New EN 13852-1 Offshore Cranes

Edition 2013
Svein Harald Hetland, MSc,
BP Lifting Technical Authority

New revision of EN13852-1

expected in 2013
Status of the work
Hearing and implementation schedule
Some changes proposed by the working group

CEN/TC147 Crane safety

TC147

WG22
Manipulating devices

WG21
Non fixed attachments

WG20
Hand operated cranes

WG19
Cable cranes

WG18
Loader cranes

WG17
Winches and hoists

WG16
Floating cranes

WG15
Offshore cranes

WG14
Bridge and gantry

WG13
Slewing jib cranes

WG12
Tower cranes

WG11
Mobile cranes

WG1 Terminology and harmonisation

WG2 Crane Safety Design - General
WG3 Crane Safety Design Requirements for equipment
WG4 Crane Safety Requirements for health and safety
WG5 Crane Safety Requirements for inspection and safe use

25 April
2013

Existing EN13852-1 May 2004 is revised

due to:
More than 5 years since publication
Two amendments, numerous recommendations for use
Reference standards being replaced
Alignment with other crane standards necessary
The New Machinery Directive into force on 29 Dec 2009
May 2004 edition is no longer harmonised

Design requirements revised to be more general for

all kind of boom configurations

New revision of EN13852-1 expected in 2013,

revision time schedule

2013

2013

Publication

2011

Formal Vote

2010

2nd CEN Enquiry

Comment
resolution meetings
2

2009
New work item

2007

1st CEN Enquiry

Comment
resolution
meetings
1

Harmonisation

First edition

2004 2005

Summary from the revision work (According to Microsoft Word):

25001 words (94 pages)
4630 revisions are done
1621 new insertions
1489 formatting
271 moves
other

Principle of safety integration

Harm:

Vibrations

List of
significant
hazards:

Electrical
hazards

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Main draft changes strength and stability
Implementation of EN13001 series to replace FEM Sec.I reference
EN13001-1 Crane safety General design
Part 1: General principles and requirements
Part 2: Load actions

CEN/TS 13001 Crane safety General design

Part 3-1: Limit states and proof of competence of steel structures
Part 3-2: Limit states and proof of competence of wire ropes in
reeving systems
Part 3-3: Limit states and proof of competence of wheel/rail
contacts
Part 3-4: Machinery (missing , FEM 1.001 still to be used)
Part 3-5: Limit states and proof of competence of forged hooks

Amendments 1
Scope does not cover: (new / amended list)
operations at an ambient temperature above 45 C;
hand powered cranes and other cranes with a rated capacity
less than 2 t or outreach less than 8 m;
accidental loads due to collisions;
emergency rescue operations; (except training)

Scope does not cover: (deleted items)

loads due to earthquake
cranes on seagoing vessels, excluded from the scope of the
Machinery Directive

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Amendments 2B
Some new definitions:
3.20
off-board lift
lifting operation between the offshore installation and a floating unit or the sea
3.22
offshore crane
crane mounted on an offshore installation and used for off-board and on-board lifts
3.23
offshore installation
structure supported by the seabed or floating unit, exposed to an offshore marine
environment
3.24
on-board lift lifting operation within the offshore installation
3.30
rated capacity limiter (RCL)
device or system that automatically prevents the rated capacity from being
exceeded during on-board lifts or personnel lifts

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Amendments 5 Figure 3 Off-board lifts

Key:
1 Deck
velocity

5 Boom tip
velocity

9 Wind

2 Offlead

6 Snow and
ice

10 Sideload

3 Installation 7 Vertical
installation
inclination
acceleration
(trim and
heel)
4 Hoisting
velocity

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8 Horizontal
installation
acceleration

11 Actual
hook load

5.3.2 Non-electrotechnical equipment

Non-electro technical equipment shall in addition to

the requirements of this standard, be in accordance
with EN 13135-2:2004+A1:2010.
Safety related parts of control systems shall conform
to the required performance level in accordance with
ISO 13849-1:2008, see Annex K.

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5.3.7 Winches and brakes

Brakes shall be in accordance with Annex I.
In addition to the normal working brake, luffing winches shall be equipped
with a mechanically and operationally independent back-up brake, with
separate control circuits.

