Inspection tells you whether a crane is safe to run today. A health check goes further: it tells you what is wearing, how fast, and what to repair, monitor or upgrade, so that work is done at a planned shutdown and not after a breakdown.
What we check
- Geometry: span, diagonals, bridge squareness, crane travel (CT) and long travel (LT) wheel verticality and skew, wear and deformation of wheel flanges, rail condition.
- Lifting gear: hooks, wire rope, drum and sheaves, hook block, brakes and brake drums.
- Drive train: gearboxes, couplings, drive alignment, motors.
- Electrical and safety: contactors, overload relays, cables, limit switches, emergency stop, pendant or radio control.
- Structure: girders, end carriages, welds, deflection, buffers and stoppers.
- Condition against duty: whether the crane is meeting the demands of its present use, and the gap to be filled where it is not.
What we do
- Periodic and compliance inspections: for your internal schedule and for the competent person's statutory examination.
- Health check (chargeable): a visit by our engineers that gives a snapshot of the crane's condition today.
- Supervision: we supervise your own team or contractor during repairs, shutdowns and lifts.
- Consultation: we review the crane against your application and advise whether to repair, upgrade or replace.
- On-call support: engineers by phone and on site for breakdowns and urgent decisions. Call +91 9825737583 (24x7; we respond promptly and do not quote a fixed response time).
When you need it
Once a year at least, for every crane. Sooner after a breakdown, a change of duty, a shifting of the crane, an overload event or before a statutory load test. See "How often should a crane be inspected?" in the Knowledge section.
What you receive
A written report with findings in three groups: repair now, monitor, modernize. The report is meant to be used at a planned shutdown. Statutory load tests and certificates are a separate step; see Load test and Form 10.
Where we have done this
Health checks of two 60/20 T cranes and of EOT and under-slung cranes at AM/NS India, Hazira (Surat); health checks of 50/15 T and 20/5 T cranes at GE Vernova T&D, Vadodara.
How to start
Send make, capacity, location, age and the last inspection date. We agree a visit date and the scope with you.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the health check free?
- No. It is chargeable. We tell you the scope before the visit.
- Does a health check replace the statutory examination?
- No. It supports it. The statutory examination is done by the competent person under your state rules.
- Do you inspect other makers' cranes?
- Yes, any make.