Products : Material Handling-Hazardous Environments : Cranes

Overhead crane technology has been a part of PaR Systems expertise since the beginning, over 40 years ago. A great number of our robotic arms including the M3000, M6000, TR^®4350 and TR^®6350 are typically crane deployed. We have developed many unique solutions to allow remote maintenance and retrievability enabling our overhead crane systems to operate in highly radioactive (up to 10⁹ Rads) environments. Single-failure proof designs have also been produced. In order to ensure a functional crane for the long run, PaR Systems has developed several unique cable management systems to ensure electrical signals are successfully sent and received from the crane. PaR Systems has also developed our own radiation hardened control multiplexing hardware to reduce the number of conductors necessary to control the crane.

PaR Systems crane designs have been generally limited to 30 tons and under. With the acquisition of Ederer as a wholly owned subsidiary, the capacity to build cranes is virtually unlimited, as Ederer builds some of the largest cranes in existence including a 5100 ton gantry.

In areas where the lifts are considered "critical" or "important to safety", we produce single-failure proof designs. Ederer's expertise in the design of single-failure proof hoisting systems is unmatched in the industry having deployed the most systems. Ederer's X-SAM^® (eXtra Safety And Monitoring) single-failure proof hoisting system is the only system of its kind and has been generically approved by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for single-failure proof hoisting systems designed to meet the requirements of US NRC NUREG 0554 Single-Failure-Proof Cranes for Nuclear Power Plants. Generic approval assures licensing success when nuclear facilities are to be licensed by the US NRC.

The integration of Ederer into the PaR Systems family of companies allows single source procurement of the entire material handling package. At several hot cell facilities Ederer's high capacity X-SAM^® cask handling cranes operate above Ederer and PaR Systems supplied in cell cranes. Below these cranes are crane deployed telerobotic "PaR Systems" arms. In other applications the hot cell cranes have co-located Ederer X-Sam^® hoists, PaR Systems tubesets and robotic arms.

Look to PaR Systems to supply all of your critical lifts needs in hazardous environments.