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Locations / Implantations Apave worldwideInspection Business Line

ZI - Avenue Gay Lussac - 33370 - ARTIGUES-près-BORDEAUXTél: (33) 5 56 77 27 42 - Fax: (33) 5 56 77 31 93

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Inspections and technical supportin mechanics/lifting

Inspection • Assessment in the fields of mechanics/lifting

Services on offshore and port cranes • Machines • Training • Maintenance

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Comprehensive and continuous support for your machines

Inspection

• Definition, choice of standards (regulations - international texts ISO, DNV, BV, API, EN, etc.)

• Commissioning or periodic inspection of:

- lifting equipment (forklift, mobile crane, cherry picker, bridge crane, hoist, auxiliary crane)

- lifting accessories, goods transshipment baskets

- ride-on mobile machines for extraction, earthwork, excavation or drilling

- port equipment (port crane, gantry crane, straddle carrier, spreader, etc.)

- scaffolding

- machines

- mechanical transportation of persons (lift, elevator, etc.)

• Validation of lifting plans and procedures enabling the safe performance of tests.

• Inspection of Davits, life boat cranes, personnel transfer baskets (FROG, BILLY PUGH, etc.)

• Definition of specific strategies for inspecting equipment (content, frequency, choice of NDT)

• NDT of cables (diameter between 20 and 52 mm)

Assessment in the fields of mechanics/lifting

Services on offshore and port cranes

Machines Training Maintenance

• Supervision for lifting operations (CPLO)

• Review or assistance inka drafting lifting procedures and plans

• Audit of the lifting management system

• Assessment of operators for all types of machine (forklifts, bridge cranes, mobile cranes, offshore cranes with sub-sea operations)

• Audit of service providers and sub contractors

• Startup and commissioning of new equipment and installations

• Checking of design notes (lifting accessories, machines, scaffolding, metal structures, etc.)

• Technical support for the modernisation of lifts:

- drafting of specifications

- help with examinations

- project monitoring and acceptance

• Project management support for the manufacturing of lifting equipment and machines (modelling, NDT, etc.)

• Specific assessment on ageing

• Remaining useful life and fatigue analysis - definition of specific inspection plans (through our specialised subsidiary)

• Reliability study: FMECA, reliability per SIL or PL or another method, quantitative or qualitative Cranes acceptance testing (FAT: Factory Acceptance Test, commissioning, commissioning tests, etc.)

• Essais d’acceptation de grues (FAT : Factory Acceptance Test, commissioning, essais de mise en route,…)

• Assessment on diagnostics and hydraulic diagrams

• Compliance check in accordance with particular specifications or European standards/directives

• Diagnostic testing for making work equipment safe (CE compliance or non-compliance)

• Examination of equipment installation conditions with regard to instructions for use

• Support in developing the risk analysis during the machine design phase

• Support to provide technical solutions

• Diagnostic testing of equipment used in explosive atmospheres (ATEX)

• Training on operating lifting equipment or site machinery:

- Forklift trucks, personnel lifting platforms, bridge cranes

- Mobile cranes (all types)

- Offshore cranes (all types including sub-sea ones)

- Banksmen, slingers

- Site machinery: hydraulic excavator, dumper, backhoe loader, loader, grader, compactor, etc.

• Other training on lifting (lifting risks on construction sites, risk analysis, cables, various inspections, lifting plans, etc.)

• Securing of loads on carrier

• Scaffolding: builder, acceptance and user

• Working at height

All our training courses can be customised to fit your specific requirements.

• Definition of a preventive maintenance plan (frequency, content, ranging from daily to every 5 years)

• Description of maintenance procedures

• Specific inspections of cranes:

- Checks of slewing rings (choice, execution, grease sampling and analysis)

- Hydraulics, reducer, brake (sampling, analyses, etc.)

• Supervision of maintenance on activities

Additional servicesWe also offer these technical support and inspection services or can train your staff in the following fields:

Electricity - ATEX - Rope work - Confined spaces - Movements and postures, etc.