, hard working with integrity. Our company is located in Southern California and has been in business for 15 years. We offer a competi-tive salary plus commission. Please fax re-sume to (909) 548-2884.

Established wire rope distributor in the Mid-Atlantic area is looking for an exp. out-side sales representative to cover the Gulf Coast area. Strong background in cranes and wire ropes preferred. Ideal candidate has the ability to establish accounts and build strong business relationships.

Excellent base and commission, comp. ve-hicle and benefits. Submit qualifications to: [email protected].

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POSITION AVAILABLEOutside Sales Representative:If you are an outgoing, positive and mo-

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Our Outside Sales Representative is re-sponsible for the growth of selected existing accounts and the establishment of new ac-counts in the New York City Metro Market and surrounding areas.

Requirements: Applicants should have sales experience in the rigging industry. A familiarity with computer software applica-tions such as MS Word and Excel. This per-son must be a highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic and high level of in-tegrity. Knowledge of the NYC metro market a must. A college degree and experience in the wire rope, chain and rigging industries are definite advantages.

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Inside wire rope sales representative:90+ year family owned business is looking

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Please reply to: Attention: Cherise, Rasmus-sen Wire Rope and Rigging Co. Inc. 415 south Cloverdale Street, P.O. Box 81206 Seattle, WA 98108, Phone: 206-762-3700, Fax: 206-762-5003, email: Cherise [email protected].

Southern Wire, a leading wholesaler/dis-tributor of wire rope, slings, chain, and fit-tings is expanding sales force in other parts of the US. We are seeking Outside Sales Ter-ritory Managers for the Northwestern and Northeastern areas of the US.

We offer a competitive base salary and commission program. Our excellent benefits package includes medical, dental, life, dis-ability, paid vacation, vehicle allowance, and 401K. Please visit company website: www.houwire.com.

College degree preferred - Industry knowl-edge necessary. Send resume in confidence to: [email protected] or Fax# 662-893-4732 *No calls please*.

Company: Nelson Wire Rope CorporationDescription: Established in 1979 in Hat-

field, Pa, Nelson Wire Rope Corporation is a leader in wire rope fabrication and product distribution. We offer a wide array of prod-ucts for the lifting, towing, construction, traf-fic control and other industries.

Location: Hatfield, PAEmployee Type: FulltimeIndustry: Manufacturing, Wire Rope and

Sling IndustryJob Title: Outside-Inside SalesRequired Education: Industry experience,

degree preferred Required Travel: Frequent Day TripsOther: Local Candidates OnlyInterested candidates should Email re-

sume to: [email protected]. Job Duties and Responsibilities:• Aggressively identifies and contacts pro-

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• Provide inside customer service and sales. Skills and Qualifications:• Excellent customer service skills; strong

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• Effective time management, organiza-tion and multi-tasking skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.Education and Experience: • Minimum of three (3) years experience

in an Outside sales role, and five (5) years experience in Inside Sales/Customer Service experience.

• Knowledge of wire rope, crane cable, rig-ging, construction or related industry.

Sales and Marketing Manager.Leading manufacturer of stainless steel

wire and specialty cable products has an opening for a Sales & Marketing Manager. This role coordinates all sales and market-ing activities across multiple product lines, providing accurate, fact-based information for active and potential markets, and imple-

menting sales and marketing strategies to meet corporate objectives. Requirements: BS Marketing or related Business degree; 5+ years experience in a marketing and sales environment developing corporate image or brand identity (preferably B to B); 5+ years managing sales and marketing personnel; experience working with ERP software and CRM platforms; energetic, quick thinker, solid understanding of sales and marketing fundamentals; experience in aerospace and medical markets a plus. Please reply to: Box 11-05, c/o Wire Rope News & Sling Technol-ogy, P.O. Box 871, Clark, NJ 07066.

Certified Slings & Supply, Florida’s largest family owned rigging, contractor and industri-al supply company is seeking experienced sales representatives for our Florida territories.

