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Indian Standard
CRANES - CLASSIFICATION
PART 5 OVERHEAD TRAVELLING AND PORTAL BR~IDGE CRANES
UDC 621’874/‘875’001’33
Q BIS 1993
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard which is identical with IS0 4301-5 : 1991 “Cranes - Classification -
Part 5 : Overhead travelling and portal bridge cranes” issued by International Organization for
Standardization ( IS0 ), was adopted by Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendations
of Cranes, Lifting Chains and Its Related Equipment Sectional Committee and approval of the
Heavy Mechanical Engineering Division Council.
This standard is being published in five parts. Other parts of this standard are as follows:
Part 1 General prrnciples
Part 2 Mobile cranes
Part 3 Tower cranes
Part 4 Jib cranes
The text of IS0 standard has been approved for publication as Indian Standard without deviations.
Certain terminology and conventions are however not identical to those used in Indian Standards.
Accordingly wherever the words ‘International S’tandard’ appear referring to this standard, they
should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.
In this adopted standard, reference appears to certain International Standardlfor which Indian
Standards also exist. The corresponding Indian Standards which are to be substituted in their
place are listed below along with their degree of equivalencefor the editions indicated:
Indian Standard
CRANES - CLASSIFICATION
PART 6 OVERHEAD TRAVELLING AND PORTAL BRIDGE CRANES
Table 1 - Guidance on classification of overhead travelllng cranes and portal bridge cranes and thefr
mechanisms In relation to crane usage
Group Group classification of the
classification mechanism ss a whole
No. Usage of crane Service conditions of the
appliance as Trav- Travel-
Hoist
a whole ersing ling
2
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