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Some other main changes
Preferred location of MOPS on left hand
Preferred location of Emergency stop on right hand
Rated capacity limiter, RCL
Winch motor overspeeding protection
Fire protection
Secondary motion limiters for
personnel lifting

Static Wire Rope Design Factors

6

API 6th Edition

Design Factor

Note: API 7th Edition, EN 138521, DNV and Lloyds curves are
all overlapping
4
API 7th Edition
API 6th Edition
EN 13852-1
DNV
Lloyds

2
0

50,000

10t

100,000

150,000

200,000

SWL

SWL (lb)

250,000

300,000

350,000

160t

400,000

Dynamic safety factor reduced by D/d-ratio bending factor according to

CEN/TS 13001-3-2.

Dynamic safety factor running rigging new EN 13852-1:2013

SF Dyn

3,50

EN13852-1:2013

<10 t

3,00

70t
100t

2,50

>160t

2.3
2,00

DNV 2.22 & API 2c

D/d-ratio

18,00

19,46

21,18

23,23

25,71

1,50

New load reference factor reduction to align with the existing practice
in EN13852-1:2004 for reduction of safety factor up to 160t.

Dynamic safety factor running rigging

3,5
DNV 2.22 & API 2c

SF Dyn

3
2,5

New EN13852-1

2
EN 13862-1:2004

1,5
Rated capacity
tonnes
DNV 2.22 & API 2C:
SF = 2.3
= dynamic factor for the crane
SWL = Safe Working Load (kN).

New EN ISO 13849-1

Requirement for Performance Level:

A crane with a life time of 20.000 operating hours:

PLr= c Probability for critical failure in the lifetime is >= 2% til < 6%
PLr= d Probability for critical failure in the lifetime is >= 0.002 til < 2%

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New revision of EN13852-1 expected in 2013 Main draft

changes lifting of persons, 5.10
Lifting of persons is defined as a
high risk application
50% reduction of the rated capacity
for the lifting of persons is replaced
by applying a risk coefficient n = 1.5
(Gives still approx. 50% reduction of inboard rated capacity, but utilize the
passive shock absorbers for off-board
MOB boat lifts.)

EN 13001-2:2004 clause 4.3.2

states how the risk coefficient shall
be used in the proof calculations
The risk coefficient shall also be
included in the wire rope safety
factors, ref. Annex G of EN13852-1
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5.9.2 Emergency Operation System 1/2

General-purpose offshore cranes shall be equipped with
an emergency operation system (EOS). The EOS shall
make it possible to operate the crane with reduced
speeds in the following emergencies:
1. Single point failure or interruption of the main power
supply
2. Single point failure in the main power unit
3. Single point failure in the control system
The main parts of power and control system and the EOS
are shown in Figure 6.

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EOS - Emergency Operation System 2/2

DS10000
Tz = 8.2s
Tp = 10.5s
Hsig = 2m
Heading = 15 degrees
Lswing = 27 m
Damping = 0% vs 0.5%
JONSWAP spectrum

45
40

Swing angle [deg]

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0

10

15
Time, t [min]

20

25

30

Within few
minutes, the wire
with forerunner
(typical pendulum
length between
10-40m) end up
in to resonance
with vessels
motions at typical
wave length
periods of 8-12
sec.

It shall be possible to make the EOS operational without undue delay taking into
consideration the following;

location of the crane (fixed or floating installation)

mode of operation (load handling or lifting of personnel)
operational limitations (environmental conditions)

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The minimum hook velocity for all main functions of the EOS shall be10 % of the
magnitudes specified in Annex B.

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B.4.1 Hoisting and lowering velocity

VH = K H VD2 + VC2

where KH is a velocity factor according to table B.3

Table B.3 - Velocity factor KH

VH

Single fall reeving

Multiple fall
reeving

No hook load

0,65

0,40

At rated capacity

0,50

0,28

New min. hoisting speed, single fall, no load

3,00
2,50
Fixed

m/s

2,00

Semi

1,50

FPSO

1,00

EN13852-1:2004/API 2c 6th/DNV
2.22

0,50

DNV 2.22 floaters

0,00
1,00 1,50 2,00 2,50 3,00 3,50 4,00 4,50 5,00 5,50 6,00
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Significant waveheight in meters

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B.4.2 Horiziontal hook velocity

VR = K R VD2 + VC2
VL = K L VD2 + VC2

VH

VR
where KR and KL is a velocity factor according to table B.4

VL

With and without load

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Horizontal speed

Luffing
FACTOR

0,10

Slewing
FACTOR

0,60

Radius

22 000

Required speed [m/s]

