Overhead Crane

[civeng]

Hi<br>I'm inquiring about how to design the beams for an overhead crane. The beams have to be about 60ft long and are spaced 48 ft apart from one another.<br>I'd like to know if there are any sites where i can look up the equations, loads to be considered etc, to be able to design my supporting beams.<br>Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[eureka]

Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) Specifications No 70 and No 74 will probabily have what you want.<br><br>CMAA is now part of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA), their web site is <A HREF="

http://www.mhia.org"

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http://www.mhia.org</A><br><br>The

CMAA Specifications can be ordered from them but I don't think you will find the Specs online.<br><br>Good luck!

 

[Ginger]

Not sure where you live but in the UK we use British Standard BS2853 (available from the British Standards Institution).&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a permissible stress code and covers allaspects of steel runway beam design.<br><br>Regards <p>Andy Machon<br><a href=mailto:Andy@machona.freeserve.co.uk>Andy@machona.freeserve.co.uk</a><br><a href= > </a><br>