What is the service life of a single beam crane? How to extend?

As the most widely used lifting equipment in workshops, the service life of single-beam cranes is also a point that everyone is more concerned about. So how long is the service life of a single girder crane? How to extend the service life of a single beam crane?

Any single-girder crane may fail during the entire service life, replacing vulnerable parts, such as wire ropes, rolling bearings, open gears, wheels, brake pads, brake wheels, and electrical equipment, or even undergo major repairs. . However, the maintenance of single-beam cranes and the replacement of parts do not mean the end of the service life of the entire crane. The safe working life of general single-girder cranes mainly depends on the working life of the metal structure without fatigue cracks. If after many years of use, once the structure continues to show serious fatigue cracks, and the crane or trolley cannot work normally, it is considered that the whole crane can no longer work safely. The life span of crane structures in our country is set between 10 and 50 years, generally 30 years.

So if we can extend the service life of the single-beam crane, we can save the investment capital of the enterprise and save the cost of the enterprise. To extend the service life of single-girder cranes, pay more attention to the following points:

1.  Do a good job in the lubrication and maintenance of single-beam cranes . During the operation of the machine, if the lubricating oil cannot be supplied in time and continues to work, it will wear out the machine and reduce its service life. Lubrication parts include: bearings in the bearing seats of large and small wheels and drums, hook pulleys, fixed pulleys and other parts of rolling bearings, gear couplings, brakes and other movable pins of operating systems, reducer gears, and wire ropes.
2.  Check the fastening parts frequently. If the bolts and nuts are loose, accidents that damage the body will easily occur.
3.  Make timely maintenance. It should be ensured that when the crane is working, the machine parts have sufficient lubrication and should be used in accordance with the operating instructions. Do different maintenance tasks in different seasons.
4.  All parts of the crane should be ensured to operate in coordination before normal operation. New cars and engines after overhaul should be tested first.
5.  Before the crane is used, various inspections should be done. If these measures are done, the life of the crane will be prolonged.

Units using single girder cranes must do a good job in the maintenance of equipment, and do a good job in the primary and secondary maintenance of the crane . When operating the equipment, the crane driver strictly follows the operating rules to avoid damage to the equipment. It will greatly help to extend the service life of single beam cranes.