MEMG 09101 HEAVY EQUIPMENT

MAINTENANCE

Lecture 1A: Hoisting & Lifting

Hoisting & Lifting
 The equipment listed in this section is equipment
that has been designed for the hoisting & lifting
of
 materials,
 equipment, and
 personnel.
 Other equipment such as excavators and loaders
are also used for hoisting and lifting at times.
Hoisting & Lifting
 Hoisting and lifting involves special considerations,
such as lift radius, machine capacity at a given
radius, wind speed, and ground conditions.
 As you might expect, proper “hook up” or
connection between the object being lifted and
the lifting device is critical.
 This is also known as “rigging” and involves
methods, principles, and technical data that be
must be known in order to safely perform the lift.
Cranes

 Crane is a machine which is capable of

lifting, lowering and moving of heavy
materials with the use of pulleys and
cables.
 Cranes are valuable assets for the
construction industry because they made
things easy for any type of construction.

Cranes

 Cranes are commonly employed

 in the transport industry for the loading and
unloading of freight,
 in the construction industry for the movement
of materials, and
 in the manufacturing industry for the
assembling of heavy equipment.
Cranes

 There are so many types of cranes for

several works. Here, different types of
cranes;
 Overhead crane
 Carrier conventional crane
 Tower Crane
 Crawler conventional Crane
 Floating Crane
 Aerial Crane
Overhead crane
 Also known as a bridge crane, is a type of crane
where the hook-and-line mechanism runs along a
horizontal beam that it runs along two widely
separated rails.
 A hoist is used to lift the item, the bridge spans
the area covered by the crane and a trolley moves
along the bridge.
 Often it is in a long factory building and runs
along rails along the building’s two long walls.
Overhead crane
Carrier conventional crane
 is a crane that has a lattice boom on a rubber tired
truck body.
 When working on the jobsite, outriggers are extended
horizontally from the chassis then vertically to level
and stabilize the crane while stationary and hoisting.
 Since these cranes are self powered and on “rubber”,
they are able to travel on highways, eliminating the
need for special equipment to transport the crane.
Carrier conventional crane
Carrier hydraulic crane
 is a crane can be either a tubular extendible boom
or lattice boom on a rubber tired truck body that
uses hydraulics for boom.
 When working on the jobsite, outriggers are
extended horizontally from the chassis then
vertically to level and stabilize the crane while
stationary and hoisting.
Tower cranes
 are one of the
widely used cranes
now a day.
 For constructing tall
buildings, these
type of cranes are
used.
Conventional crawler crane

 is a crane that has a lattice

boom on a tracked body.
 When working on the
jobsite, weights can be
added to stabilize the crane
before hoisting.
 Crawler cranes have both
advantages and
disadvantages depending
on their use.
Conventional crawler crane

 Their main advantage is that they can move

around on site and perform each lift with little
set-up, since the crane is stable on its tracks
with no outriggers.
 In addition, a crawler crane is capable of
traveling with a load.
 Since these cranes are on tracks, they need to
be trucked from job site to job site.
Hydraulic crawler crane

 is a crane that is hydraulically powered on

a tracked body.
Floating Crane

 Floating cranes
are required for
bridge
construction, port
construction.
 They are also
used to load and
unload the ships.
Boom trucks
 Are basically truck
units with cranes
mounted on them to
enable the loading
and unloading of
loads to and from
either the boom
truck itself or
adjacent trucks.
Bucket trucks
 a truck equipped with an extendable, hydraulic
boom carrying a large bucket for raising
workers to
 elevated,
 inaccessible areas.
 Standard features include two stabilizers and a
power take-off (PTO) powered by
the truck engine to operate the lift hydraulics,
which raises the boom and bucket
Bucket trucks
Container handlers
 Container handlers
or reach stackers
are able to transport
a container in short
distances very
quickly and pile
them in various rows
depending on its
access.
Lift

 Forklift
 Articulated boom lifts
 Scissor lifts
 Mechanical lifts
Forklift
 The forklift
(Fig.1.4.1) or
lift truck, is a
powered
industrial
truck used to
lift and
transport
materials.
Forklift Main Parts
Articulated boom lifts
 are used for jobs that require reaching up and
over obstacles to gain access to a job not easily
approached by a straight telescopic boom.
 This lift is nearly identical to the straight boom lift
in every aspect, except in the boom’s ability to
articulate.
 Articulation points on the boom allow it to bend in
any number of different directions enabling it to
maneuver around various obstacles on a job site.
Articulated boom lifts
 Boom lifts can be equipped
with outriggers to stabilize
a unit while the boom is
fully extended.
Scissor lifts
 are designed for working on directly overhead
projects as they only lift on a vertical plane.
 It consists of a series of linked, folding supports
that crisscross in an “x” pattern.
 In order to raise the unit, pressure must be
applied to the outside of the lowest set of
supports, which elongates the crossing pattern,
elevating the platform vertically.
Scissor lifts

 If the machine is
hydraulically or
pneumatically powered
lowering of the
platform can be
achieved by simply
opening a valve to
release the pressure.
Mechanical lifts
 are generally smaller models that use rack-and-
pinion systems or screw threads to elevate the
platform.
 They are limited in the amount of weight they
can carry and the heights they can extend to.
 They are mainly used for indoor tasks like
changing light bulbs.
Mechanical lifts