Konecranes Enters the Picture, Resolves Months-Long Problem in a Week
Konecranes Enters the Picture, Resolves Months-Long Problem in a Week
1 PagesKONECRANES ENTERS THE PICTURE, RESOL VES MONTHS-LONG PROBLEM IN A WEEK AN OUT-OF-REACH TASK? For several months, maintenance workers lugged heavy equipment–torch cutters, welders and replacement parts–up three 20-foot flights of stairs to the platform where they performed routine service on one of the furnaces their company uses to process fiberglass. The 160-foot-high hoist that once raised and lowered the equipment was broken. The Amarillo, Texas, company’s crane service provider promised to replace it. But the maintenance workers kept trudging up and down the stairs day after day. A series of facility renovations had left the hoist in a tough spot to reach. The crane service provider had, apparently, given up on it. PUTTING RESOLVE AND RESOURCES TO WORK Then enters Dave Jasp
