TRAINING.

Overview

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify common types of in-plant cranes, hoists, and lifting devices and their typical applications
• Recognize key structural, mechanical, and electrical components that affect crane performance and safety
• Select and assess crane-lifting attachments and equipment based on operational requirements
• Apply inspection, testing, maintenance, and documentation practices for cranes and lifting devices
• Identify safety responsibilities, lifting practices, and code-related risks associated with crane operations

Description

Cranes, hoists, and lifting devices are essential to material handling in many industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. When these systems are poorly selected, inspected, maintained, or operated, the consequences can include equipment failure, production delays, safety incidents, and regulatory non-compliance.

This course provides a practical overview of in-plant cranes and lifting devices, including their major equipment types, lifting attachments, structural components, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and runway considerations. You will examine how these elements work together and how inspection, repair, testing, and documentation practices support safe and reliable operation.

Through a structured review of crane components, inspection requirements, lifting practices, and safety responsibilities, you will build the knowledge needed to better support crane operation, maintenance, compliance, and risk reduction in plant and facility environments.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for:

• Mechanical engineers and engineering technologists
• Plant, facility, operations, and maintenance personnel
• Supervisors responsible for crane use, maintenance, or safety oversight
• Technicians, stationary engineers, consultants, and contractors involved with cranes or lifting devices
• Professionals responsible for inspection, repair, testing, documentation, or operational safety of cranes and hoists

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Syllabus

Day I

Types of Cranes and Hoists

• Terms and definitions
• Bridge cranes
• Gantry cranes
• Mobile frames
• Jib cranes
• Monorails
• Hoists
• Explosion-proof cranes and hoists
• Cranes in harsh environments
• Crane duty classifications
• Selecting and specifying a crane

Crane Structural Components

• Strength of materials
• Design considerations
• Welding

Crane Mechanical Components

• Shafts and couplings
• Gearing
• Bearings
• Brakes
• Hook blocks
• Rope drums

Crane Electrical Components

• Enclosures
• Motors
• Variable frequency drives
• Controls
• Limit switches
• Conductors

Day II

Overhead Crane Runways

• Stops and bumpers
• Alignment requirements
• Inspection plots

Lifting Attachments and Equipment

• Spreader bars
• Tag lines
• Slings
• Miscellaneous lifting devices: hooks, shackles, eye bolts
• Magnets
• Vacuum lifters

Ropes

• Reeving
• Terms and definitions
• Patterns
• Lay
• End fittings
• Inspection

Crane Inspection, Repair and Testing

• Crane inspector and maintainer qualifications for overhead and gantry cranes
• Daily or shift operator checks
• Operational inspection requirements
• Periodic inspection requirements
• Inspection of overhead and gantry crane components: structural, mechanical and electrical
• Inspection of hoists, mobile frames and jib cranes
• Crane repair and testing
• Documentation and logbooks

Crane Safety Aspects

• Hand signals
• Supervisor’s responsibilities
• Operators’ and Riggers’ responsibilities
• Lifting practices
• Maintainers and other plant worker’s responsibilities
• General
• Consequences of code violations
• Example of crane incidents

Summary and Final Adjournment

Instructor

Mike Ivanovic, Ph.D.

Dr. Mike Ivanovic is the President of UBAMIP Consulting and a former Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. With over 30 years of experience in various branches of mechanical engineering, he has established himself as a leader in the field. His career includes significant contributions while working in the consulting group of ANSYS Canada Ltd. He currently heads UBAMIP Consulting, where he specializes in the analysis and problem-solving of equipment operations within the process and petrochemical industries, as well as thermal and HVAC engineering.

Dr. Ivanovic's expertise encompasses safety aspects in the operation and maintenance of rotating machinery, pressure vessels, and piping systems across diverse industrial applications. His consulting projects primarily focus on risk assessment of potential equipment failures and the development of accident prevention methods, informed by inspection results and fitness for service studies.

In addition to his consulting work, Dr. Ivanovic is actively involved in providing technical training courses tailored to industry professionals in Canada, the USA, and internationally. These courses address various levels of complexity, ensuring comprehensive professional development.