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Single Failure-Proof Crane: 5 Facts Nuclear & DOE Facilities Must Know
"Single failure-proof" sounds like a promise that nothing will ever break. It's actually a specific engineering objective: no credible failure of a single component can cause an uncontrolled lowering or loss of the load. The term describes how the lifting system...
5 Things That Make a Crane “Mission Critical” for Defense and Government Facilities
A mission critical crane is expected to perform reliably every time, with no room for downtime The difference lies in what happens when something goes wrong. In a typical plant, when an overhead crane goes down it means a bad afternoon that ends in a call to...
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning: 4 Surprising Things That Happen to the Equipment
Nuclear plant decommissioning doesn't mean every crane and hoist automatically heads for the scrapyard. Some can be decontaminated and put back to work, others refurbished with updated components, and some retired for good. The call depends on radiological condition,...
Buy Crane and Hoist Parts Online: 12 Reliable Product Lines in Our New ACECO Store
Stop Hunting for Crane & Hoist Parts, Find Them All in the New ACECO Store When an overhead crane goes down, nobody wants to spend the next three hours hunting through outdated catalogs, comparing part numbers across multiple websites, or wondering if they're...
Attract Crane Technicians: 4 Proven Ways to Win Talent in 2026
The math is unforgiving, and it's making it harder than ever to attract crane technicians. For every five trades workers retiring, only two are entering the field. In the crane industry specifically, more than 28,000 industrial positions sat unfilled in 2024 and the...
Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning: The Complete 5-Step Safety Process
Nuclear power plant decommissioning is not a conventional demolition job. Instead, it's a carefully planned, NRC-regulated process involving defueling, decontamination, major dismantlement, waste packaging, and final site release, with specialized cranes and material...
Nuclear Workforce Skills in Demand Through 2030
The last time America built nuclear plants at scale, the workers who learned the trade on those job sites are now retiring. The industry kept their expertise for decades. It won’t be able to keep it much longer. In our 50+ years supplying nuclear facilities, we've...
Essential Cleanroom Crane Guide for Semiconductor Manufacturers
A semiconductor wafer can be worth thousands of dollars before it becomes the chip inside a smartphone, vehicle, or medical device. That is is why choosing the right cleanroom crane matters as much as choosing the right equipment for the cleanroom itself. That’s why...
When History Rolls Through Town
Most pieces of history sit quietly behind glass. This one announces itself with a whistle you can hear for miles. On July 2, Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014 will make a brief whistle stop in Pottstown, giving our community the chance to see the world's...