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PREFACE
1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 NEW DESIGN AND INNOVATIONS
1.3 APPLICATION
1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.5 DEFINITIONS
1.6 SAFETY
2 CLASSIFICATION AND LOAD RATING
3 STRUCTURE
3.1 BASIS OF DESIGN
3.2 SLENDERNESS RATIOS OF BRIDGE SECTION
3.3 DEFLECTION
3.3.1 Limits
3.3.2 Leg spread of gantry cranes
3.3.3 Natural frequency
3.3.4 Lateral forces on portal cranes
3.3.5 Camber
3.3.6 Jib cranes
3.4 SPAN TO WHEELBASE RATIO
4 STABILITY
5 CRANE MECHANISMS
5.1 MECHANISMS
5.2 MOTION LIMITS
5.2.1 Hoisting
5.2.1.1 Control of upper limit
5.2.1.2 Control of lower limit
5.2.2 Travel
5.2.2.1 General
5.2.2.2 Crane anti-collision
5.2.2.3 Crab trolley anti-collision
5.2.3 Out-of-service conditions
5.2.4 Rail clamps
5.3 HOISTING UNIT
5.3.1 Wire rope
5.3.2 Drum
5.3.3 Retention of chain
5.4 ATTACHMENTS FOR FREIGHT CONTAINERS
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Spreader
5.4.3 Twistlock details
5.5 MULTIPLE HOIST/CRAB COMBINATIONS
5.6 MULTIPLE CRANE COMBINATIONS
6 ACCESS FROM FIXED PLATFORMS
6.1 ACCESS TO CRANE OPERATING POSITION
6.1.1 General
6.1.2 Access in hazardous environment
6.2 ACCESS FOR SERVICING—SERVICE PLATFORMS
6.2.1 Servicing position of crane
6.2.2 Access for servicing
6.2.2.1 Power driven cranes
6.2.2.2 Manually operated cranes
6.2.3 Height for serviceable items
6.3 ACCESS AND SERVICING FACILITIES
6.3.1 Platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders
6.3.2 Provision of access and servicing facilities
6.3.2.1 Bridge crane with underslung hoist
6.3.2.2 Bridge or gantry crane with crab
6.3.2.3 Bridge crane with cabin control
6.3.2.4 Torsion box cranes
6.3.2.5 Multiple-crane installations
6.3.2.6 Common fixed access to more than one crane
6.3.2.7 Access across an end carriage
6.3.3 Requirements of access and service facilities located on the crane
6.3.3.1 Headroom above platforms and walkways
6.3.3.2 Width of platforms and walkways
6.3.3.3 Obstructions on a platform or walkway
6.3.3.4 Servicing access through platform or walkway
6.3.3.5 Servicing facilities for crane hook
6.3.3.6 Access to crab
6.3.3.7 Points of access between two platforms which move relative to each other
6.3.3.8 Points accessible from fixed or moving walkways
7 ACCESS FROM MOBILE PLATFORMS
7.1 GENERAL
7.2 USE OF MOBILE PLATFORM
7.3 ACCESS FROM MOBILE PLATFORM
7.4 ACCESS TO CRANE DRIVING POSITION
7.5 ACCESS FOR SERVICING
7.5.1 Servicing position of crane
7.5.2 Access for servicing
7.5.3 Servicing position of platform
7.6 ACCESS AND SERVICING FACILITIES
7.6.1 Provision of access and servicing facilities
7.6.2 Emergency access to control cabin
7.7 NOTICES REQUIRED WHEN USING MOBILE PLATFORMS
8 CLEARANCES
8.1 HANDRAIL CLEARANCES
8.2 CLEARANCE ABOVE CRANE OR CRAB
8.3 CLEARANCE BELOW UNLADEN CRANE WITH POWER-DRIVEN TRAVEL OR TRAVERSE MOTION
8.4 CLEARANCES BETWEEN CRANE AND PLATFORMS
8.4.1 Fixed platforms
8.4.2 Mobile platforms
8.5 CLEARANCE AT OR NEAR A CRANE RUNWAY
8.6 CLEARANCE BETWEEN MOVING PARTS OF A CRANE AND A PLATFORM OR WALKWAY
8.7 CLEARANCES BETWEEN HOIST UNIT AND CRANE END CARRIAGE OR RUNWAY
9 ELECTRICAL ACCESS ISOLATORS
9.1 GENERAL
9.2 ACCESS ISOLATORS FOR ACCESS FROM FIXED PLATFORMS
9.2.1 Hoisting motion
9.2.2 Travel and traverse motions
9.2.2.1 Location of service isolators
9.2.2.2 Travel motion
9.2.2.3 Traverse motion
9.3 ACCESS ISOLATORS FOR ACCESS FROM MOBILE PLATFORMS
9.3.1 Location of access isolation
9.4 MARKING OF ACCESS ISOLATORS
10 SPEED LIMITATIONS FOR PENDANT – CONTROLLED CRANES
11 MARKING AND DATA TO BE SUPPLIED WITH CRANE
11.1 MARKING ON CRANE
11.2 MARKING ON LIFTING MEANS
11.3 MANUALS
11.3.1 General
11.3.2 Crane operator’s manual
11.3.3 Maintenance manual
11.3.4 Logbook
11.3.5 Parts book
12 INSPECTION AND COMMISSIONING
12.1 INSPECTION
12.2 COMMISSIONING
12.2.1 General
12.2.2 Pre-operational inspection and testing
12.2.3 No-load operation and testing
12.2.4 Load testing
12.2.5 Reports
13 GUARDING
13.1 GENERAL
13.2 STRENGTH
13.3 MATERIAL
13.4 FIXED GUARDS
13.5 REMOVABLE GUARDS
13.6 INSPECTION POINTS
13.7 MARKING
13.8 TRAVEL MOTION WHEELS
13.9 COLOUR
APPENDIX A
A1 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED WITH ENQUIRY OR ORDER
A2 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED WITH TENDER
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
Amendment control sheet
AS 1418.3—1997
Amendment No. 1 (1998)
Revised text
Amendment No. 2 (2002)
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