The suitable candidate will be aggressive and detail-oriented with experience in sell-ing overhead lifting, load securement and fall protection equipment along with other contractor supplies and have a proven suc-cessful sales history.

Our 53-year family-owned company pro-vides excellent benefits to our team members including medical insurance, holiday and va-cation pay and 401(k) with company match.

If you share our core values and the ex-perience we are looking for we look forward to hearing from you. Email your resume and salary requirements to Attention Team Member Relations at [email protected] or fax to 407-260-9196.

Our Purpose: To grow through challenge and opportunity ‘with passion’ while benefit-ing team members, customers and vendors. Our Core Values: Service, Quality, Team, Commitment, Communication, Integrity, Respect. Our Mission: We will be the most trusted and respected company in rigging, overhead lifting, load securement and con-tractor supplies in the world. Please visit our website at www.certifiedslings.com. EOE/AA/MFDV. Drug Free Workplace – Drug testing required. Florida Locations include: Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort My-ers, Tampa and Ocala

Experienced Regional Sales Manager wanted for KWS Inc., member of the THIELE GmbH & Co. KG.-group.

KWS Inc. is expanding in the USA and Canada markets. Candidate must have a strong understanding of overhead lifting equipment, chains, slings, hooks and acces-sories. A strong sales experience is a must. Candidate must also have basic computer skills that include Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint.

KWS Inc. offers a competitive salary, prof-it sharing and many other benefits. Please email resume to THIELE Germany, Mr. En-rique Bermejo, Sales Director Lifting Depart-ment, Germany; Email: [email protected].

Leading manufacturer of below the hook lifting devices seeks a mechanical engineer who has experience with designing below the hook lifters. Experience with motorized control systems is a plus. Excellent working environment, compensation and schedule all in a fantastic, southern coastal area! Please send resume to Tandemloc, 824 Highway 101, Havelock, NC 28532, [email protected] or call 252-463-8113.

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lish goals and achieve desired results. Com-puter literate, minimal travel. Salesforce knowledge a plus. Competitive salary and benefits. Reply to box 11-4, care of Wire Rope News, 511 Colonia Blvd., Colonia, NJ 07067.

Fabrication manager/customer service. Work in a family oriented business with an opportunity to earn part ownership. Need someone 35-55+ years old who started at the bottom and looking to finish at the top. Need hands on splicing experience, lifting rigging experience, test bed knowledge, able to direct small growing crew. Basic comput-er knowledge. Willing to train and mentor young employees. Top wages and benefits for the right individual. Problem solver that our customers can depend on. Honesty and integrity a must. Call Chuck Farmer, Presi-dent, Rouster Wire Rope and Rigging, Inc., 304-228-3722, in confidence.

Outside Sales Representative needed for well established family owned business in Nashville, TN. Contractors & Industrial Sup-ply Co., Inc. founded in 1970 is a distributor of wire rope, rigging hardware, chain and related industry products is expanding our sales team. The qualified individual will pos-sess industry knowledge and the ability to develop new accounts and maintain existing. We offer a competitive base salary plus com-mission and an outstanding benefits pack-age. If qualified, please email your resume with salary history to [email protected].

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Former Division-Product Manager, Re-gional Outside Sales Manager desires south-east territory to manage and solicit accounts in the wire rope, chain, fittings, and related industries. Over 25 years experience includ-ing District Manager, Bethlehem Wire Rope, Regional Manager, Wire Rope Ind Product Manager, Rud Chain, Inc. Interested parties

reply to M.E. (Mike) Givens [email protected], ph 256-476-7700.

REPS WANTEDSunwood Inc., manufacturer of nets, slings,

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Sales rep wanted for an established man-ufacturer of labels and sling tags. We are looking for a sales rep that currently calls on sling makers and rigging companies and is familiar with the business. Etiflex is a reg-istered trademark and manufactures custom sling tags for synthetic and wire rope slings and has an excellent reputation in the field. We advertise in trade journals and exhibit at industry shows to generate brand aware-ness. Please contact us at [email protected] or call 866-ETIFLEX for information.

