Engineering

This category covers all areas of the company where engineering work is required to develop, manufacture, and commission a new product. Service and all testing services for existing systems and equipment also fall within this responsible area.

Here you will find an overview of our services in the field of engineering. For more information on the individual services, please click on the respective terms.

Static calculations
  • Structural analysis for single-span or multi-span crane runways
  • Structural analysis for monorails
  • Structural analysis for crane gantries
  • Structural analysis for cantilever girders
  • Structural analysis for increasing the load-lifting capacity of a crane bridge
Designs
  • According to customer requirements/customer orders
  • In connection with our own order processing
  • Special lifting equipment
  • Special cranes
Repairs and Modifications
  • Electrical: Troubleshooting, repairs, if necessary, installation/replacement of spare parts Mechanics: Determine repair options, install original spare parts, or manufacture custom spare parts based on samples
  • Hoists: Replace brakes, rope guides, chain guides, ropes, and load chains, and replace trolleys
  • Power supplies: Replace cable trolleys, flat and round cables, C-rails, and conductor rails if necessary
  • Conversion of crane systems: From cabin to floor control or from floor to radio remote control
  • Control systems: Convert from direct to contactor control
Maintenance

Maintenance work is generally carried out according to the manufacturer's specifications and is outside of the scope of annual accident prevention (UVV) inspections and testing.

  • According to customer requirements: Lubrication and adjustment of wheels, drums, and rollers

  • According to customer requirements: Refilling oil, adjusting brakes and slip clutches According to customer requirements: Lubricating locking mechanisms and rods

Service
  • 24-hour on-call service for our shore facilities, ship and engine room cranes or by email
Periodic Inspections

They are generally performed once a year, but at the latest every 12 months.

  • Cranes according to DGUV V52
  • Winches, lifting and pulling devices according to DGUV V54
  • Determination of the used portion of the theoretical service life of hoists
  • Slings and load-handling devices according to DGUV R109-017
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE) according to DGUV R118-198
  • Storage facilities (racks) according to DGUV Info 208-061, DIN EN 15 635
  • Power-operated doors and gates according to ASR A1.7, DGUV Info 208-022
Initial Commissioning/Acceptance Tests
  • as an inspection or during commissioning by experts (qualified persons according to the BetrSichV) for hoists and cranes (up to 1000 kg)
  • after significant modifications or as an initial inspection during commissioning by a crane expert engineer
Cranes
  • Single girder overhead travelling cranes
  • Double girder overhead travelling cranes
  • Gantry cranes
  • Wall-mounted jib cranes
  • Pillar-mounted jib cranes
  • Slewing cranes
  • Engine room cranes
  • Truck-mounted and attachment cranes
  • Special-purpose cranes
  • Cantilever overhead travelling cranes
Load Handling Equipment
  • Chain Interlocking Suspension Devices (CID) www.kev-germany.com
    • Classic Line
      • 4,0 x 12,0 mm
      • 5,0 x 15,0 mm
      • 6,0 x 18,0 mm
      • 7,0 x 21,0 mm
      • 7,0 x 22,0 mm
      • 7,7 x 21,5 mm
      • 8,0 x 24,0 mm
      • 9,0 x 27,0 mm
    • Universal 1
      • 4,0 x 12,0 mm Inset
      • 5,0 x 15,0 mm Inset
      • 6,0 x 18,0 mm Inset
    • Universal 2
      • 7,0 x 21,0 mm Inset
      • 7,0 x 22,0 mm Inset
      • 7,4 x 21,2 mm Inset
      • 7,7 x 21,5 mm Inset
      • 8,0 x 24,0 mm Inset
      • 9,0 x 27,0 mm Inset
  • Box section and steel profile load beams
  • Tubular spreaders
  • Magnetic spreaders
  • Spreader beams
  • Grabs (also bucket grabs for bulk materials)
  • Special load spreaders
  • Vacuum spreaders
Work Equipment
  • Shelves
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE) (except height safety devices)
  • Liftable access devices
Turned and Milled Parts
  • Special hexagon nuts with long shaft
  • Hexagon nuts with recess
  • Drive shafts with keyway and/or toothing
  • Special crane wheels
  • Centering pins for nacelle assembly
  • Centering pins for rotor hub assembly
  • Assembling bolts for tower
Special Designs
  • Rotor locks for blade position in the six o'clock position
  • Segment feed systems for tunnel boring machines
  • Shell-section beams
  • 1/2 and 1/3 shell transport beams
Test Benches
  • Test bench for hydrogen storage for watercraft / vessel
  • Test bench for large seals for gravity storage systems