INTERPLANT STANDARD – STEEL INDUSTRY
SPECIFICATION FOR CRANE WHEELS
IPSS:1-08-001-18
(Third Revision)
Based on IS 4137:1985 Formerly:
IPSS:1-08-001-09
(Second Revision)
0. FOREWORD
0.1 Interplant Standardization activity in Steel Industry is being pursued by IPSS
Secretariat which functions under Centre for Engineering & Technology (CET),
the in-house consultancy organization of SAIL.
0.2 This Interplant Standard has been prepared by the Standards Committee on
Lifting and hoisting Equipment, IPSS 1:8 with the active participation of the
representatives of all the steel plants, established crane manufacturers and
leading consultants and was adopted with second revision in March, 2009.
The Standard discussed again in presence of experts from SAIL, RINL,
TATA STEEL, ESSAR, JSPL and Consultants of MECON, HEC &
DASTURCO and revised with third revision in August, 2018.
0.3 Interplant Standards for steel industry primarily aim at achieving rationalization
and unification of parts and assemblies used in steel plant equipment and
provide guidance in indenting stores or equipment by individual steel plants.
For exercising effective control on inventories, it is advisable to select a fewer
number of sizes/types from those mentioned in this standard. These limited
sizes/types can be adopted as Plant Standards for an individual steel plant. It
is not desirable to make deviations in technical requirements.
0.4 This standard was first published in April 1975. In the first revision of this
standard done in 1983, Second revision done in March 2009 with a provision
for lifting of wheel by introducing holes in the web of the wheel was
incorporated and a new figure for tyred wheel was added. Wheel of 630 mm
size was introduced instead of the wheel of 600 mm size prescribed earlier.
The formula for calculating the wheel diameter was also deleted in the first
revision.
0.5 This revision incorporates the changes based on the experience of the user
plants as well as revisions of Indian Standards referred to in this standard.
1. SCOPE – This Interplant Standard covers the requirements of crane wheels
for steel industry and is generally based on IS 4137:1985 `Code of practice
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for heavy duty electric overhead travelling cranes including special service
machines for use in steel works (first revision)’.
2. MOUNTING – Crane wheel shall be suitable for adoption on live axles
mounted on antifriction bearings fitted with `L’ brackets. The wheels shall
normally have cylindrical tread with flanges, wherever necessary, to guide the
crane effectively and to prevent derailment. The wheels shall be mounted in
such a manner as to facilitate easy removal and replacement. For under-
slung cranes, wheels of taper tread with single flange may be used.
3. MATERIAL AND HEAT TREATMENT
3.1 The crane wheels shall be of forged steel only. However, this does not
prevent the use of steel tyred wheels having steel centers for existing cranes.
3.2 The material used for forged wheel shall conform to Steel 55C8/ 65C6 of IS
2004:1991 `Carbon steel forgings for general engineering purposes (third
revision)’ or C55 Mn75 of IS 1570 (Pt 1& 2) or 42 Cr Mo4 of DIN EN 10083-3/
DIN 17200 and shall be sorbitized to minimum depth of 10 mm.
3.3 Alternatively, the material shall conform to ASP Gr.Ni-Cr Mo Steel / EN or 40
Ni 6 Cr 4 Mo 3 / 40 Ni 10 Cr 3 Mo 6 of IS 4367:1991 `Alloy steel forgings for
general industrial use (first revision)’ and shall be volume hardened to 320-
350 BHN.
4. MAIN DIMENSIONS
4.1 The main dimensions of the wheel shall be as specified in Table 1.
4.2 Tolerance on the tread diameter shall be as given in Table 1. The boss, web,
bore, tread, flange, wheel centre and rim etc may be suitably machined for
the desired profile.
5. TESTING
5.1 The Wheel shall be 100% ultrasonically tested for level II and test report shall
be submitted.
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Note-1-: The boss diameter of the crane wheels shall be so designed as to accommodate increased bore up to 20 mm
more than that specified against each type, marked asterisk (*)
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Note-:2 Minimum diameter of cross travel and long travel wheels shall be 200 mm and 400 mm respectively for EOT
cranes.
Note -:3 Wheels of tread dia 320 mm (minimum) may be used for long Travel motion of Single Girder EOT Crane.
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