CRANE HOIST SYSTEM

Basic Hoisting
Friction losses
occur at the
sheave shaft
bearings and in
the wire rope it
self. The loss
coefficient can
vary from
a high of about 4
% of rope load for
a sheave mounted
on bronze
bushings to a low
of as little as 0.9%
for a sheave on
precision ball or

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Hoist