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September 10, 2009

IDE Autumn Seminar Speakers: Ruud Schreijer



Ruud Schreijer, born in Noord-Holland, Netherlands in 1958. Ruud began his career in purchasing in 1982, after Nautical School and Mechanical Engineering education, at KENZ cranes in Zaandam. KENZ is a manufacturer of offshore pedestal cranes and builds taylor made cranes for the oilrigs. In 1986, Ruud was appointed general manager for KENZ Cranes UK in Great Yarmouth to build cranes for Shell on platforms in the Leman field. Ruud graduated in 1990 with an MBA at Henley the Management College. In 1991, Ruud developed his own company, Rusch Kraantechniek, repairing cranes.

Specified in the repair of mobile telescopic booms of high tensile steel. This developed into a worldwide business of repairing booms for all sorts of mobile cranes and lattice boom crawler cranes. Rusch Kraantechniek is one of the three repair companies in Europe who can make a quality repair accepted by certifying authorities and insurance companies. Besides the repair of cranes Rusch Kraantechniek made special lifting appliances to the demands of it customers and modified existing cranes with longer or stronger booms.
Since 1993, Rusch Offshore Service is the only independent crane Service Company for offshore cranes in the Netherlands. After meeting a customer’s demand in 2005, Rusch Special Products developed a 60 meter and a 90 meter telescopic boom demolition machine for a 5T tool and later on triple mast machines for havier tool. The last delivery (June 2009) can take a 25T tool up to 34 meter.

1. Technical feasibility -> stability and strength of high reach machines.
2. Use of the machines -> safety systems in the machines.
3. Physics -> Behaviour of debris
4. Transport of high reach machines
5. Tools. (also introduction to the next speaker Arne Marx from Genesis)

If you are interested in booking a place for the seminar please visit the IDE website for further details and a booking form.

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