Mammoet partners with Carpenter Technology Corp.

The press is a highly specialized piece of equipment which is critical to producing such materials; therefore, an emergency shut down for necessary repairs was required on short notice. The lower crosshead of the press, made of cast steel, cracked in half 20 meters (60 feet) below the surface of the warehouse, thus abruptly halting normal operations.
 
The customer reached out to a few local subcontractors for help. One local company proposed cranes as a possible solution; however, cranes alone would not provide sufficient lifting capabilities and a gantry was deemed necessary.
 
Mammoet was not only able to offer a full solution and equipment such as cranes, trailers, and a gantry system, but also the skilled labor of riggers, operators, and millwrights to get the press back up and running smoothly. Based on a prior relationship with the customer, and because Mammoet could mobilize the required equipment and expertise quickly, Carpenter Technology chose Mammoet for the job.
 
Mammoet provided heavy lift solutions to disassemble the entire 4,500 ton press, with overall dimensions of approximately 30 meters long x 9 meters wide x 6 meters high (100 x 30 x 20 ft). This allowed the team to remove and replace key components. Mammoet employed its 750 ton gantry as well as a 500 ton gantry to lift and stabilize the press for repairs and maintenance. The unit was lifted and held safe and steady to allow for component change out before the press was reassembled.
 
A 40 ton forklift helped to lift and move heavy pieces during the disassembly and reassembly of the press, while a 500-ton crane was used to remove the press’ guide columns through a hatch in the roof of the warehouse, because crane was too large to work from inside and the columns were too long to remove from inside.
 
Twelve axle-lines of Goldhofer PST trailers were used to move pieces out of the warehouse to the staging area during the disassembly phase, and then again to bring pieces back inside during the assembly phase.
 
Mammoet sourced equipment and personnel from its facilities in Texas, New Jersey, and Eastern Canada while working around the clock to cover 24-hours a day, with crews working seven 12-hour days on rotation. Mammoet provided a multidisciplined team with varied expertise including riggers, millwrights, oilers, operators as well as engineering, safety, and project management.
 
Over 42 total crew members were on site throughout the project which took nine weeks and over 28,000 working hours to cover both the lift operations and the customer’s commissioning activities. Mammoet was met with highly time-sensitive operational challenges, but still managed to meet the customer’s strict completion date.
 
Mammoet’s Industrial Services team based out of Swedesboro, New Jersey is particularly skillful and knowledgeable in millwrighting. For this project, the millwrights needed to guarantee precision alignment of all components of the hydraulic press to maintain required tolerances. As the press was commissioned and operational again, everything worked well and according to plan.
 
All repairs were completed within the company's target time allowing their staff to focus on satisfying customer demand once again in the aerospace supply chain. Carpenter Technology Corporation is a global leader in high-performance specialty alloy-based materials and process solutions for critical applications in the aerospace, transportation, defense, energy, industrial, medical, and consumer electronics markets.