Schedule
10–11 June 2025 • The Westin Indianapolis • Indianapolis, In., USA
Monday, 9 June 2025 | |
| 4–6 p.m. | Registration |
| 5–6 p.m. | Reception |
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 | |
| 8 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 8:15 a.m. | Making Overhead Cranes Smart to Avoid Unexpected Stops And Prolong Operational Life |
| 8:45 a.m. | How to Make Your Crane Modernization a Success |
| 9:15 a.m. | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10 a.m. | How to Make a Technical Presentation |
| 10:30 a.m. | Layered Approach to Campaign Life Assessment and Extension of High-Capacity Bridge Girder Cranes |
| 11 a.m. | Structural Monitoring of Cranes — A Novel Approach |
| 11:30 a.m. | Encoders — Safe and Reliable Signals for Your Overhead Crane Marvin Limbacher, Johannes Huebner Corp. This session will explore the working principles of encoders and review their various applications in overhead cranes. By understanding how encoders provide precise position, speed and movement feedback, this presentation will highlight their critical role in optimizing crane performance, ensuring safety and improving operational efficiency. This discussion will provide valuable insights into selecting the right encoder to achieve reliable and effective crane operation. |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | Crane Modernization Strategies |
| 1:45 p.m. | Crane Incident Prevention — New Technology, Paul Thurber Through the use of computer vision-based artificial intelligence, technology can aid in reducing the risks associated with all crane-related activities. These technologies can be retrofitted to most any crane regardless of age and location. These solutions can identify, alert and record predetermined events per customer's desire. |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. | Plantwide Fully Automatic Coil Handling System at Big River Steel |
| 3 p.m. | Aluminum Ingot Crane Upgrade at Logan Aluminum |
| 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Multilevel Crane Collision and Obstacle Avoidance Steven Lubeck, Laser-View Technologies |
| 4:25 p.m. | Meeting OSHA Requirements for Crane Operator Training Tad Dunville and Larry Dunville, Overhead Crane Consulting Video crane operator training programs are your legal soft underbelly. After a crane accident, operator training is the first place OSHA and the injured person's lawyer will look. Training must be keyed to the specific functions performed. This presentation will provide a road map to designing a comprehensive crane operator training program that meets OSHA requirements. This step-by-step program will make people safer, reduce crane downtime and help protect you from OSHA penalties and lawsuits. |
| 4:45 p.m. | End of Day Wrap-Up |
| 5 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner |
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 | |
| 8 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 8:15 a.m. | Reducing Human Factor Error in Crane Rail Inspections |
| 9:15 a.m. | MOCCS |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m. | Removable Sheave Basket Ladle Lifting Beam |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | How to Select the Correct Runway Electrification |
| 1:50 p.m. | Enhancing Crane Lift Safety With Wireless Emergency Stop Systems: Empowering Spotters for Immediate Response Mark Densley, Cattron North America Increasing lift safety by empowering your spotters with shared crane control. |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. | Crane Operator Training Is Your Legal Soft Underbelly Tad Dunville and Larry Dunville, Overhead Crane Consulting A discussion of the contrasts between "canned" training products and custom-tailored operator and maintenance training for specific applications. |
| 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Remote Lifting Hooks for Long Products |
| 4:15 p.m. | Appetite for Nondestruction: Modern NDT testing on process cranes |
| 5 p.m. | Conference Adjourn |