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1. Required Clearances
As stated in item #3, OSHA specifies a vertical clearance of 3 inches as well as a horizontal clearance between the crane and any stationary objects of 2 inches. It has been our experience that on long span buildings, the 3 inch requirement although legal, represents a potential "land mine". It is important to understand that long span cranes (usually those longer than 55 feet) are typically box girder type cranes. Box girders are required to be fabricated with a camber (about an inch in 100 feet). Therefore when you have a long span building (with above average deflection), in conjunction with crane camber"bingo", not only have you lost your 3 inch clearance, but the top of your hoist is hitting the bottom side of a truss. Likewise, on tall buildings, if columns are as little as a single degree out of plumb, the required 2 inch horizontal clearance can evaporate. BTDT-DWDA!!! It is therefore our policy that, where ever possible, Dearborn Crane uses 6 inches for vertical and 3 inches for horizontal clearance. This provides a very inexpensive insurance policy, especially when you consider how costly it is to fix the problem after the fact.
4. Installation Tolerances
Although runways appear to be nothing more than building steel rotated in a horizontal orientation, this is not the case. Runways are a piece of machinery and need to be installed to machinery tolerances. The CMAA specification requires that crane runways be +/- inch in 20 feet and +/- 3/8 inch over the full length of the runway. Since runway girders are often installed by ironworkers aquainted with tolerances acceptable to installation of red iron building steel, they are usually surprised by the CMAA crane runway tolerances. This mis-undersanding can lead to the dreaded "B" word (backcharges) and hard feelings between the owner and building contractor. A detailed write-up of runway installation practices is available on our website.
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Larry Dunville A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Harvard Business School, is the owner and president of Dearborn Crane & Engineering Co. Larry has building cranes systems since working as a welder during high school summers and installing cranes as an apprentice Ironworker during college. Larry has two material handling patents and has written several magazine articles.
Dearborn Crane & Engineering Co. Dearborn is a builder of Overhead Bridge Cranes. Dearborn is located in Mishawaka, Indiana. Founded in 1947, Dearborn Crane is celebrating its 50 th year of business. In 1997 Dearborn was awarded the Indiana Governors "Quest for Excellence", and is expected to complete ISO 9000 certification by the end of 1998.
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