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EM 14 EOT CRANES

The capacity of main hoist shall depend on the heaviest package

or assembly to be lifted. Each Pump shall be equipped with each cranes shall
be provided. The capacity of each crane of 50/10 Tons or to suit to the heaviest
package or assembly to be lifted. The type of cranes shall be of Indoor type
Electrically operated over head traveling with main & auxiliary hoists for each
crane. The main hook of crane shall be of Rams-horn type swiveling hook with
standard depressed type safety latch.
The scope and supply covers the design, manufacture, testing at works,
supply erection, testing and commissioning of 50/10 T indoor, bridge type
electrically operated over head cranes of intermittent duty, controlled from cabin
through master controllers / down control. The cranes shall be supplied along
with the hoist with Main and auxiliary hooks of 50/10tons Girders, wheels and
rails, end carriages, trolleys, walkways, ladders, hooks, hoist ropes, rope drums,
slings, sheaves, drives, Shrouded down shop leads etc. complete with all other
accessories and necessary mounting fittings , maintenance and erection tools
and spares etc.
The crane shall be conformed to high standards of engineering, design,
workmanship and shall also conform to IS 807 and 3177 with latest
amendments.
The cranes will be normally used for erection and maintenance works of
equipment connected with the Pump House.
14.1 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CRANES:
a) Type : Electrically operated overhead
traveling crane.
b) Capacity : Main Hook : 50 tonnes
: Aux. Hook : 10 tonnes
c) Hoist Speed Main Hook : 2M / min
Aux. Hook : 12M / min
d) Highest point of hook above Motor floor : as required
e) Maximum Lift : as required
f) Cross Travel speed : 10 M/min.
g) Long Travel speed : 20 M/min.

14.2 Wire Ropes:

a) Construction : Suitable size as per IS: 2266 of 1963 with latest
Amendments.
b) Factor of safety: As per IS with latest amendments.

14.3. a) Crane Span-center to center distance between runway rails: as

required with a minimum margin of 400 mm on either side.
b) Side clearance from wall to center of rail : 0.75 M.

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14.4. Length of runway

14.5. Duty or class of crane as per ISS latest:
i) Crane structure : Class 2
ii) Main Hoist : Class 2
iii) Auxiliary Hoist : Class 2
iv. Cross travel : Class 2
v. Long travel : Class 2
14.6. a) Bridge Girder and walkways: The individual bridge girders shall be of
box girder construction without rigger girders. Diaphragms and rigs shall
reinforce the box section.
b) Design requirements for structure: A seismic co-efficient of 0.1 shall be
used for all structural design.
14.7. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF CRANE AND CRANE STRUCTURE:
The design of the crane and its structure shall be such that:
i. Low Head room.
ii. Possible to X-ray all the main butt-weld joints of the web and flange
plates of the crane girders.
iii. Pleasing appearance.
iv. Easy maintenance.
v. Anti-vibration design: The crane shall be designed for strength and
deflection and also to avoid excessive vibrations in order that the crane
as a whole shall have a greater service life. The box girder of the crane
offered shall be designed to limit the natural vibration damping time less
than 15 seconds. The crane shall be designed so as to avoid the
vibration in the crane rail also due to vibration in the crane bridge.
vi. End carriage & Girder joints: The contractor shall incorporate taper
thickness plate design for joining the end carriage to the main girders,
thereby ensuing smooth flow of stresses and avoiding sharp bends which
result in concentration of stresses.
vii. VVVF controllers shall be adopted for fine control.
viii. Shrouded DSL with copper conductor shall be envisaged.

14.8 AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY:

Auxiliary power supply 415V, 3 phase, three wire 50 cycles/ second with
voltage variation of 10% and frequency variation of + 5%.
14.9 MAINTENANCE/ SPECIAL TOOLS AND TACKES:
The contractor shall furnish a complete list of maintenance tools required for
proper maintenance of the crane in the offer.

14.10 RAILS FOR EOT CRANE:

Suitable size rails section of required length with all accessories shall be
supplied and erected by contractor

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14.11 DRAWINGS TO BE FURNISHED:

The contractor shall submit the following drawings.
a) General arrangement of the equipment offered (scope of supply and total
weight of crane to be indicated).
b) Detailed dimensioned drawings and descriptive literature of all the
components supplied.
c) Electrical wiring diagram.
14.12 INSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE MANUALS:
The supplier shall furnish ten bound copies of instruction and
maintenance manuals for installation, operation and maintenance of all the
equipment furnished by him. The manuals shall be specific to the equipment
furnished and not of general nature.
14.13 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT:
The crane will be required to operate in a hot and humid climate. All parts
of the crane shall be designed to withstand such atmospheric conditions, without
any deterioration. Necessary protective treatment to withstand against fungi,
rust, condensation and corrosive atmosphere, shall be given to all electrical and
mechanical components, parts etc., of the crane, crane girders, structures etc.,
Final coating with anti bee paint shall be done after erection at site
14.14 CODES AND REGULATIONS:
The crane in its entity shall comply with all currently applicable statutes,
regulations and safety codes relative to the design, construction and operation of
crane in the locality where the crane will be installed. Nothing in these
specifications shall be construed to relieve the seller of his responsibility.
In particular, the crane shall conform to the latest addition of the following
standards with latest amendments:
a) BS:466 “Electric overhead traveling Crane”.
b) BS:3037 “Tyres for crane rail wheels”
c) BS:302, 621 “ Steel wire ropes for cranes, excavators &
general engineering purposes”
d) BS:482, 2903 “ General requirements for lifting hooks “ M.S.
shackles” and 3017:
e) BS:825 or BS 3032 “ High tensile steel shackles”
f) BS:436 or “ Spur and helical gears”
BS:544 or “ Bevel gears ( machine cut)”
BS:721. “ Worm gearing”.
g) BS:46 “ Keys and keyways and taper pine:.
h) BS:2059 “Straight sided.
i) BS:2613 “ The electrical performances of rotating electrical
machinery”
j) BS 587 “ Motor starters and controllers”.
k) IS:807 “ Code of practice for design, manufacture,
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of cranes and hoists”.

l) IS:226 “ Structural steel ( Standard quality)”.
m) IS:1364 “ Precision and turned hexagonal bolts”.
n) BS:1856 “ General requirements for the metal are welding or
mild steel”.
o) BS:2573 “ Permissible stresses in cranes”.
P) BS: 229 “ Flame proof enclosures of electrical apparatus”.

14.15 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND GUARANTEE:

The crane shall be capable of raising, lowering, holding in any position and
transporting an occasional load of 125 percent of rated load without any
damage or distortion to any crane part. The crane and each hoist shall operate
within the folling tolerances.
With hook carrying 100 percent of rated load and with all hoist brakes properly
adjusted and operating normally, it shall be possible to control the vertical
movement to within 2mm.
Motion of bridge and trolley shall be controllable to within 6 mm under all normal
and overload conditions of loading as specified herein.
The crane shall be guaranteed by the manufacturer to be of accepted modern
design, free from inherent defects in either workmanship or material and to
safely handle its rated capacity load without undue deflections in its structure or
mechanism.
All materials shall be best of the respective kinds. Any parts found defective
within 12 months from the date of commissioning shall be replaced to the
complete satisfaction of the purchaser free of charge.

14.16 DESIGN AND DRAWINGS:

Supplier shall furnish for the purchaser’s review three copies of complete design
calculations for the structural design, general arrangements drawings of the
crane, trolley and bridge, structural detail drawings showing equipment with
identifying name plates, warning signs, framed instructions etc., and all electrical
drawings complete with dimensions necessary to understand and install all
electrical equipment circuit diagrams elementary panel wiring, inter connections
diagrams, resistor connections and electrical bill of material showing all material
required electrical rating of motors, switches, starters and heaters.
Examination and approval of drawings by the purchaser shall not relieve the
supplier from the entire responsibility for engineering design, workmanship and
material under the contract.
14.17 CRANE ACCEPTANCE AND TEST CERTIFICATES:
The supplier shall provide at his expense, a competent, experienced
representative, who shall on completion of the crane installation check and
certify that the crane has been properly erected, demonstrated to the purchaser
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direct the purchaser in the initial crane operation to demonstrate its satisfactory
performance for acceptance by the purchaser.

14.18 PAINTING.
All fabricated steel material shall receive one shop coat of anti-
corrosive paint after having been thoroughly cleaned of all loose mill scales, rust
and foreign matter. Machine finished surfaces shall be coated with white lead
and yellow before dispatch. Paint shall be applied at temperature of 4-5o C or
lower. Paint shall be stirred frequently to keep the pigment in suspension. One
additional coat of read lead paint shall be applied for all steel work after erection.
The interior surfaces of box sections and surfaces in accessible after assembly
or erection, shall be thoroughly cleaned and painted with two coats of red lead
paint or any other anti-corrosive paint, before assembly.
Any steel scratches during erection shall be touched up after erection with lead
paint.
All bright parts shall be applied with suitable rust preventive paint which can be
easily removed during erection.
The slings, D - shackles of various capacities for general purpose, spares for five
years of operation & maintenance and special tools, tackle etc., shall also be
supplied.

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