Volume B30.29 includes provisions that apply to the
construction, operation, inspection, testing, and maintenance
of powered self-erect tower cranes that adjust
operating radius by means of a trolley traversing a jib.
These may be horizontal, elevated, articulating, or telescoping,
and used for vertical lifting and lowering of
freely suspended, unguided loads that consist of equipment
and materials.
Self-erect tower cranes have vertical or nearly vertical
masts that are bottom slewing and mounted on fixed,
traveling, or mobile bases. The cranes are capable of
moving or being moved from jobsite to jobsite fully
assembled or nearly fully assembled.
This Volume does not apply to cranes used for nonvertical
lifting service or lifting a guided load, or to truckmounted
material delivery cranes with a tubular boom
and trolley traversing the boom. Tower cranes (refer to
ASME B30.3) and mobile crane tower attachments (refer
| ANSI : | ANSI Approved |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 3.1 MB |
| ISBN(s) : | 97890791834442 |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 48 |
| Published : | 02/05/2013 |