SWH
m
1,00
1,50
2,00
2,50
3,00
3,50
4,00
4,50
5,00
5,50
6,00

mm

RPM

Fixed

Semi

FPSO

Fixed

Semi

FPSO

0,40
0,57
0,72
0,86
0,98
1,10
1,20
1,30
1,38
1,47
1,54

0,43
0,61
0,78
0,94
1,08
1,21
1,34
1,46
1,57
1,68
1,79

0,50
0,72
0,94
1,14
1,33
1,52
1,70
1,87
2,04
2,21
2,37

0,17
0,25
0,31
0,37
0,43
0,48
0,52
0,56
0,60
0,64
0,67

0,19
0,27
0,34
0,41
0,47
0,53
0,58
0,63
0,68
0,73
0,78

0,22
0,31
0,41
0,49
0,58
0,66
0,74
0,81
0,89
0,96
1,03

SWH
m
1,00
1,50
2,00
2,50
3,00
3,50
4,00
4,50
5,00
5,50
6,00

Required speed
Semi

FPSO

0,07
0,09
0,12
0,14
0,16
0,18
0,20
0,22
0,23
0,24
0,26

0,07
0,10
0,13
0,16
0,18
0,20
0,22
0,24
0,26
0,28
0,30

0,08
0,12
0,16
0,19
0,22
0,25
0,28
0,31
0,34
0,37
0,40

Fixed

Required speed
Semi

FPSO

0,17
0,24
0,30
0,36
0,41
0,46
0,50
0,54
0,58
0,61
0,64

0,18
0,25
0,33
0,39
0,45
0,51
0,56
0,61
0,66
0,70
0,74

0,21
0,30
0,39
0,47
0,55
0,63
0,71
0,78
0,85
0,92
0,99

Luffing
FACTOR

SWH
m
1,00
1,50
2,00
2,50
3,00
3,50
4,00
4,50
5,00
5,50
6,00
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Fixed

0,25

Knuckle boom/lattice cranes horizontal luffing:

Horizontal luffing
speed of knuckle
boom
Versus
Lattice boom
crane with
existing
requirements.

Calculation of horizontal luffing speed

Valhall PH crane (55m):
ACTUAL
LUFFING SPEED
Valhall PH crane
55m boom
Nominal load
Power
Max. rope speed

kg
kW
m/s

15 000
300
2,00

Radius

mm

10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 40 000 45 000 50 000 55 000

Boom speed
Horizontal speed

degr./s
m/s

2,367
2,250

2,023
1,890

1,789
1,626

1,624
1,419

1,503
1,248

1,419
1,095

1,360
0,950

1,326
0,802

1,319
0,630

1,369
0,373

Skarv cranes (knuckle boom 48m) = luffing speed of

0,5 m/s at 30m radius

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Annex M Excursion envelopes

Legend:
A: Excursion envelope for failure mode
analysis (elliptic) (Side- and offlead in
1m significant wave height)
B: Excursion envelope for offshore lift
mode (elliptic) (Side- and offlead in 6m
significant wave height)
C: Excursion envelope for
entanglement situation within the
offshore lift mode (Circle radius 50m)
(Full capacity end termination may be used if
outside radius.)

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AOPS/Gross Overload Conditions

(From Supply Boat Entanglement)
EN 13852-1:2013

If there is a risk of failure of

components during activation of AOPS,
e.g. winch motor bursting due to over
speeding, the resulting forces shall not
exceed significant damage load, and
adequate protection shall be provided
to prevent harm to personnel due to
bursting or ejected parts etc.

API 7th Edition

When the system is activated, the

crane shall maintain a retaining force at
the hook sufficient to suspend a load
corresponding to the rated capacity for
on-board lift. ~=110% SWL

Considers supply boat entanglement

an extremely rare but serious event
with special attention required
Equipment damage considered
acceptable in this rare catastrophic
event
Accomplished through failure mode
assessment showing structure holding
operators cabin will not be first to fail
in any condition
Considers hazards created by AOPS
to be worse than the potential benefits

Risk for entanglement situations during off-board lifts

Response time EN13852-1:2013

The maximum response time for the main motions shall be as given in Table 2.
Table 2 Maximum response time EN13852-1:2013:
Hoisting
2s

Luffing, folding,
telescoping
3s

Slewing
4s

EN13852-1:2004:
Table 1 Maximum response time
Hoisting
2s

Luffing, folding,
telescoping
2s

Slewing
2s

Questions?