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APPLICATION OF SUPPORT FOOT ASSEMBLY FOR LIFTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT’S Saisatyanarayana S. Chollangi1, Akash V. Dengle2, Santosh R. Gaikwad3, Prof. Lokesh R. Dhumne4 1, 2, 3
BE Final Year Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRTTC, Kamshet, Pune, India 4Asst. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRTTC, Kamshet, Pune, India
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Abstract -
support foot assembly includes a mounting structure having
In today’s industrial world if we have to move or lift any
a generally planar bottom surface and an upper surface
heavy equipment we need to call crane which may be time
which is provided with a large, deep generally cylindrical
consuming and expensive. Moreover manpower is also needed.
cavity.
So in order to avoid all these difficulties we can use assembly
The equipment to be lifted comes with support foot
named as ‘SUPPORT FOOT ASSEMBLY’ which is used for lifting
assembly consists of a long plate provided with two ratchets
of heavy equipment’s. The present research article discusses
on each side of the plate. These ratchets consists of eye bolts
the concept of ‘SUPPORT FOOT ASSEMBLY’ which is an entire
on which the equipment to be lifted is attached. The capacity
lifting assembly comes along with the equipment to be lifted.
of weight to be lifted depends on capacity of eye bolts. The
The Support Foot Assembly consists of ratchets and eye bolts
equipment to be lifted or to be moved to another place is
with the help of which the entire equipment can be moved or
hung to the ratchets. The ratchets give firm support to the
lifted.
equipment so that the equipment could be held tight. Even for servicing purpose the lower part of the equipment can be
Key Words: Support Foot Assembly, Ratchets, Eye bolts, Heavy equipment.
supported while the upper part could be opened so that inner parts can be serviced properly. So servicing of the
1. INTRODUCTION
inner parts becomes easier with this type of assembly.
In industries every time for lifting heavy equipment’s or to maintain and service it, cranes are called. Calling cranes is always a time consuming task. Also along with cranes a lot of manpower is required. In order to avoid this tedious task, one can use an assembly which comes along with the entire
Delicate equipment’s or parts can also be easily and safely lifted and moved using support foot assembly. Therefore damage to the delicate parts or equipment’s should be avoided.
2. PROBLEMS RELATED WITH CONVENTIONAL
equipment to be moved or lifted. This assembly can be called
LIFTING EQUIPMENT’S:
as Support Foot Assembly. The conventional lifting
1.
For moving and lifting purpose of heavy materials or
equipment’s lead to limitations like unavailability of lifting
parts cranes and conventional lifting equipment’s are
equipment when it is urgently required. To overcome this
the only option and these are not readily available
limitation, a support foot assembly is one of the best
every time. 2.
solutions.
Time requirement for calling conventional devices at
The support foot assembly can also be used with an
work place is more and it affects the productivity of
elongated load bearing devices such as a crane or crutch. The
other machineries and plants
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