Welcome to The ME2045 Group J Crane Project Blog page!


This entire site is to give a guide to Group J`s efforts to design a small portable crane for use in disaster relief before our final submission of work and our presentation.

Following our first meeting (See the Minute Meetings Topic for reference) the following positions have been allocated;

D.Scriven Project Manager
R.Sidhu Chief Designer
H.Singh Sall Finnance Officer
J.Sidhu Materials Specialist
R.Shukla Stress Analysis

For Our Progress up to date please see the Project Plan below and then head to the relevant topic and we hope you find our work interesting!

Sunday, 4 April 2010

Initial Designs (ii) - Rohit Shukla














Designed with the following in mind –

Portable

· The whole crane can be disassembled to two main pieces (Arm and Base), the other parts (Winch, Pully and hook system) can be carried in separately and easily stored.

· The arm is designed to fold out using a pivoting position and can be folded away into a ‘resting position’ for easy storage and transport.

· Retractable Legs allow for stability, but most of all do not get in the way when transporting the equipment around.

Safety

· The entire system is manually operated, using no hydraulics or electrical parts; this ensures that there is no danger in using it near a disaster zone that has potentially explosive or flammable leaked material nearby.

· The winching system is UL approved for the movement and transport of humans, which could be essential when deployed in earthquake relief areas.

· Locking arm means no danger of it becoming unstable.

Ease and Speed of Use

· With only two main parts to put together, it can be easily and more importantly quickly put together.

· The winching system is easy to set up and requires virtually no effort to pull a tonnes worth of rubble.

· The entire system could be operated by one person.

· Easy to maintain as there is no extra generator or electrical systems to worry about.







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