Crane Conditioning Monitoring

The Strategic Systems Programs issued a sole source contract to Imes, Inc. for the Advanced Technical Support of critical production and processing cranes. The principal elements of this procurement are operation, maintenance, grooming of installed Crane Condition Monitoring (CCM) system; interpretation and analysis of data acquired by site-specific customized CCM; performing risk analysis of evaluated cranes; and recommending, designing, and performing specific, detailed crane investigations based on crane condition and customer approval. These elements require intimate knowledge of the installed CCM system to include complete understanding of the system architecture, characterization of the components of the system, and necessary offsets and balance of components to achieve accurate system performance. Additionally, and more particularly, these principal elements require (1) demonstrated capability of acoustic emission (AE) structural analysis of the crane structural components which is required for detailed analyses resulting from CCM indications and (2) detailed, practiced expertise in risk analysis as required in the SSP SWS environment. AE extant characterization of cranes is the baseline for these analyses. Imes, Inc. is the only business offering these services with existing application to the current contract requirement.