Australia's new crane use Standard

摘要

Australia's first ever Standard for the safe use of gantry cranes was published last year. With the arrival of AS 2550.3, overhead crane users now have new obligations. Will Dalrymple reports. Although the AS 2550 Cranes, hoists and winches - Soft use series was first published in 1982, there is now for the first time a new section - Part 3 - that focuses specifically on bridge gantry portal (including container handling cranes) and jib cranes Published at the same time were revisions to Part 1, general requirements, and Part 5, mobile cranes. AS 2550.3 specifies how to plan for a crane, how to choose between available alternatives, where to put it, how to build it, how to use it safely, how to manage its use and what to check in a maintenance regime (a suggested checklist included in an appendix runs for seven pages).