SCREW ACTUATED FOLDING CRANE
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2023-08-01
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Commercial Law Department
Abstract
A workshop screw actuated folding crane is hereby presented. Crane is indispensable equipment in
engineering workshop for lifting and lowering of heavy machine components. Proprietary cranes as
currently available in the market employ hydraulic pump/ram as the lifting device in the crane.
Though possessing its own merits, hydraulic pump/ram requires intensive and regular maintenance,
the systems often requires parts with a very high degree of precision; a small leak in the hydraulic
pipeline can be catastrophic to the transfer of power and can cause workshop accident. Also preparing
the crane for storage pose is a dangerous task since it requires detachment and moving of heavy crane
parts to achieve. Hence this invention solved the two aforementioned challenges by replacing the
hydraulic pump with a screw actuator device and by providing a mechanism for folding the in storage
pose in a safe manner. It was so design as to be easy to fabricate using existing crane manufacturing
capability, and with cost effectiveness in mind when compared with the current versions available in
the market
Description
Keywords
Citation
Olukayode, O., Ajewole, T.O., Adedeji, W.O. and Adeboye, B.S. Screw Actuated Folding Workshop Crane. Patent Registration Number F/PT/NC/2023/7681