Real Lifts.
Real Outcomes.
What eme customers actually lift, where they lift it, and what changed when portable aluminum equipment took over from a one-off rental or a fixed-installation alternative. Each case study below covers the industry, the application, the equipment configuration, and the outcome — so buyers scanning the page can find a lift like theirs without reading every story.
- ASME B30.17 Cranes and Monorails
- CSA B167 Overhead Travelling Cranes
- Aluminum Design Manual (ADM) US aluminum structural design
- CSA S157 Strength Design in Aluminum
Case study equipment varies by application. eme products ship with the applicable documentation set for the configuration — engineer-stamped drawings, Certificate of Test where applicable, and welding performed under CSA W47.2 certification by qualified aluminum welders, where applicable.
Industry · Application · Equipment · Outcome.
Every entry below names the four things a buyer actually wants to know: who used eme equipment, what the lift was, which configuration did the job, and what changed. No case-study numbers. No buried customer names.
Chimney Stack Maintenance Cut from One Week to Four Days
A maintenance contractor installed a custom socket at the 300 ft level of a smoke stack and used a portable eme davit crane to remove, store, and reinstall rain caps for stack repair work — cutting the typical one-week job to four days.
Read Case Study→Helicopter Company Replaces $3,600/hr Flying Time with a Portable Gantry
A helicopter operator supporting a James Bay mine site air-freighted a 6600R portable aluminum gantry to the site, assembled it with three mechanics, and used it for Caterpillar tractor unloading, drill bit changes, and equipment servicing — replacing flying-time billed at $3,600 per hour.
Read Case Study→Aerospace Facility Moves 16,000 lb Cabinets to a Third-Floor Mezzanine
A major aerospace manufacturing facility needed two 16,000 lb electrical cabinets — delivered in twelve pieces — assembled on the ground floor and placed on a raised third-floor mezzanine, a job no forklift could make. Two eme 11000 Series aluminum gantry cranes assembled the cabinets, rode a boom truck up, and rolled them onto their foundations.
Read Case Study→Wastewater Plant Builds a Multi-Station Lifting Network
A wastewater treatment plant mounted side-mount sockets to multiple tank stations and used a single lightweight GEN II davit crane to service every pump in the facility. More sockets, fewer davits, lower operator strain — the lifting-network architecture eme is now known for.
Read Case Study→Custom Aluminum Gantry Relocates a 10,000 lb Membrane in a Confined Space
A wastewater facility had to move a 10,000 lb membrane through an extremely confined space with uneven wall heights. eme engineered a custom 11000R gantry — one leg considerably shorter than the other, both legs running on tracks — to reposition the membrane without installing a permanent overhead crane.
Read Case Study→More case studies coming as customer stories are published. Customer names redacted on confidential engagements; quantitative outcomes are reported verbatim where the customer has approved disclosure.
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