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Product Focus
The Power Crane & Shovel Association (PCSA) provides services tailored to meet the needs of the lattice boom and
truck crane industry. Bureau member companies are considered the global leaders in the promotion of worldwide
harmonization of crane standards.
Mission
The Power Crane & Shovel Association explores business issues, technological questions and legislative and
regulatory concerns (domestic and worldwide) that affect manufacturers of cranes. It also promotes the
standardization and simplification of terminology and classification of cranes for worldwide harmonization.
Bureau Activities
The PCSA Crane Technical Committee (CTC) responds to technical and safety issues and is also technical liaison with
the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) and Wire Rope Technical Board (WRTB). PCSA/CTC
also recommends practices to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Organization for
Standardization (ISO). PCSA/CTC maintains the ISO/TC96 (cranes) United States Chairmanship.
PCSA also operates a statistical reporting program, which includes:
- Monthly retail sales reports (number of units only) for five product lines by state and province.
- Monthly shipment reports for five product lines by state, province and countries of the world. This report
includes units, dollar sales volume, orders, cancellations, stock and attachments (lattice boom cranes only).
- A monthly exchange of shipments data through the Intercontinental Statistical Committee for lattice crawler
cranes, and a quarterly shipment exchange for mobile cranes.
PCSA serves as the secretariat for the Intercontinental Statistical Committee (ISC) Crane Committee.
To go to a list of PCSA members, with links to their respective corporate web sites, click
here.
Bureau Publications
The following AEM member-developed publication is available as a downloadable PDF document at no charge. This copyrighted document is made available for industry use and benefit only. It may be downloaded and distributed within your organization, provided that it is always transmitted in its complete form. This document may not be reproduced in any form for public distribution or consumption without the prior written consent of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
Please note: these are large PDF files and may require longer download times. Also, to read these files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download here.
 A Primer on Operational Aids (For Cranes)
This 12 page handbook promotes the use of consistent, uniform terms and rating methods while providing industry recommendations for language and descriptive terms contained in manufacturer's specifications, literature, and advertising used to promote hand-guide. |
AEM Staff Contacts
PCSA
Richard Dressler, P.E.
414-298-4132
PCSA Statistical Committee
Deb Carson
414-298-4146
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