| The importance of lifting equipment in ensuring industrial | | | | put in simple way, the energy delivered in the load can |
| safety can't be over exemplified. Installation of lifting | | | | never exceed the energy put into the cranes. |
| devices is a mandatory requirement as per industrial | | | | Apart from cranes, shackles too are widely used lifting |
| guidelines for ensuring security of workers at | | | | devices. Shackles are U-shaped devices that are used |
| workplaces. Lifting equipment are designed to ease | | | | to lift piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt. |
| out industrial lifting operations The use of lifting | | | | Shackles are generally used in crane and other forms |
| equipment are subject to vigorous regulations as being | | | | of rigging operations. Snap shacks are quite popular in |
| recommended by Lifting Equipment Regulations, 1998 | | | | the lot. Snap shackles function on spring mechanism. It |
| Today, a number of lifting equipment are used to carry | | | | actually uses a lock mechanism monitored by spring |
| out industrial lifting operations, the most common ones | | | | that can be unfastened under load. Though snap |
| being cranes, chain slings, pallet trucks, shacks, pulling | | | | shacks are not quite safe for all industrial operations, it |
| machines and the and minimize the use of manual | | | | is a handy device that serves a lot of purpose. |
| labor | | | | Among all forms of shacks used in industrial |
| Among all the lifting devices used in factories, cranes | | | | operations, pin shacks, twist shacks are quite popular. |
| are most popular. Cranes are of many types and vary | | | | The use of bow shacks too has gained popularity. It is |
| according to their use and functionality. Most notable | | | | capable of taking load from all directions and thus |
| forms of cranes used in industrial operations are | | | | reduces pressure on sides. |
| railroad cranes, telescopic cranes, tower cranes, and | | | | Another important industrial lifting equipment that |
| the like. Most traditional cranes functioned by the | | | | deserves mention if forklift truck. Though its invention |
| mechanism of lever, fulcrum and pulley. | | | | dates back to early twenties, it is still one of the most |
| The use of tower cranes has gained popularity in high | | | | widely used lifting equipment. The load capacity of the |
| rise towers and buildings. The vertical portion of the | | | | truck generally varies between one to five tons. Most |
| device is braced to a concrete structure, usually | | | | common forms of forklift trucks used are hand pallet |
| located in the centre of the building and the upper part | | | | truck, towing tractor, rider stacker, walkie stacker and |
| consists of two arms. The shorter arm carries | | | | the like. However use of forklift trucks is susceptible to |
| counterweight of concrete blocks while the longer arm | | | | risks and should be used with adequate safety |
| carries a lifting gear. A crane operator sits in a cabin at | | | | devices. |
| the top of the tower and operated the device by | | | | In a nutshell, all lifting equipment are used to minimize |
| means of a remote control. But now days, the | | | | use of manual labors in factories and to boost up |
| traditional ones have been replaced by hydraulic | | | | industrial production. However, the application of the |
| cranes. The basic principle behind the operation of all | | | | same should be handles with care and should be used |
| cranes is more or less the same. Almost all cranes | | | | only after confirming adequate safety norms. |
| function on the principle of conservation of energy. To | | | | |