Re: Body weight

Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2022/5/25 13:15:46

Looks like the safety factor for a crane as a whole is 1.25, but there's a lot to consider which I would suggest making it more like 2x, mainly because of the difficulty of estimating the actual weight of the loads, and other things, such as there's a possibility that a user of the crane would drop something onto a load, delivering a shock to the crane.

Another thing to consider: if you're mounting it to the ceiling, will it be structurally independent from the rafters? Or will the roof and crane share components? If so, having e.g. snow on the roof would limit the usage of the crane while it's there. How would it be supported vertically, and how will those components be braced?

Etc...