Crane Beam Design Software - Features

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Some of the software options:

  • Designs or analyzes any I shape beam or any cap channel and beam combination

  • Design based on ASD, AISC 1989 edition and AISE report 13

  • Beam can be a hot rolled section or three plate I shape girder

  • Hot rolled section can be Wide Flange or Standard Beam

  • Plate girder can have unequal flanges to optimize design

  • Beam can be run with or without cap channel

  • Calculates any beam cross section combination

  • Calculates actual wheel load

  • Fatigue design, calculates stress ranges and design for it

  • Weld design, continues or intermittent weld

  • Deflection design, calculate actual deflections and report them

  • Calculates actual reaction bearing requirements

  • Designs for any steel yield stress

  • Designs end stiffeners as needed or force stiffener design

  • Uses your wheel load or the program's

  • Can change the combined stress factor ratio

  • Checks the clearance between beam top flange and cap channel (figure 2)

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  • Recommends standard deflection limits, which can also be overridden

  • Recommends standard impact factors for different crane systems

  • Crane systems

  •   Monorail

  •   Under-hung

  •    Top running, including cab or pendant operation

  •    Clamshell bucket, magnet, ladle, stacker systems and more

  • Has two different impact factors for single crane and multiple crane bridge cases

  • Handles and runs up to four different crane bridges at the same time

  • Every crane bridge can carry up to two different hoists fig. 3

  • Every crane bridge can have two or four wheels at end truck. (figure 3)

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  • Handles up to 16 moving loads at the same time

  • User can customize and change all data files to best fit their needs

  • The Load Data option loads crane bridge information from data files

  • The only one of its kind on the market

  • Can modify all crane data files to fit your needs, files such as:

  • Wide flange sections.

  • American standard sections.

  • Channel sections.

  • Girder flange plates.

  • Girder web plates.

  • Rail beam sections.

  • Crane data for top running, under hung and monorail systems.

 

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