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Hubert GIBOUIN: Engineer from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers - General and Technical Manager, Gibouin SA
INTRODUCTION
Auxiliary vehicle-loading cranes are medium-duty cranes, since they load or unload their carrier vehicle or trailer; they must therefore have a limited weight, so as to leave a substantial payload for the convoy of which they are a part, and the power to enable loading (or unloading) operations of the masses (divisible or not) that the vehicle carries. This clearly differentiates them from large self-propelled cranes known as mobile cranes, which are not essentially designed and assembled for a specific type of transport, but rather for high handling performance (capable of lifting 20 t at 3 m, and even much more).
What's more, large mobile cranes are usually mounted on a special carrier vehicle and always form a single unit. Auxiliary loading cranes, on the other hand, often use two carrier vehicles in their lifetime, and have their own value independent of the carrier. And while mobile cranes are generally equipped with telescopic jibs, auxiliary cranes are mostly articulated.
Last but not least, auxiliary cranes are generally more powerful than small jib cranes operated by hand or with the aid of an electric pump connected to the batteries (in this case, the operating time is severely limited by the need to recharge the batteries: on a truck, they are recharged while driving). Auxiliary cranes are not really considered to be those whose lifting force does not reach 1 t at 2 m, or whose jib is less than 3 m long.
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Vehicle loading
Standardization
Association Française de Normalisation AFNOR http://www.afnor.fr
- Grues et appareils de levage. Classification. Partie 2 : grues mobiles. Indice de classement : E 52-115-2. (remplace : NF E 52-084 : 1980-12). - NF ISO 4301-2 - 02.00
- Grues mobiles. Dispositifs de sécurité s'opposant à la surcharge. - NF E 52‐086 - 07.78
- Grues mobiles. Règles générales de sécurité. - NF E 52‐087 - 12.83
- Grues...
Regulations
Braking
Directive 71/320 of the European Economic Community: Braking of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers. OJ European Communities September 6, 1971. Adaptations to technical progress 74/132 OJEC March 19, 1974; 75/524 OJEC September 8, 1975; 79/489 OJEC May 26, 1979.
Regulations 1947 onwards
Décret n° 65-48 du 8 janvier 1965 portant règlement d'administration...
Manufacturers. Suppliers (non-exhaustive list)
Atlas Weyhausen GmbH Maschinenfabrik.
Diebolt (forestry cranes).
Effer.
Fassi Gru Idrauliche.
Gibouin(Éts) (Atlas cranes).
Hyva France (Ferrari cranes).
Marrel SA (HMF cranes).
Miltra (Fassi cranes and Kennis mobile...
Organizations
Chambre Syndicale de la Carrosserie et Constructeurs de Semi-Remorques et Conteneurs CARCOSERCO.
and as control bodies:
APAVE (Association Parisienne).
AIF Services.
Association Interprofessionnelle de France pour la Prévention contre les Accidents et l'Incendie AINF.
Center Expérimental de Recherches...
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