Capabilities Statement

American Crane & Equipment Corporation (ACECO) is a privately held international material handling company with locations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, USA.

Locations:

• Corporate Headquarters – Douglassville, PA
  • Approximately 200,000 square feet
• Service, Parts and Standard Crane Division – Douglassville, PA
  • 20,000 square feet
• Manufacturing Support Division – Essington, PA
  • Over 100,000 square feet

Capabilities

Products and Services

• Custom Cranes and Material Handling Equipment for most applications including Nuclear, Aerospace, Explosion Proof, and Single Failure
• Standard Pre-Engineered Industrial Cranes
• Full Line of Industrial Hoists
• Specialized Equipment including Bridge Maintenance Travelers
• Below the Hook Lift Beams and Grapples
• Field Service Support

Crane and Hoist Types

• Single and Double Girder
• Gantry
• Stacker
• Jib Cranes, Wall, and Base Mounted
• Monorail and Base Mounted Hoists

Engineering

• Mechanical and Machine Design
• Structural Design and Analyses
• Dynamic Modeling and Seismic
• Failure Modes and Effects Analyses
• AutoCad, MathCad, Solidworks, SAP200, and ANSYS
• Complete Control System Design
• Remote Systems
• Automated Systems
• Software Development including Real Time Graphics
• Complete Licensing Success with NRC
• Support for 50.59 Evaluations

Manufacturing

• State-of-the-Art Material Preparation
• Certified Welders per AWS D1.1 / AWS D14.1
• Certified Welders per CSA W47.1
• Electrical Panel  Shop
• UL508 Certified Panel
• Machine Shop with CNC Capability

Service

• Load testing up to 200 Tons
• On-site Support
• Product Support
• Outage Support
• Retrofit, and Upgrades
• Inspections
• Resident Technicians for Continuous Site Support

Spare Parts

• Dedicated Spare Parts Group
• Parts available for ACECO (American Crane) Cranes
• Authorized Distributor of AL-Vac, Budgit, CM, CMCO, Chester Hoist, Coffing, Gorbel, Little Mule, Munck, SAFLIFT, Shaw-Box, YALE & more
• Authorized Stocking Parts Distributor for Columbus McKinnon
• Custom Fabrication for UniqueParts
• Nuclear Safety Related Crane Parts
• Engineering Support
• In-house Machining

Training

• Safety Training
• Operator and Maintenance Training
• Custom Programs

Quality Assurance

• Mature 10 CRF 50 Appendix B/NQA-1 Quality Program for Nuclear Projects
• Welding Controlled to AWS D1.5 or D14.1
• SNT-TC-1A Qualified NDT Personnel
• Graded Quality Controls based on Customers’ Requirements