In the day-to-day operations of your business, sometimes the lifting equipment you’re using needs a maintenance check-up. Or maybe the lifting equipment needs to be examined more closely for a variety of reasons. For instance, when you’re buying pre-owned lifting equipment, you may be unsure of its capacity levels, and if equipment labels are missing, and you might be unsure about what the lifting equipment was originally designed to lift. Or maybe you’re looking to purchase new lifting tongs, but can’t decide if it’s suited to your needs? You need answers before you can proceed with buying the lifting equipment.

Or maybe your company has been using a piece of lifting equipment for all types of lifting jobs – heavy items, soft items, marginal items, etc. – for years (or decades), and nobody can recall what uses the lifting equipment was originally intended for. Then, all of a sudden (and, inconveniently, in the middle of a big job), the equipment starts dropping items, left and right, and then it shuts down completely. No one can figure out why. But, at Hunter Lift we can.

Hunter Lift offers reverse engineering of all types lifting equipment, plus the lifting equipment’s parts and components. Our reverse engineering services can save your business time and money by answering your questions and getting the lifting equipment back in service for you as quickly and efficiently as possible. We can determine original capacities and the original intended use of lifting equipment, and our reverse engineering service also can often help you achieve higher capacities and more productivity from the lifting equipment. Through modifications and redesign, Hunter Lift’s reverse engineering services have been proven to increase operational efficiency for many of our customers.

Our reverse-engineering service can tell you everything you need to know about your lifting equipment. The reverse-engineering process includes a variety of testing and inspection procedures, and includes the following:

• Ultrasound inspections
• Magnetic Particle test inspections
• Determining specifications, including hardness, material composition, and heat treatment of materials, etc.
• Lifting equipment integrity
• Determination of lifting capacity, Design Category, and Service Classification
• Tagging and certification of the  lifting equipment

Hunter Lift performs all of our reverse-engineering services in-house. Our facilities meet ASME B30.20 safety standards, ASME BTH-1 design standards, and we are ISO 9001:2008 certified, offering the highest quality standards in all services we perform. Be sure to contact us before your next lifting equipment purchase or repair! Call us at 800-231-6501 at any time.