RIGGING
Equipment rigging defined
Equipment rigging involves the labour and tools required to transport, install, or dismantle large scale industrial machinery. Here is equipment rigging defined! Rigging a mobile crane requires specific equipment as well as expertise to undertake. When a team is in charge of rigging up or dismantling a largescale industrial machine like a mobile crane, it is essential that they have the right equipment for the job. At Concord Cranes, we have qualified rigging teams that are highly skilled in
the assembly and disassembly of mobile cranes. When it comes to equipment rigging, there are a few parts to the process that are required to ensure that the project goes on without a hitch. Read on to understand more about what equipment riggers do and the specialised steps that go into crane & rigging projects.
Equipment Rigging What is equipment rigging? Equipment rigging is defined as the equipment required for the successful rigging of a machine. It is a broad field of expertise and can pertain to the smallest of machines being rigged up to the largest of machines like a crane being rigged up. We are going to discuss the rigging equipment and processes involved in large scale rigging projects for this article. Expertise & Planning Before a project can even begin, it has to be scoped and planned for. Specialised rigging teams, like the experts at Concord Cranes, would assess the requirements of a project including budget, time, equipment, location, and limitations. Technical drawings and lifting plans have to be created for the project too. Transport For most projects, the beginning takes place when the crane parts have to be transported to a site in order to be rigged. In the case of largescale rigging projects, the cranes are often dismantled into several large parts that need to be transported on large, abnormal load trucks. Planning and the right expertise are required to make sure
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