CASE STUDY INDUSTRIAL CRANES PORT CRANES HEAVY-DUTY LIFT TRUCKS SERVICE MACHINE TOOL SERVICE NUCLEAR CRANES A subsidiary of KTH Parts Industries, Inc., Kalida Manufacturing is a tier-one supplier to major automotive OEMs. The 460,000-square-foot Kalida plant, which stamps and welds automotive frame components, is one of four KTH facilities in North America. OVERWORKED CRANE Kalida Manufacturing suspected that a 10-ton overhead crane used to change stamping dies was being used beyond its duty classification. About every other month the hoist motor required rewinding and the hoist brake had to be replaced. Eventually the company decided to replace the crane and buy an additional new 10-ton crane from Konecranes, Kalida’s crane service provider for five years. Josh Stover of

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