| Document ID (ISN) | 24941 |
| CIS number |
76-610 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0010-244X - Cahiers des Comités de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics |
| Year |
1975 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Safety devices for cantilever lifting equipment |
| Original title |
Dispositifs de sécurité des appareils de levage en porte-à-faux. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Oct. 1975, No.4-5, p.155-158. 1 ref. |
| Abstract |
Cantilever lifting equipment causes a relatively high number of fatal accidents (some 50 per year in France). The author points out that despite frequent updating the French regulations on lifting equipment (Decree of 23 August 1974) have found little application. The present state of the art, however, has opened the way to strict appplication (difficult in the past) of the provisions forbidding overloading. The technical department of the French Organisation for Safety in Building Construction and Engineering (OPPBTP) has defined the technical conditions load-monitoring devices must satisfy: automatic cutout in the event of overload; visible and audible advance warning signals; automatic switch-over to the appropriate programme according to the effective load on the jib (variable-length jib; presence or absence of supporting jacks); automatic correction of cant; failsafe system; etc. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety devices; safe load indicators; cranes; lifting equipment |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
load limiting devices; construction industry; fail safety; safe working loads |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Materials handling and storage
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
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