Virtually all crane owners understand the importance of professional maintenance and inspections- after all both of these things come under legal compliance. Yet it can easily overlook the rule that you and your crane operators play in ensuring safe and consistent operation. Those crane manufacturer and owners who are not continually vigilant often find themselves dealing with cranes that don’t work properly.

To ensure a safe and well-working crane, you and your crane operator must be ensured to perform all the daily inspections before and after using a crane. If you would like to learn more about what a safety check should involve, this article is for you.

Here we are going to outline four key aspects of daily crane inspections:

Equipment Inspection

The very imperative thing to inspect is crane’s physical components. In this, your goal involves ensuring that none of the crane’s parts have been broken, loose, or damaged. Be sure to give a thorough visual inspection to all aspects of the crane, including the hoist, bridge, trolley, and runway.

Area Inspection

Now you may move to another important aspect of crane inspection i.e. area inspection. Crane safety involves more than just the crane itself such as the area where the crane will be operated. Your area of inspection involved to ensure that only workers involved in operating the crane are in the area.

Next, visually inspect the area to ensure that the crane’s load will be able travel along its course freely. There should not be any obstacles in its pathway.

Operations Inspection

Next, you will want to inspect the buttons and switches which is responsible for crane’s operation. Make sure that the main push button remains off while performing the tasks.

Push down each of the operations buttons in turn. They should move smoothly through their full range of motion, with no dragging or sticking. When you release the button, it should snap quickly pack up to its undepressed position.

Next, you will perform a series of operation with the main pushbutton on.

Test the crane’s warning device

Test the hoist hook, whether it is working properly

Test each of the buttons of cranes to check whether they are working properly

Wire Rope Inspection

The wire rope is considered as the most important component of the crane because it is responsible for supporting the load. To begin this inspection take a close look at the rope’s reeving. The rope should be seated properly in the center of any drum grooves it passes through. The wires should be straight, there should be no twisting.

Hydraulic crane manufacturer and owner hold a great responsibility. Daily inspections are an important factor in ensuring that your crane remains a safe and effective part of your tool arsenal. To know more about how to keep your crane properly maintained, please feel free to contact Indo Farm’s crane experts.