WORKSHOP CRANE

(OVERHEAD CRANE)

OVERHEAD CRANE

Overhead crane is a common type of workshop crane

Anoverhead crane, commonly called abridge
crane, is a type ofcranefound in industrial
environments. An overhead crane consists of parallel
runways with a traveling bridge spanning the gap.
Ahoist, the lifting component of a crane, travels along
the bridge.

HISTORY

The first overhead cranes, powered by steam,

were developed by a German company in the
1830s and entered mass production in Germany in
the 1840s.The overhead cranes origins in England
lie in the 18thcentury industrial revolution. In 1876
a Liverpool engineer by the name of Sampson
Moore designed and produced the first overhead
electric crane, which was used to hoist guns at the
Gun Factory of the Royal Arsenal in London.
Overhead cranes subsequently came to be used
extensively in the steel manufacturing factories

HISTORY

1830: First Crane company in Germany Ludwig Stuckenholz company

nowDemagCranes & Components GmbH.
1840:mass productionof overhead cranes starts in Germany
1854:Sampson Moore& Co inLiverpoolEngland patents a new winch
mechanism that allowed the lifting of heavier weights (such as naval
guns) by anelectric motor.
1861: the firststeam poweredoverhead crane is installed byJohn
Ramsbottomat theCrewe Railway workshops. Power ss transmitted
to the crane from a pulley driven by a stationary engine through an
endless cotton rope.
1887: the Ludwig Stuckenholz company introduces electrical
components to overhead cranes determining industry design.
1910: the first mass produced electric motor hoist starts in Germany.

HISTORY

INVENTOR

Ludwig Stuckenholz Company

DemagCranes Components GmbH.

INVENTOR

Demag Cranes AGis a Germanheavy

equipmentmanufacturer
The company was a manufacturer of
industrial cranes that included types
like,bridge cranes,hoist
(device),overhead cranes,Gantry
craneto name a few.

USE OF MACHINE

Overhead cranes are commonly used in therefinement of

steeland other metals such as copper and aluminum. At every
step of the manufacturing process, until it leaves a factory as a
finished product, metal is handled by an overhead crane. Raw
materials are poured into afurnaceby crane, hot metal is then
rolled to specific thickness andtemperedorannealed, and then
stored by an overhead crane for cooling, the finished coils are
lifted and loaded onto trucks and trains by overhead crane, and
thefabricatoror stamper uses an overhead crane to handle the
steel in his factory. Theautomobileindustry uses overhead
cranes to handle raw materials.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Do not engage in any activity that will divert your attention.

Do not lift, lower, or transport a load with the crane or hoist until all
personnel are clear of the load and the loads path.
Verify that the load, crane and hoist will clear all obstacles before
moving or rotating the load
Do not move loads over personnel
Do not lift, lower, or transport personnel by means of the crane,
hoist, trolley, hoist hook, or load
Slowly inch the hook into engagement with the load to eliminate
wire rope slack and reduce impact loading of the crane and hoist.
Avoid unnecessary inching and quick reversals of direction

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Avoid sharp contact between trolleys or between trolleys and stops

Do not use the primary upper limit device as an operating limit. Use
operational limits if they are available.
Activate the manual warning device (if provided) before starting the
bridge or trolley travel motion of the crane and intermittently during
trolley travel motion of the crane and intermittently during travel of
the crane when approaching people in the travel path of the load.
Verbally warn people before starting the bridge or trolley travel motion
of a floor-operated crane that does not have a warning device that
may be positioned in the loads travel path and during travel of the
crane when approaching people in the loads travel path