Cranes and derricks

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: McGraw Hill, 1999Edition: 3rd edDescription: 605pISBN:
  • 0070578893 (hbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: This third edition of cranes and derricks includes improvements to each chapter. The contents of this book is the basic concepts and components, crane and derick configurations. It contains new material on non-crane lifiting devices jacking towers and hydraulic gantries. The chapter and the book end with their own subjective and judgemental system for using assessment in determining how much planning and control is necessary for specific lifiting operations. It covers professional engineering selection, installation and safe use of equipment, latest safety information and accident avoidance and handling of loads.
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This third edition of cranes and derricks includes improvements to each chapter. The contents of this book is the basic concepts and components, crane and derick configurations. It contains new material on non-crane lifiting devices jacking towers and hydraulic gantries. The chapter and the book end with their own subjective and judgemental system for using assessment in determining how much planning and control is necessary for specific lifiting operations. It covers professional engineering selection, installation and safe use of equipment, latest safety information and accident avoidance and handling of loads.

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