Overhead Crane Mechanical Maintenance - 3 Days
This 3-day crane maintenance training course is a must for your Maintenance Departments Mechanical staff and provides standardized criteria to evaluate and correct structural, drive machinery and hoist problems on overhead cranes.
Keystone Steel & Wire Scott A.This course was very informative to me and the instructor was very good at his job.
Thank you for the information. I learned a lot of the do's and don'ts.
Nucor Steel Jon V.(What I liked most about the seminar was…) Pace, content and delivery, very
satisfied. Will send others.
Conoco Phillips MichaelVery friendly, seemed to be well knowledgeable to this work. Broke up class with
enough breaks.
Buzzi-Unicem Matthew B.(What I liked most about the seminar was...) Their suggestions. Many of the
suggestions they had would help but they must be implemented.
Southern California Energy Dale R.(What I liked most about the seminar was…) The content of material had more info that I was unaware of.
This popular crane training course provides standardized criteria to evaluate and correct structural, drive machinery and hoist problems on overhead cranes. Participants learn how to setup comprehensive preventive crane maintenance programs.
Students will work in our hands-on lab on actual crane and hoist components. A tour of a crane parts manufacturing plant is included.
Course objectives
- Learn to isolate causes of abnormal tracking
- Determine causes of abnormal component wear
- Learn component replacement criteria
- Learn replacement and adjustment procedures
- Determine needed preventive maintenance items and intervals
Course outline
- Introduction – Safety, Service Classifications, Terminology
- Crane tracking
- Runways
- Bridge & Trolley wheels
- Crane structure - girders & end trucks
- Drive and hoist machinery -Gearing, Couplings & Drums
- Bottom Blocks, hooks, sheaves and wire rope
- Brakes - Electric & Mechanical Load Brakes
- Brake Adjustments
- Preventive Maintenance Programs
- Tour of a crane parts manufacturing plant
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