PaR Systems

PaR Systems, Inc
Private Small Business
Industry Systems Engineering
Predecessor General Mills
Founded Shoreview, Minnesota, United States (1961 (1961))
Headquarters Shoreview, Minnesota, United States
Area served
 worldwide
Key people
 Mark Wrightsman, CEO
Charles Chadwell, Chairman[1]
Products Robotic gantries, custom-solution cranes, CNC waterjet cutters, robot controllers, robotic inspection systems, material handling systems
Revenue US$17.5 Million [2]
Owner MML Captial Partners [3]
Number of employees
 550 [3]
Subsidiaries Ederer LLC
Jered LLC
SDI Lasers Ltd
Oak River Technology
PaR Marine Services, LLC
Website www.par.com

PaR Systems, Inc, is a systems engineering firm headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota, specializing in automated manufacturing and material handling equipment.[4] subsidiaries include Jered LLC,[5] specializing in marine equipment and cargo handling systems; Ederer LLC,[6] specializing in custom and specialty cranes and associated equipment; CAMotion, specializing in advanced motion control and Cartesian palletizers [7] and Oak River Technology, specializing in automated manufacturing, testing equipment and medical device manufacturing equipment.[8] PaR systems specializes in engineering equipment for the nuclear field, designing equipment for nuclear industry hot cells, process facilities and decommissioning applications in Japan, UK and United States.[9] In the aerospace industry, PaR specializes in precision cutting, trimming, drilling, coating, scanning and non-destructive testing equipment [10] PaR Systems has quality certifications in ISO9001, AS9100, ISO13485 and ASME NQA-1 compliant. [11]

History

PaR Systems was spun off from General Mills in 1961 under the name Programmed and Remote Systems Corporation.[12]

Contracts

Defense Contracts

Jered was the primary contractor for the aircraft elevators on the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, Tarawa-class, Wasp-class, and half of the Iwo Jima-class ships for the US navy, as well as the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias.[13][14][15]

Main Crane system

PaR Systems was awarded the subcontract for the Main Crane System (MCS) for the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement. the system consists of two overhead bridge cranes, which support two 50-ton trolley hoists, and a Mobile Tool Platform (MTP). The MTP is suspended from a third trolley using a wire rope tensile truss with three paired winches, giving the platform six degrees of freedom.[16] the MTP is equipped with a wide variety of tools, including a manipulator arm, that will be needed to dismantle the Sarcaphagus and reactor building so that the radioactive material can be moved to more stable containment. The bridges are 96 meters (315 feet) long, and run on a 150 meters (490 feet) long runway track with six rails. There are shielded garages along the track to allow tools to be exchanged to and from the bridges for maintenance and different operations. Engineering was done by PaR Systems, and manufactured by PaR Systems and PaR Marine. [17][18]

Products

PaR Systems has several standardized product lines, in addition to custom solutions.

CNC manufacturing

PaR Systems' line of 5-axis waterjet cutters is sold under the Vector brand. they can be used to cut from three-dimensional objects.[19][20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ PaR Systems, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek
  2. ↑ PaR Systems Careers and Employment | Indeed.com
  3. 1 2 Robotics maker PaR Systems adding capacity, jobs | StarTribune.com
  4. ↑ Robotic Automation Systems, High Precision Manufacturing | PaR Systems
  5. ↑ Jered LLC | Marine Equipment, Cargo Handling | PaR Systems
  6. ↑ Ederer LLC | Specialty Cranes, Crane Equipment | PaR Systems
  7. ↑ http://www.par.com/company/news/2013/par-systems-inc-acquires-atlanta-based-camotion/
  8. ↑ http://www.oakrivertechnology.com/downloads/Press-Release.pdf
  9. ↑ Hazardous Environment Cranes | Hazardous Environments, Hazardous Material Equipment | PaR Systems
  10. ↑ http://www.par.com/aerospace/
  11. ↑ http://www.par.com/company/quality/
  12. ↑ PaR Systems, Inc. | Robotic Automation Systems, High Precision Manufacturing | PaR Systems
  13. ↑ Aircraft Elevators | Naval Contractors and Defense Manufacturing | PaR Systems
  14. ↑ Alternative Drive System For Deck Edge Elevator | SBIR.gov
  15. ↑ http://www.acibc.org/aboutus/sp_jered.pdf
  16. ↑ Contract for Chernobyl crane system
  17. ↑ PaR Systems Awarded Main Cranes System for Chernobyl NSC Project, PaR Systems, Inc
  18. ↑ PaR Systems Awarded Main Cranes System Subcontract for Chernobyl NSC Project | Robotic Automation Systems | PaR Systems
  19. ↑ Aerospace Waterjet Cutting Systems | Aerospace Cranes, Aerospace Manufacturing | PaR Systems
  20. ↑ Water Jetting Directory

External links

Official website

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