CRANE DRIVER : KNOW - HOW

Hand book . Training help . Working help

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VOCABULARY

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 CRANE’S MOVEMENTS

REEVING
Trolleying

Hoisting
Slewing

2 falls reeving 4 falls reeving

Travelling

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 CRANE’S MOTIONS

TROLLEYING
SLEWING
Trolley-out Lowering

HOISTING

Slewing to the left Slewing to the right Travelling Travelling

TRAVELLING backward
forward

Trolley-in Slewing ON and HORN Emergency Hoisting

brake Stop button
Push button

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 TWO FAMILIES OF CRANES

G.M.A.
G. M. A. G.M.E.

Grues à Montage Automatisé Grues à Montage par Elément

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 G.M.A CONSTITUTION.
( Type H D ) JIB
-Tie bar line
-Jib’s elements
-Jack of jib
STRUT

-Trolley
-Reeving

MAST
-Top mast
-Jack of mast
BALLASTS -Bottom mast

CHASSIS
-Slewing part
-Toothed ring
-Fixed chasis
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 G.M.E. CONSTITUTION
COUNTER JIB CAT HEAD
PIVOT
-Tie bars -Cab
-Slewing pivot
-Ballast
-Fixed pivot
-Toothed ring

JIB
-Jib’s elements
-Tie bars
TELESCOPIC -Trolley, reeving
CAGE CHASIS ELEMENTS

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 CARACTERISTICS
Slewing axis of the crane

Radius:
Horizontal distance between the
Minimum radius slewing axis and the hook axis.
Axis of the hook
Working load:
Weight of the load which can be hung
Maximum radius to the hook.
This load varies according the radius
Maximum load
Maximum Safe Working Load:
Working load Greatest weight which can be lifted,
constant from the minimum radius
out to a certain radius depending on
Load at jib nose the capacity of the crane.

Load at the jib nose:

The working load which can be lifted
at maximum jib radius.

Moment:
The moment is an effort on the crane
produced by a load at a known radius.

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