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Load Test in a already erected EOT crane

01/28/2010 6:59 AM

In our power plant a EOT Crane of Max. loading capacity of 375 Tonne was erected and commissioned. Now we want to do the load test to get the loading capacity how can we get ? the necessary arrangements and other possibile facilities are required for this?

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Re: Load Test in a already erected EOT crane

01/28/2010 7:05 AM

Get on to the manufacturer for their operating manual, and look it up. Was a demonstration load test not specified as part of the purchase order, then?

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Re: Load Test in a already erected EOT crane

01/28/2010 7:21 AM

The company that installed the crane. It should have been load tested when they finished installation. So they should have the necessary weights to do it again.

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Re: Load Test in a already erected EOT crane

01/30/2010 12:14 AM

It's hard to see how it could be tested before erecting it. Round up 375 tonnes of weight(s) (x test factor) and just hang 'em. If the crane doesn't break, bend, sag, or deflect too far, maybe it passes the test?

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Re: Load Test in a already erected EOT crane

08/18/2010 12:05 PM

Load testing the larger cranes is nomally part of the commisioning of the crane. As some one mentioned earlier, contact the manufacuture; that is true if there are still are still a vialable company. Many of the large crane companies in North America that supplied crane in the 1970 have closed their doors.
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