This document discusses different types of cranes and their uses in civil engineering. It describes fixed cranes like tower cranes, hammerhead cranes, and bridge cranes. It also describes mobile cranes like truck mounted cranes, rough terrain cranes, all-terrain cranes, crawler cranes, railroad cranes, floating cranes, and aerial cranes. Each crane type is defined along with its typical lifting capacity, working radius, and common construction uses. The document also covers crane safety and potential causes of crane failure.

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Crane Types And Its Uses In Civil Engineering

2.  A crane is a type of machine, generally
equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains,
and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and
lower materials and to move them
horizontally.
 It uses one or more simple to create
mechanical advantage and thus move loads
beyond the normal capability of a human.

3.  On the basis of modern crane study and
advancement there are two basic types of cranes:-
A). Fixed crane
B) Mobile or movable crane
 A fixed crane is the type of crane which lift the
loads without any appreciable movement.
 A mobile crane is the type of crane which moves
from one place to another as well as movement of
the crane basic tools.

4. 1.TOWER CRANE
The tower crane is a modern form
of balance crane. Fixed to the ground (and
sometimes attached to the sides of
structures as well), tower cranes often give
the best combination of height and lifting
capacity and are used in the construction of
tall buildings.

5. Specification of tower crane:-
Lifting Capacity: max 25t
Working Radius: 70 m to
75m
Tower crane is generally used
for high rise infrastructure and
project

6. Specification:-
Lifting Capacity: max 6t to 8t
Working Radius: 45m
Use:
It is mainly used on construction –
site to transport the material from
one place to other place.

7. The "hammerhead", or giant cantilever,
crane is a fixed-jib crane consisting of a
steel-braced tower on which revolves a
large, horizontal, double cantilever; the
forward part of this cantilever or jib
carries the lifting trolley, the jib is
extended backwards in order to form a
support for the machinery and counter-
balancing weight.
Specifications:-
Lifting capacity –max 350tons
Working radius-up to 70m
Use: Ship-yard
construction of ship
building construction.
work including
and heavy duty

8.  This type of crane is
similar to the bridge crane
except that it runs on a
runway at the floor level.
The bridge is supported
by a pair of rigid steel legs
which are carried by a pair
of end trucks along the
floor level runway.

9. Specifications:-
Lifting Capacity: 5 tones to 10 tones
Working Radius: 23 m
Use:
In the construction of
superstructure for lifting heavy girder.
Bridge
In Ship manufacturing industry ,for lifting
heavy parts of ships.

10.  Overhead Crane can build
top running cranes, under
running cranes, double
singlegirder
girder
from:
cranes, and
cranes ranging
 Capacities - 1/4 ton
through 100 tons
 Spans - 5' through 125„
 Use: The most common
overhead crane use is in
the steel industry.

11.  Located near sea shore,
these are used for cargo
operations
unloading
or boat
and retrieval
where no shore unloading
facilities are available.
 Lifting Capacity:25 to 36
tones
 Working Radius: 20m to
30m

12.  This type of crane consists
of a pivoting head and
boom assembly which
carries a hoist and trolley
unit.
 Lifting Capacity: 1 to 300
tones
 Working Radius: 70m
 Use: Jib crane used in ship
yards for lifting heavy
machinery and equipment,
weighing 100 to 300 tons.

13.  Bulk-handling cranes are designed from the
outset to carry a shell grab or bucket, rather
than using a hook and a sling. They are used
for bulk cargoes, such as coal, minerals, scrap
metal etc.
 Lifting capacity: 120 tones
 Working Radius: 56m

14. 1.TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE
 It is the cranes mounted on a
rubber tire truck
will provide great mobility.
 Lifting capacity: 20 to 30 tones
 Working Radius: 15m to 20m
 Use: It is used for the loading and
unloading of motor vehicle rolling
stock, for cargoes primarily of a
heavy and single-item nature, and
also for construction and repair
work.

15.  A side lift crane is another type of movable
crane able to transport materials
large containers. Very large containers are
and hoist
lifted using a pair of side lift cranes.
 Lifting Capacity: 120 US tones
 Working Radius: 50m

16.  Rough terrain crane is a crane
mounted on an undercarriage with
four rubber tires that is designed for
pick-and-carry operations and for
off-road and "rough terrain"
applications.
 Lifting capacity:200 tons at 3m
working radius
 The rough terrain crane is used for
building bridges, operations in power
and chemical plants and refineries
and for large- scale projects.

17.  A mobile crane with the necessary
equipment to travel at speed on
public roads, and on rough terrain at
the job site using all-wheel and crab
steering. AT„s combine the road
ability of Truck-mounted Cranes and
the maneuverability of Rough Terrain
Cranes.
 Lifting capacity: up to 300 tons
 Working radius: 34m
 Our all-terrain mobile cranes are
excellent for use in places where
very
rocky
ground is uneven or not
accessible like a beach or a
expanse.

18.  A crawler crane is a crane mounted on an
undercarriage with a set of tracks (also called
crawlers) that provide stability and mobility.
 Lifting capacity from about 35 to 40 tones
 This particular asset class is ideal for
working in confined or small area where a
big crane can not reach.
 Crawler crane command their position at
many of power plants, thermal plants and at
big infra projects.
 These crane are well suited for piling, drilling
and pipe laying operation by just adding
suitable attachment.

19.  Rail road crane is one of the mobile crane
type. The name tells us that this crane runs on
rail tracks.
 A railroad crane is specifically designed with
flanged wheels so it can travel along railroad
tracks. Although the design differs according
to the type of work, the basic configuration is
the same in all cases which is a rotating crane
body is mounted on a sturdy chassis fitted
with flanged wheels.
 Uses:
1. For lifting the goods at station yards.
2. It may be used for installing signalling
equipment or pointwork, for example, while
more specialised types are used for track
laying.

20.  Floating crane is one mobile crane, they are
sea vessels have crane mounted on them or
ships equipped with cranes but not like deck
crane. They are mainly used in building
bridges and port construction.
 They are capable of carrying whole sections of
bridge through the water and installing it in
position due to their loads capacity which
exceeds 10,000 ton their capacity of loading is
great.
 Floating cranes are the ideal choice for cargo
handling on waterways . Floating crane are
mobile and can be used in rivers (mid-stream
transshipment), in ports, in protected waters,
in coastal waters and on the open sea.

21.  Aerial cranes are helicopters used for lifting
weights. they are one of the mobile crane
type. Also they are called sky cranes. These
helicopters lift the loads by its long cables.
They are used in remote and accessible
places where it is very hard to get any crane
type.
 These places like buildings tops, hill or
mountain top and other places that cost a lot
of money and time to get any other crane like
telescopic or tower crane.
 The aerial cranes are economical and quick in
their work, but nothing is all good, they also
have some disadvantages, like the load limit
they can lift and the skills needed near this
crane.

22. The main causes of crane failure are listed as:
1.Struck by Load
2.Electrocution
3.Crushed During Assembly/Disassembly
4.Failure of Boom/Cable
5.Crane Tip Over
6.Struck by Cab/Counterweight
7.Falls

24.  A crane is heavy mechanical equipment, which is used for
lifting the heavy materials.
 After this studied we conclude that, crane plays a vital role in
the construction industry, and makes the construction faster
and economical.
 This paper investigates crane safety in related to the
understanding
requirements
cranes
and degree of executing statutory
and non-statutory guidelines for the use of
 After the study of it we know about crane and their uses in
different places.
 This presentation gives the information about the causes of
failure and the preventive measures.

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