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Inspection & certification
Crawler Crane Inspection
All crawler cranes that pass inspection receive a certificate valid for 12 months (crawler cranes used for carrying personnel for 6 months).
12 months
Certificate validity
6 months
Personnel carriers
Included
Functional load test
On request
Rated load test
Equipment covered
Types of Equipment covered include:
01
Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes
02
Tracked Cranes
03
Lattice Boom Truck Mounted Cranes
Why certify
General Benefits:
01
Statutory compliance: It is quite simply illegal to operate a crane that is not certified.
02
Various Global Standards: We can certify crawler cranes across all major international standards
03
Insurance Compliance: Machine and Public Liability Insurers insist on yearly certification.
04
In the case of Personnel Carriers the crawler crane must be certified every 6 months.
05
In addition to compliance the thorough annual inspection is also a very good “snap shot” of your fleet
06
Thorough annual inspections reveal the state of the maintenance of the crawler crane and any lack of operator skills
07
Thorough annual inspections increase reliability of the crawler crane
08
Improve the crawler crane’s up-time
09
Reduce accidents and unplanned downtime and expense.
The inspection
Specific Areas Checked include:
01
Full Lattice Movement Inspection
02
Critical Items e.g. ropes, hoops, brakes and winches
03
Load Indicator
04
Crawler Tracks
05
Masts
06
Back stops
07
Verification of Load Indicator and Load Safety Systems
08
Slew ring
Testing and reporting
Load testing
The thorough annual inspection will include a functional load test. We can perform rated load tests on request.
Final report
A final report will be issued identifying any deficiencies (if present) and recommendations.
Certificate
All crawler cranes that pass inspection receive a certificate valid for 12 months (crawler cranes used for carrying personnel for 6 months).
“Without Fear or Favour”
Book a thorough annual inspection with our CIT inspectors in Tema.
Tell us the load and the site. We’ll quote it.
Sales, spares or a breakdown — one form, one phone number, and a Ghana-based team that answers.