Cranes

Gentle Giants in Construction

Module Outline
Different types of Cranes
Cranes operations
- Mechanisms
- lifting process
- Safety

Cranes of Today

Cranes of Today

Key Elements of Crawler Cranes

Luffing Fly Jib
Jib
Gantry

Boom Hoist
Reeving

Auxiliary Drill
Power Plant

Inner Bridle or
Harness

Gantry or A-Frame

Boom
Point
with
Sheaves

Upper
Chord

Jib Line
Stays

Lattice
Boom
Lattice
Boom
Lower Chord
Boom
Gantry AFrame

Base for
Telescoping
Spotter

Back
Hitch
Cab

Rough Terrain Telescoping Crane

Boom Head
Upper Block
Boom Extension
Jib
Telescoping
Boom Base
Section

Auxiliary or
Whip Line
Auxiliary Hook &
Headache Ball
4 Part Main
Hoist Lines

Main Hoist
Winch
Auxiliary
Hoist
Winch

Main Load
Block & Hook
Hydraulic Boom \
Cylinder
Driver &
Operator Cab

Outrigger
Beam

Vertical Jack
Cylinder
Primary Outrigger
Pad or Float

Counterweight

Outrigger Beams
Deployed

4-Wheel Drive
Carrier

Secondary Pad/Float
(or Cribbing)

The Physics that Supports Cranes

The Physics that Supports Cranes

The Physics that Supports Cranes

+ Friction

The Physics that Supports Cranes

You are using a rope and two pulleys, each with a friction
factor of 10%, to lift a 50 kg rock. What is the force in the
lead line?

Wire Rope Construction

a Wire b Strand c Core

d -Wire Rope

The Rigging Hitching the Load

The Rigging Hitching the Load

Overbending or Kinking

Safe Lifting Capacity and Load Rating

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Safe Lifting Capacity and Load Rating

Safe Lifting Capacity and Load Rating

The Story of the Missing Lift Plan

What is wrong with this crane set-up?

What Really Happened

Forensic Engineering

Cause-Effect Fishbone Diagram

The Self-Erecting Bottom Slewing

Saddle Crane
Video #1: https://youtu.be/_VY79iBNFLs

Crane Control Strategies

Crane Control Strategies

Protecting Yourself and the Others By

Planning & Loading Right
Video #1: https://youtu.be/4_dVKVCm4PU

Video #2: https://youtu.be/4OOg7vL3rNY

Video #3: https://youtu.be/4OOg7vL3rNY

Two-Blocking

Protection Against Electrocution

Measuring Angles

Angle of frontback axis

Angle off of
vertical

Angle 90O off

front-back axis
Boom
Turret Platform to be
horizontal +/- 1 %

Boom
Angle

Single-Axis Inclinometer

Dual-Axis Inclinometer

Interference Prevention for Tower Cranes

Risky radio instructions to crane operator lifting unevenly rigged rebar bundles in a blind zone

Limited view from the crane cabin (regular lift) with several blind areas

Embedded mobile audio and video communication devices with wireless connectivity

Wireless camera housing attached to hook block

Different views recorded by the system at different elevations

Testing systems capability to deliver elevation of hook block in real-time