Published in World Port Development, July/August 2019
Category: Cranes: Structural Maintenance
Fatigue Cracks on Container Cranes
Published by Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA)
Container Cranes Require Structural Maintenance
Published in World Port Development, July/August 2015
STS Cranes – ‘Thorough’ Structural Examination
Published in World Port Development, Container Crane & Component Supplement
Thorough Structural Examination
Presented at PEMA 2014 Annual General Meeting in Amsterdam
Structural Maintenance of Dockside Container Cranes
The booklet explains the fundamental principles of general yielding, fatigue crack growth, brittle fracture, the concepts of stress intensity and fracture toughness, fatigue design criteria, the statistical basis for fatigue criteria, and the selection of inspection intervals.
Crane Useful Life Assessment and Maintenance
This presentation discusses fatigue design philosophy, useful life analysis, structural maintenance, and shows repair examples.
Structural Fatigue Happens: Maintain Your Cranes!
Structural maintenance is most efficiently, i.e., cost effectively, achieved through varying inspection intervals for the different crane components, depending on predicted cumulative “damage.” In this sense, cumulative damage refers to fatigue crack growth, not accidental damage.
Masterclass on Crane Procurement, Modernization, and Maintenance
Presented at the 2003 TOC Asia in Hong Kong
Predicting and Prolonging the Life of Used Cranes
So you have an older crane that has not undergone regular structural inspection—what are your options? You can do nothing and blindly use the crane, which, as we will explain later, is risky. Or you can assess its condition to find out how much structural life remains. Once you know the condition, you can decide how to best use the crane.