CAPCO CRANE & HOIST: The Heavy Engineered Bridge Crane Specialist
Capco Crane & Hoist, Inc., located in Rowley, MA, is an established and respected service organization located in the suburban Boston area specializing in the sales, installation, manufacturing and inspection of overhead bridge girder cranes and hoists for companies throughout New England and beyond. They are a member of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America Crane and MHIA, the Material Handling Industry of America.
The company sets itself apart from the competition in that it actually designs and builds the box girder beams “in house” that are required for large capacity bridge cranes. Many companies cannot build the girders or do not have the facility to build the girders; whereas Capco designs and builds the girders in their plant.
Once the girders are built, the crane goes together like every other double girder crane. Important details like perfect girder construction with automated “sub arc” welders, tube handrails on walkway, hatched lights on walkway and high-quality paint job all add to the overall look and quality of a Capco crane. A Capco “box girder” crane is a custom-built machine made to run longer and harder than any of the other brands. Each box girder crane is hand crafted and made special for a company’s specific application.
are foot factory has a 250 foot by 100-foot fabrication floor served by three bridge cranes with a combined lifting Capco Crane is the only company in New England that fabricates box girders from capacity of 45 tons allowing us to produce and test operate up to 150 ton, 150-foot-long crane beams. inception to installation. Our 25,000 square foot factory has a 250 foot by 100-foot fabrication floor served by three bridge cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 45 tons allowing us to produce and test operate up to 150 ton, 150-foot-long crane beams.
A key part of Capco Crane and Hoist, Inc. is their comprehensive inventory of parts and replacement parts for all the manufacturers’ brands they represent. This provides immediate access for their customers and helps to prevent costly downtime.
Capco is a Master Parts Dealer for Yale and Shaw- Box hoists and offers an in-depth inventory and the resources to obtain parts for most units in use today. In addition, they carry many common parts from several manufacturers.
Capco’s fleet of service vans and technicians covers all of New England and upstate New York. In addition to crane system repairs and 24-hour-a-day emergency service, they provide many customers with preventive maintenance.
Accreditations & Associations
Capco Crane and Hoist Inc. is a proud member of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) and also MHIA, the Material Handling Industry of America (www.mhia.org).
By joining CMAA, after a rigorous approval process; the company became a part of an elite organization of crane builders in the USA. CMAA member companies make up the best and the brightest crane builders in the industry.
The CMAA site itself provides a number of informational background sheets and CMAA video links which can be accessed at: www.capcocrane.com/crane-construction.html
David Caputo is Capco Cranes Vice-President of Sales and Marketing and states that “since Capco Crane was started we have set the standard for building cranes in New England. Our CMAA membership brings along a responsibility to continue to manufacture bridge cranes of the absolute highest quality and constantly push our own standards higher and higher. CMAA membership also provides us “first look” at the latest information in our industry, whether it is new technology or changes in industry rules and regulations.”
Capco Crane & Hoist Works with Concrete Products Manufacturer to Plan and Implement Double Tiered Runway System
Capco Crane & Hoist, Inc; recently completed a project for a concrete products manufacturer South of Boston in which they designed, fabricated, and installed, a double tiered runway system.
The particulars: The lower runway extended the existing runway from the existing building into the new addition and the upper runway supports the new 15 tons and 10 tons top running, double girder with a dual motor, heavy duty bridge cranes along with specially made custom IMS trolleys for the heavy concrete application.
The runways were custom engineered to support all the cranes and transition the older runway into the newer runway while still allowing the clearance for the lower cranes and the newly installed large upper cranes. The project had many interferences to deal with in that there was “much” to fit into very tight spaces. However, the Capco engineers are the best in the industry at those type of headroom (or lack thereof) challenges! Another great Capco Crane & Hoist project completed perfectly!
Capco Crane & Hoist Designs and Installs New Crane for Longtime Customer
Capco Crane & Hoist, Inc. was recently presented a problem to solve in which one of their long-time customers had an existing facility with several older, large capacity cranes. The problem: There new project had a different lifting requirement in that they needed to pick up 65 tons and they had only 30-ton cranes on the existing runway.
After a thorough engineering analysis of the existing runway structure, it was determined to add some steel upgrades to the runway and install a specially designed and built new crane.
Capco could provide the 65-ton lifting capacity the customer required.
Our engineers went to work and designed an upgrade plan to handle the Improvements on the steel structure. They designed a specially built new bridge crane with more wheels to spread out the load and specially built sill beams to further spread out the girders and keep the load spread in a way that could be handled by the existing structure.
In the end, the project was a complete success, the new crane runs like a charm and gives the customer the 65 tons lifting capacity required, while providing a smooth and high hook at 65.
Capco in the News
Capco Crane & Hoist, Inc; recently completed a project for TG GALLAGHER (Andover, MA) in which they designed, built, and installed, a double legged, 10/5-ton gantry crane for this well- known mechanical contractor.
This particular crane has a runway, freestanding outside loading dock area, that is recessed into the concrete floor heading into the building.
Capco Crane & Hoist was instrumental in the design and the implementation of the necessary concrete work (performed by another great local company, Pinnacle construction).
TG Gallaher was so excited and impressed with the entire project that they took the time to create a wonderful video for all to see. Quite a testimonial!
Instagram Platform Propels Capco Business to New Heights
Recently the company announced that their new INSTAGRAM business account has been “flourishing” and that the continued exposure and usage of this popular and ever-growing social media platform has allowed increased connections with the core computer and mobile ready end users in the crane and hoist market.
Caputo noted that “the new Insta account showcases innovative material handling projects and Capco Crane engineered solutions to some very compelling lifting and handling problems. We have a completed a large variety of crane and hoist projects, throughout the years and this will show-case on a daily or weekly basis just some of them.”
David enthusiastically goes on to say, “Keep your eyes peeled, or you just may miss something that will help your plant, or your staff solve a lifting or moving requirement!”
Expect many more of these great pictures of some amazing (and intricate) Capco Crane projects as they continue to build and install cranes and solve material handling problems for every type of industry throughout the USA and beyond!
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Capco Crane & Hoist recently announced the unveiling of their newly redesigned website at: WWW.CAPCOCRANE.COM.
Capco Crane’s website and internet presence is one of the company’s most important marketing points of emphasis; but also, to fully show ALL of its capabilities and services. As David Caputo says, “we have put a lot of time, effort, and thought into our website redesign as we wanted to create a site that fully details all that we do for new potential clients but also for all of our current customers as well”.
Caputo adds “a picture truly does say a thousand words, and with that in mind we have created a wonderful portfolio page that gives a broader view of Capco’s expertise, projects worked on, and overall capabilities. We will expand on those pages in the future and also the web cam area”.
“That; combined with our wonderful corporate Video and Instagram links has made our website something to be most proud of “.
“Our updated web site will not only provide companies with our capabilities but also with all of our current news, career opportunities, the Capco Crane corporate Video, our full in-house services, and the fact that our Parts Department carries parts and replacement parts for all of the brands which we represent.”
58 Forest Ridge Drive,
Rowley, MA 01969
Phone: 800.422.7261
Url: www.capcocrane.com
