NUCLEAR AND POWER GENERATION RIGGING SOLUTIONS
Engineered Rigging for Critical Energy Infrastructure
Power generation and nuclear facilities demand rigging solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance. When plant downtime costs millions per day and safety margins are non-negotiable, you need a partner with specialized expertise in energy sector applications.
A turbine failure doesn't just represent equipment replacement cost—a million-dollar turbine that shuts down a plant costs a million dollars per day in lost generation, plus weeks or months waiting for replacement. As an authorized Slingmax® manufacturer and Crosby hardware distributor, we engineer custom high-performance synthetic rigging systems that answer the challenges in the power generation industry.
Three Key Benefits
- Single Failure Proof Compliance
- 10-to-1 Nuclear Design Factor Expertise
- Essential Service Provider Status
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Nuclear Single Failure Proof Operations
Critical lifts over live plant components requiring 10-to-1 design factors where rigging must handle ten times the load weight to prevent catastrophic shutdown.
Turbine Replacement & Maintenance
High-value component handling where equipment designed decades ago for wire rope rigging demands specialized solutions that fit original footprints.
Power Generation Infrastructure
Hydro, wind, fossil fuel, and renewable energy applications where reliability is paramount and downtime cascades into massive financial losses.
Reduce Equipment Size Without Sacrificing Safety
Nuclear facilities present unique challenges that set them apart from other power generation sectors. When working over live plant components—pipes providing critical cooling or systems whose damage could force shutdown—you must lift in "single failure proof" mode, typically requiring ten times the capacity of what you're lifting. If the load is 100 pounds, the rigging must be rated for 1,000 pounds. Often, designs require that two slings can handle the entire load, even when four are in use.
Single failure-proof requirements dramatically increase gear size, thereby affecting crane capacity requirements. Our high-performance fiber slings and innovative multi-part wire rope designs deliver critical advantages:
- Weigh significantly less than traditional methods while meeting nuclear regulations
- Maintain required 10-to-1 safety margins without oversizing cranes
- Enable compliance without exceeding facility lifting system capabilities
- Reduce radiation exposure time through faster, lighter rigging setup
- Account for irradiated gear disposal requirements in equipment planning
Regulatory Compliance Across Energy Sectors
Nuclear facilities must meet the most stringent regulations in the industry, but other power sectors face significant requirements too. The American Petroleum Institute (API) sets rigorous standards for oil and gas applications. Wind power construction presents weather challenges—you're building in windy, open areas by necessity. Mining operations navigate multiple regulatory bodies including MSHA, OSHA, and ASME.
Most power generation follows standard 5-to-1 design factors, while nuclear's single failure-proof requirements double that to 10-to-1. We maintain expertise across these varied regulatory frameworks, understanding the distinctions and engineering solutions that meet specific sector requirements.
Mining & Resource Extraction
Heavy equipment operations navigating multiple regulatory bodies including MSHA, OSHA, and ASME with varying compliance requirements.
Essential Service Provider You Can Trust
When COVID-19 hit and "essential company" status mattered, power plants and transmission/distribution crews immediately contacted us. They needed assurance that we'd remain operational. That essential status reflects our role in the past and present in keeping this country's critical infrastructure running.
Whether you're working on hydro, wind, fossil fuel, nuclear, or other power generation, reliability is non-negotiable. Radiation exposure in nuclear applications means irradiated gear often must be disposed of rather than repaired, significantly affecting equipment lifecycle planning. Our team understands these sector-specific challenges and delivers solutions with proven performance across diverse applications.
From routine hydro maintenance to critical nuclear turbine replacement, we deliver specialized rigging expertise, regulatory knowledge, and proven performance the energy sector demands.
Adapting to Legacy Infrastructure
Most industrial equipment and turbines were designed decades ago for wire rope rigging. Wire rope has a distinctive footprint—and when synthetics became dominant in the 1990s and 2000s, that infrastructure didn't change. Standard synthetic slings are wider than the spaces intended for wire rope, causing critical fit issues in power generation facilities.
Our Helix® product line specifically addresses this challenge:
- Fits original equipment footprints designed for wire rope
- Delivers synthetic performance advantages in weight and durability
- Provides easier handling while maintaining the required capacity
- Solves the width constraint problem across multiple power sectors
- Enables modern rigging solutions in legacy infrastructure