Hoist Service
Hoist Certifications to ASME Standards
Hercules SLR Hoist Service
According to ASME standard B30.16, manual, electric, and air hoists need to be inspected by a trained professional at least once a year.
The consequences of incorrect maintenance and inspections can be life or death. Not to mention the immense financial impact an accident can have on a business.
The hoist safety experts at Hercules SLR can thoroughly inspect, test, and certify lifting hoists. Bring them to one of our shops across the country or have our trained service professionals come to you.
Our inspectors check over 25 inspection points on every hoist, ensuring they undergo a rigorous and thorough examination prior to designating them as “safe”. Contact Canada’s hoist safety experts at Hercules SLR today.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Normal Service—yearly
- Severe Service—monthly to quarterly
- Special Service—as recommended by a qualified person
- Intervals between inspection should never exceed one year. Written records are not required for frequent inspections, however written records should be kept. The WSTDA, RS-1 and ASME B30.9 require written record of the latest inspection.
All inspections shall be performed by a designated person per the manufacturer’s recommendations and with the requirements of ASME B30.21. Any deficiencies identified shall be examined and a determination made by a qualified person as to whether they constitute hazards and whether a more detailed inspection or disassembly is required.
Excessive component wear, cracks, distortion, warping, or other internal damage — or any other part that displays indications of potential failure — will be noted by the inspector. Based on that assessment, the hoist may be deemed beyond reasonable repair, and replacement is recommended.
- Customers can come to one of our shops across the country or we can come to you with our Mobile Testing Unit. Technicians at Hercules SLR are trained and certified with LEEA accreditation. All inspections are completed within ASME standards.
Excessive wear, corrosion, cracks, or distorted parts in the following:
- – Load blocks
- – Suspension housings
- – Hand chain wheels
- – Chain attachments
- – Clevises
- – Yokes
- – Suspension bolts
- – Shafts
- – Gears
- – Bearings
- – Pins
- – Rollers
- – Locking and clamping devices
- – Check hook-retaining nuts, collars, pins, welds, or rivets used to secure retaining members for excessive wear or damage.
- – Check load and idler sprockets, hand chain wheel, drums and sheaves for excessive wear and damage.
- – Check hand chain operated hoists for worn, glazed, or oil contaminated friction discs.
- – Check for worn pawls, cams and ratchets and corroded, stretched, or broken pawl springs in the braking mechanism.
- – Check support structure and trolley for damage.
- – Presence of legible warning labels.
- – Check end connection load chains for wear, corrosion, cracks, damage, or distortion.
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