Electric Cranes: Their Design, Construction and Application: Being Vol. I. of A Complete Manual on Lifting and Hauling Machinery |
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alternating current amperes angles armature arranged axles ball bearings barrel bearings British Standard Building Slips cables Cantilever Cranes Cast steel cast-iron cent centre Chains Chapter Charging Machines clutch coil connected constructed controller derricking diameter driving drum efficiency Electric Cranes ELECTRICIAN electro-mechanical brake end carriages Engineers equipment factor of safety fitted fixed flange friction full load Gantry Crane Giant Crane girders gunmetal hoisting hook Hydraulic Inertia Jib Cranes lifting mechanism load factor lubrication maximum mechanical brake minute Moments of Inertia motion shaft mounted nett operated Overhead Travelling Cranes pinion pitch plates post free Power pressure pulley radius rail resistance revs rheostatic riveted rollers running Second motion shown in Fig side slewing spur gearing square inch stress suitable switch Table teeth Tests tons per square torque track Travelling Mechanism traversing trolley truck weight width winding wire rope worm worm gear