10-Year Major Inspections in Wollongong
A decade of Illawarra work leaves marks a visual inspection can't find. Scissor lifts that have cycled through Port Kembla's heavy-industry precincts carry fatigue from constant use in abrasive, high-vibration environments, boom lifts on maintenance shutdowns and industrial plant work accumulate ten years of salt air in their structure, and cherry pickers serving the region's utilities and trade contractors face the same coastal corrosion working into box sections and behind pins where nobody sees it until the structure is opened up. The 10-year major exists precisely to open those places up.
EWP Australia runs 10-year major inspections for Wollongong and Illawarra owners across scissor lifts, boom lifts and cherry pickers — full structural strip-down, NDT of welds, pins and bosses, hydraulic and electrical overhaul assessment, load testing and the engineering documentation that resets the machine's inspection baseline. The scope is agreed and quoted before disassembly, so the job can't quietly become an open-ended rebuild.
10-Year Major Inspections — The Scope
- Full strip-down and inspection of structural and load-bearing components
- NDT (crack testing) of welds, pins, bosses and critical sections
- Hydraulic, electrical and safety-system overhaul assessment
- Load testing on completion, witnessed and documented
- Engineering documentation recording the machine's new inspection baseline
- A clear scope and quote before work starts — no open-ended rebuilds
Full Service Detail
These pages describe how 10-year major inspections works for Wollongong operators. For the full service description — process, standards and FAQs — see:
10-Year Major Inspections in Wollongong — Common Questions
Coastal machines worry me — is corrosion usually what majors find here?
It's the most common Illawarra finding. Hidden corrosion in structure is exactly what the strip-down and NDT are designed to expose, and finding it at the major is far cheaper than finding it in service.
Can the major be timed around our industrial maintenance calendar?
Yes — many Illawarra owners schedule majors in the quieter periods between shutdowns so the machine is back and re-baselined before the next busy window.
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- Crane Inspections — Wollongong
- NDT & Load Testing — Wollongong
- EWP Repairs & Servicing — Wollongong
- Engineering Reports & Major Rebuilds — Wollongong
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- 5-Year Major Inspections — Wollongong
- Mechanical Repairs — Wollongong
- Hydraulic Services — Wollongong
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