Tutorial: Design of Cranes

Design a crane hook for lifting capacity of 50 KN. It is made from forged steel and has triangular Batch-
section. Take permissible tensile stress 80 N/mm 2. Select the most suitable cross section for the hook. 72
Determine the diameter of steel wire rope for an electrical overload travelling crane from the 72
following data;
Lifting capacity = 50 KN Weight of lifting tackle = 1000 N
Weight of magnet = 20 KN Height = 8 meter
Number of ropes = 4 Efficiency of pulley system = 94 %
Factor of safety = 4 For the crane, a flexible hoisting rope of 6 X 37 is recommended.
A block and tackle consists of three-sheave fixed block and three-sheave movable block. 72
Take pulley resistance factor C is 1.05. Determine the load that can be lifted when the pull
in the rope is 750 N. determine also the size of the rope, taking permissible tension in the
rope as 2.8 x d2, where, d is the diameter of rope in mm. Estimate the factor of safety.
Design a steel wire rope for a mine hoist for lifting 1500 kg in a single run. The hoist trolley weight 200 kg. 72
The rope has two falls. The maximum acceleration imparted to the hoist while lifting is 3 m/sec2. Select 6 x
19 rope having ultimate breaking strength of 1400 N/ mm2 and Er = 9.8 x 104 N/mm2. Considered total no
of bends = 6.
A block and tackle has 6sheave in each block. The rope diameter is 22 mm. If factor of 74
safety is 6, pulley resistance factor C is 1.08, and ultimate strength of rope is 130 MPa,
find i) capacity of tackle and ii) hoist efficiency.
Design a crane hook for lifting capacity of 4 tonnes. It is made from forged steel and has approximate 74
trapezoidal cross section. Take permissible tensile stress 75 N/mm 2 for forged steel.
An Elevator is designed to carry workers and materials to height of 40 meter. It is estimated that at 74
m
0 .5
least 10 workers with material load of 12 KN should be hoisted at a speed of s which
should be attained in the first 0.4s. If the recommended steel wire rope is 6×19 with the wire
diameter of 2.5mm. Determine the factor of safety. Use following data:
Wire diameter (
d w ) = 0.063d
2
Cross – sectional area of rope, A = 0 .38 d
2
Tensile strength for wire rope = 435 d
Modulus of elasticity for wire rope, E = 84 GPa.
Design a crane hook for a 60KN capacity. The hook is forged from steel having a safe normal stress 76
of 130 N/mm2
Design a wire rope to hoist a load of 50KN through lift of 50m. Take no. of bands as 4 . 76
A block and tackle consists of three sheave fixed block and three sheave movable block. Take 76
pulley c is 1.05 resistance factors. Determine load that can be lifted when pull in rope is 900 N.
Determine also size of rope taking permissible tension in rope =2.8d2 . Where d= dia of rope in
mm. Find factor of safety.
Design a Crane hook for a 45 KN capacity. The hook is forged from steel & safe stress may be taken as 76
120 N/mm 2
Find the main dimension of a cast iron drum from the following data for winding rope. B1
Maximum load to be lifted =40KN.
Diameter of wire rope =14m.
Lifting height = 10m.
Durm diameter =30rope diameter .
Allowable stress for cast iron =25mpsa.
Number of falls =4.
Use two movable sheves.
Find the main dimension of a cast iron drum from the following data for winding rope. B2
Maximum load to be lifted =40kn.
Diameter of wire rope =14m.
Lifting height = 10m.
Durm diameter =30.rope diameter.
Allowable stress for cast iron =25mpsa.
Number of falls =4.
Use two movable sheves.
Find the main dimensions of a cast iron rope drum from following data for winding (two sides). B3
Maximum load to be lifted = 8 kN
Diameter of wire rope = 32 mm
Lifting height = 2.7 m
Number of falls = 02
Allowable stress for cast iron = 33MPa
Rope of diameter =576mm
Use two movable sheves.