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3. Selection criteria
The choice of a crane depends on the type of machine and its performance.
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Types of work to be carried out according to the criteria taken into account for crane classification :
intensive use, heavy or medium loads but with sudden dynamic overloads: electromagnet, clamshell bucket, grapple... ;
intensive use, medium loads: concrete bucket... ;
intensive use, variable or regular loads in intermittent service, moderate/low loads: installation of prefabricated panels, framing, erection of pylons... ;
irregular use, variable but often heavy loads: assembly/disassembly of heavy equipment (tower cranes, large hydraulic shovels, crushing plants, concrete mixing plants, etc.);
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Technologies
Standardization
European standards (EN)
- Appareils de levage à charge suspendue - Grues mobiles. - NF EN 13000 - 11-1997
International standards (ISO)
- Grues et appareils de levage - Classification - Partie 1 : Généralités. - ISO 4301-1 - 6-1986
- Grues et appareils de levage - Classification - Partie 2 : Grues...
Bibliography
- (1) - - Grues mobiles. éd. INRS (2000), 92 p.
- (2) - - Union des industries d'équipement pour la construction, les infrastructures et la métallurgie (MTPS), membre de la Confédération des industries mécaniques ( http://www.mtps.org...
Regulations
Regulatory texts
— Arrêté du 11 avril 1972 relatif à la mesure des niveaux sonores des machines en travail statique sur chantier.
— Order of September 15, 1977 relating to the measurement of noise levels from machines in motion.
EEC directives concerning road vehicles
Guidelines for vehicle homologation and component installation homologation:
70/156...
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