Nichols Aluminum - Konecranes wins inspection face-off

Nichols Aluminum is an industry-leading manufacturer of engineered materials and components for building products sold to original equipment manufacturers.

One-shot deal

For years, Nichols Aluminum had its overhead crane repairs performed by another crane service company. One day, John Lyons, Konecranes sales representative, met with the Nichols Aluminum safety manager to discuss having a MAINMAN preventive maintenance inspection on the company’s overhead lifting equipment.

The two came to an agreement: we could do a one-time inspection on all 15 of Nichols Aluminum’s overhead cranes. Then, the MAINMAN inspections would be compared to the inspections they were currently receiving.

The inspections were performed and we went over the inspection results with plant management. A few days later, Nichols Aluminum management told us that the other service provider's inspection did not comply with OSHA standards, so they would no longer be working with them. The plant’s safety and management team agreed that MAINMAN inspections meet and exceeded OSHA standards. We then started to perform all of their monthly inspections and repairs through a service program.

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