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tatives) is looking for rigging related lines to compliment the manufacturers we currently represent. If you need sales people in any of our states (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA) please contact. We also have 2 regional warehouses available in the At-lanta area & Houston. e-mail: johng@merit-salesinc. com or call Johnny at 713-664-7723.

EQUIPMENT WANTEDWanted: Used test stand for manual hoists

static testing, up to 10-tons. Contact John Gideon at [email protected] or Phone 770-266-5700.

Wanted 600t wire rope swaging press com-plete with dies in good order, please contact [email protected], or Tele 0064 3 366 1528.

Wanted: used wire rope cable, sizes 1-1/8”, 1”, and 7/8”. Please call for pricing. (740) 452-5770.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICESDragline range & depth extended using grav-ity return. Contact Nielsen by fax for details (fax) 904-342-0547

FOR SALE“Nets & slings” equipment (used) are of-

fered at bargain prices (best offer will take it): Singer- 6 Sewing machines H.D. w/benches. Kiwi- Web printing machine, com-plete set-up. Tinius Olsen- Testing machine 60K. Call us at 954-788-7144 or e-mail: [email protected].

3/16" Campbell Chain L3x51 Links- Zinc; 3200 pieces 48" with 5/16" S Hook; 1100 piec-es 15" with 5/16"x2.5" O ring; In NC. Best Offer [email protected], 800-342-9130 x 124, Andy.

New wire rope with galvanized fin-ish, 8 x19, Seale, fiber core, traction grade (1180/1770 N/mm²), right regular lay: 1/2” di-ameter, 14,900 lbs breaking load, .36 lbs/foot net weight, 25,000 feet; 5/8” diameter, 23,700 lbs breaking load, .58 lbs/foot, 16,489 feet. Contact Draka Elevator Products at 1-877-372-5237 for pricing.

New wire rope 1-1/8” drill line 5000 ft. 6x195 BR RR IFWV $30,000 Aud & freight. Reply to Brayd Gross, Alpha Rigging SEr-vice, 11-13 Gerberte Court, Wurruk, Victoria, Australia, 3850. Phone 0011+61351461088. Email: [email protected].

Crosby 7/8” G213 LPA shackles. NEW! 205 pieces available. Contact Gary Lee @ 1-800-844-3517. Fax 251-456-8860.

Impacto Cable cutters and parts available from Windy Ridge Corp. Tamworth, NH, USA. 800-639-2021. Fax 603-323-2322.

WIRE ROPE FOR SALENew Wireco: 6 X 26 construction, 7/8” X

5,700’ - 1” X 1,000’ ¾” X 3,500 – 5/8” X 3,000’ – 1-3/8” X 1,350’ – 1-3/8” X 1,500” – 7/16” X 5,000’ – 1” X 300. All New.

Also available: new assorted Esco shaclkes. Call Tom at 541-378-7006 for pricing and details.

HARDWARE FOR SALEOverstocked inventory for sale, 1-3/8”

Shackle, WLL 13½ ton, galvanized, round pin, import. Super savings. Sold in minimum lots of 50 at $9 each. Eric Parkerson, Certi-fied Slings, 407-331-6677.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALENational swage 1000 ton press. Excellent

condition, including most dies up to two inch, $110,000. Barry, Bilco Wire Rope & Sup-ply Corp., 908-351-7800 or [email protected].

1-800 ton Esco, 1-500 ton National, 1-500 ton Esco, 1-350 Esco. 713-641-1552.

150 ton, Wirop C-type hydraulic swaging ma-chine for sale. Brand new, with 4 sets of dies. $19,500 or B/O. Call Oscar at 909-548-2884.

Wire Rope Grips for proof test machines. Sizes: 1-1/2”, 2”, 2-1/2”. Load cells & digital read-outs also available. Call Joe Roberts (912) 964-9465.

Prooftesters for sale. Capacities from 20,000 lbs. to 3,000,000 lbs. Call Joe Roberts (912) 964-9465.


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