May 21 Electric Overhead Travelling Crane | EOT Crane | EOT Crane Parts EOT Crane, Material Handling

The most adaptable and the most widely used type of power driven crane for indoor service is undoubtedly the three motion EOT crane. It serves a larger area of floor space within its own travelling restrictions than any other permanent type hoisting arrangement. As the name implies, this type of crane is provided with movement above the floor level. Hence it occupies no floor space and this can never interface with any movement of the work being carried out at the floor of the building. The three motions of such crane are the hoisting motion and the cross travel motion. Each of the motions is provided by electric motors. The above characteristics have made this type of crane suitable for medium and heavy workshop and warehouses. No engineering erection shop, machine shop, foundry, heavy stores is complete without an EOT crane. In a steel plant, rolling mill, thermal power plant, hydraulic power plant, nuclear power plant, this type of crane is considered indispensable. In short in all industries, wherein heavy loads are to be handled, EOT crane find its application. EOT Crane Parts: A EOT crane consists of two distinct parts 1. Bridge 2. Crab Bridge:

The Bridge consists of two main girders fixed at their ends and connected to another structural components called the end carriages. In the two end carriages are mounted the main runners or wheels (four or more) which provide the longitudinal motion to the main bridge along the length of the workshop. The motion of the bridge is derived from an electric motor which is geared to a shaft running across the full span of the bridge and further geared to a wheel at each end. In some design separate motors may be fitted at each corner of the main bridge. The wheels run on two heavy rails fixed above the floor level along the length of the shop on two girders, called gantry girder. Crab: The Crab consists of the hoisting machinery mounted on a frame, which is in turn mounted on at least four wheels and fitted with suitable machinery for traversing the crab to and fro across the main girders of the crane bridge. Needless to mention that the crab wheels run on two rail sections fixed on the top flange of the main bridge. Thus the load hook has three separate motions, these being the hoisting, cross traverse of the crab, and longitudinal travel of the whole crane. Each motion is controlled independently of the other motions by separate controllers situated in a control cage or in a suitable position for controlling from the floor by pendent chains. The essential parts are:

1. Bridge 2 Nos 2. End carriage 2 Nos 3. Wheel of the bridge At least 4 Nos 4. Crab (without auxiliary hoist) 1 Nos 5. Hoisting machinery set 1 Nos 6. Wheels of crab At least 4 Nos 7. Bottom Block (without auxiliary hoist) 1 Nos 8. Lifting hook 1 Nos 9. Rail on the gantry girder for crane movement 2 Nos 10. Rail on the bridge for crab movement 2 Nos 11. Operators cabin 1 Nos

May 23 Trolley Crane Design | Trolley For Material Handling | Trolley Mechanism Trolley The lifting crab of a EOT crane is an independent two motion machine and consists of the hoist machinery built on to a frame, which is mounted on runner wheels, and driven by a motor through suitable gearing. The crab is also known as trolley. Various designs of crabs, arranged with C.I. side frames, mild steel side frames are in use. But now a days, preference is given to the built up side frames on which the machinery is mounted.

The function of the crab is to provide cross travel motion to the hoisting machinery along the length of the main bridge of the crane. The entire hoisting machinery is mounted on the crab which moves on runner wheel over rails fitted on the main bridge of the crane. The motion of the crab is derived from an electric motor. A speed reduction gear box and a brake are the essential components of a crab gearing. The motion of the motor is transmitted through the reduction gear box via the brake. The HP of motor is calculated by the formula: HP=W*S*C / 4500 where, W=total load of the crane including the dead load any pay load in tons; S=Speed of the longitudinal motion in meter per minute; C=Tractive effort in Kg per ton. The reduction gear box is designed to obtain a speed ratio which can reduce the motor RPM to the appropriate RPM of the crab runner wheel to produce the desired speed of the crab. The reduction ratio per stage of the gearbox is fixed at 4 to 5 and is the same for all stages.