Delft University of Technology
Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Transport Technology
A. Schenkeveld Ontwerp van een kraanrijdwerk met hydraulische compensatie. Design assignment, Report 97.3.TT.4876, Transport Technology.
Due to the growing sizes of containervessels, the driving function of a containercrane has become less important through the years, because these cranes are being moved less.
This report describes a new design of a cranebogie. The load on the wheels of this new designed bogie is in time less then the load on a conventional bogie and therefore the wheels of the new design are constructed much smaller. The newly designed crane uses hydraulic cylinders to balance the crane. For the new design is also made use of elastic elements to divide the load on the legs of the crane more even.
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