Standards to Promote Safety for the Crane Industry
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
Members of the Crane Manufacturers Association of America Inc.—CMAA—are at the forefront of the crane industry.
“We’ve been around for a long time—we were founded in 1927 as the Electric Overhead Crane Institute to promote the standardization of cranes as well as uniform quality and performance,” said Dan Beilfuss, CMAA’s president and general manager of MHI member Magnetek by Columbus McKinnon Corp.
In 1955, the association was incorporated as the Crane Manufacturers Association of America, Inc., and is now an independent trade association affiliated with MHI. Member companies representing the industry leaders in the overhead crane industry serve the United States market from operations based in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
“The goal of CMAA is to be known as the premier guide for overhead cranes,” said Molly Wood, CMAA’s vice president and engineering manager for MHI member Ace Industries.
“We meet twice a year to write specifications, and we work on improving the standards—whether it be safety or design, without impeding on the ingenuity of crane companies,” Wood said…
