Recently, Kristian Electric manufactured, supplied, and installed four top running single girder (TRSG) overhead bridge cranes for a new maintenance facility located outside Calgary, Alberta. We were thrilled to provide custom...
From Workstation Bridge Crane to Giant Claw Machine
Did you know that a workstation bridge crane played an essential part of creating a one-of-a-kind claw machine game out of a GMC truck bed? Here at Kristian Electric, we like to say that the overhead crane business has its ups...
CREATURE COMFORTS – CTR Crane Systems for the U of C
Following the outbreak of Avian Flu and Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) traced to Alberta feedlots, the University of Calgary established the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) in 2005, making it...
Give Peas A Chance – A Bulk Loading System
Lovingly Made Ingredients, a subsidiary of the UK based company Meatless Farm, has set-up shop in the Stonegate Industrial Park in Calgary. Their first of its kind, the 33,000 square foot facility produces textured plant-based...
Made to Measure – A Custom Fit Workstation Crane
When a Calgary manufacturing facility decided to expand their production to include a new aluminum-aging batch oven, they called on Kristian Electric Ltd. to install a new overhead lifting system to handle bundles of aluminum...
A Not So Carbon Copy Crane – A Safety Sensitive Lifting Solution
Cancarb, a member of the Tokai Carbon Group, is a worldwide provider of thermal carbon black and is based out of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Thermal carbon black is a product derived from the thermal decomposition of natural gas. It...
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Implementing Castellated Beams in Crane System Design
This past fall, Saskatoon carbon fiber composites manufacturer SED Research Inc. (SRI), a Calian subsidiary, commissioned Kristian to increase their shop productivity with the design and installation of three new overhead...
Go BIG or Go Home
DECA INDUSTRIES SHOW US THAT BIGGER IS BETTER Deca Industries is no stranger to going big. In their new 100,000 square foot facility in Saskatoon, they take on the biggest and heaviest jobs around, machining products for the...
Kill Three Birds with One Stone
We’ve all heard the adage, ‘kill two birds with one stone’, meaning to complete two tasks at once. Over the last year, Kristian Electric tackled a project that almost perfectly echoed the context of this old expression. However...
HOT DAM!
In 1992, The Oldman River Dam was constructed just north of Pincher Creek Alberta, on the Old Man River. The Dam was built in response to many years of drought in the southern part of the province, and to not only provide water...
Building A Crane One Girder At A Time
In the spring of 2014, a producer of highly complex HVAC units at their state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in the South Foothills Industrial Park of Calgary, began looking at doubling the size of their existing facility....
The MacGyver Installation
"You've heard of building a ship in a bottle? Well this was building a crane in a cement box!" - KEL Project CoordinatorWhen it comes to installing a customers crane, we at Kristian Electric are the best at what we do. Even...