What's Wrong with this Application? #16

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Jennifer D'Alessandro
| Nov 08, 2016
What is a valid reason for having 6 hoists on an I-Beam Jib Crane? I wonder what the capacity of the jib is compared to the total capacity of the 6 hoists that are on it? This seems like a really big safety issue and an accident waiting to happen.  

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  1. Roger Kelly | Nov 30, 2016
    Looks like a great place to store them so they are not laying on the limit switches.  Only one power cable going out from the wall, so guessing only one works.
  2. Blair Stewart | Nov 23, 2016

    Hopefully it is just inventory storage.

    Not to mention the jib is hanging from an overhead crane runway and support column - they are typically NOT designed to take that kind of loading!

  3. Deano | Nov 11, 2016
    I believe this may just be a place for storage of them. The bottom pivot bracket looks interesting.
  4. John | Nov 11, 2016
    At least they aren't all at the end of the boom

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