Design of an Overhead Crane

MIE 441 Project

Presented by: Group C4

Takashi Yoshida Stephen Ju Matthew Corley Chady Attieh

Main Assembly
End Truck Sub-assembly Festooned Conductors

Trolley Subassembly Hoist SubAssembly

Cross Girder Runway Beam Support Column

Sub-Assemblies

Functional Requirements
Hoist of crane must be able to travel within an envelope of 20m (lateral) by 15m (vertical)
15m

Maximum capacity of 15 tons without failing

15 tons 20m

Constraints

All components must not experience plastic deformation when assembled and under maximum loading All components must achieve specified minimum FOS under the maximum end load of 15 tons

Objectives

To design all important components of an overhead crane To optimize all parts by minimizing their weight while satisfying all functional requirements and design constraints

Target Areas for FEA and Optimization Hoist sub-assembly

Interface between End Truck and Gross Girder

Interface between Cross Girder and Trolley

Optimization of Hook
Initial Weight 65.9076 kg Optimized Weight 39.4881 kg

15 tons

Change in Weight for Hook Optimization

Optimization of Cross Girder

15 tons

Initial Weight 133280 kg Optimized Weight 10413 kg

Change in Weight for Cross Girder Optimization

Optimization of End Truck

Initial Weight 2154.63 kg Optimized Weight 612.714 kg

Change in Weight for End Truck Optimization

Optimization of Hoist Case

Initial Weight 84.88 kg Optimized Weight 32.59 kg

Change in Weight for Hoist Case Optimization

Questions?

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