IMCASafety Flash
BSEE: Failure of crane hydraulic boom cylinders
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 27/18
- Date
- Themes
- Crane and RiggingInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and EquipmentStructural and Asset Integrity
Summary
Two hydraulic boom cylinders failed because mismatched rod lengths and inferior welds overstressed their couplings.
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IMCA SF 27/18. Themes: crane and rigging, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment, structural and asset integrity.
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