Oct 2013
Air casters make it easy to move heavy machines and equipment without damaging floors. Moving heavy loads on wheeled casters or rollers, either routinely as part of production or just once in a while for maintenance or cleaning, can damage floors. Wheeled casters can wear grooves in concrete and epoxy floors, and moderately heavy loads […]
Jul 2009
This excerpt was originally presented to the ASME at POWER 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information or a to see the paper, visit www.asme.org and search for POWER2009-81184. ABSTRACT Power plants originally designed to be decommissioned at 20-30 years are extending their service life by removing/replacing major power plant components. This requirement is […]
Apr 2007
A large amount of Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) operations are being conducted throughout the DOE Complex. D&D operations often use heavy equipment to lift or remove large heavy items during the decommissioning process. It is often difficult or impossible to get heavy equipment into these facilities to remove heavy items, forcing workers to resort to […]