KONECRANES HELPS RAIL CAR MAKER GET BACK ON TRACK AFTER SLOW DOWN The U.S. offshore drilling boom in 2010 fueled a renewed demand for rail tank cars to transport oil and gas. And this boom gained Konecranes a contract to conduct crane maintenance audits at three tank car manufacturing plants that a rail car maker shut down in 2008 after the Great Recession put the brakes on rail transport and tank car orders. CAPACITY OVERLOAD The manufacturer decided to reopen the plants after securing a major tank car contract, and wanted to make certain the cranes were in good operating order. Konecranes’ audits in two of the plants found that each had a 110-amp runway conductor bar serving four cranes with a combined amperage draw exceeding the bars’ allowable load. Chad Rooney, Konecranes s

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