American Test Center began operation in 1950 as a R&D
test department for American Hoist and Derrick and provided OSHA/SAE certification on a
wide range of American Hoist equipment including hydraulic or lattice boom cranes ranging
from 5 tons to 2000 tons, truck chassis, sweepers, and compaction equipment. In recent
years contracts were obtained with outside companies to provide R&D prototype stress
analysis tests on a variety of equipment including aerial bucket and digger derricks,
hydraulic/electric platforms, material handling cranes, ladders, and military prototype
equipment. In 1979 we developed test procedures and equipment to perform annual test
and inspection programs on industrial equipment such as aerial devices, digger derricks,
mobile cranes, overhead cranes and excavators. The ANSI codes provided the guidelines and
criteria for a test program and this was combined with utility and independent power
companies to provide annual testing services.
American Test Center’s personnel consists of professional and degreed engineers,
Level III technicians and OSHA certified inspectors for all NDT functions including
visual, magnetic particle, dye penetrant, ultrasonic, acoustic emission, radiography, and
dielectric testing. American Test Center Test Technicians are NDT certified as required
and we extensively train our technicians to ensure a thorough and professional service.
Our people will be cooperative, courteous and will provide the best service available. NDT
certificates of the personnel testing would be available before work began.
American Test Center has a quality assurance program to keep our services up to the
standards established by industry and company policy. The quality program includes
reviewing test reports by our in-house staff for compliance to standards and manufacturer
specifications. The field crews are provided regular training and updated information on
test procedures for all types of equipment. Customers are contacted after the test to
obtain their impression of the test crews and company as a whole. A second crew to review
the original test and crew performs random follow-up inspections.
American Test Center is a progressive company and has continually looked ahead for ways
of improving our service. We have spent considerable time and cost in upgrading the
reports we provide. Our crews are now using computers on-site to provide printed reports
in place of handwritten reports. The test information is then available for customized
reports or transfer to fleet files. Records on each truck or crane and the statistical
reports that the transportation department needs are available on a timely response. Using
DOS based databases we can provide test data and statistical reports of a fleet and assist
with developing in-house databases from that information. The data would be converted to
numerous standard formats if needed.
Sample list of customers as of January 1994.
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