Projects

References on Crane Design

Crane design projectsWe have been involved in Oil Industry Projects, and have designed Cranes for rough deepsea conditions. Therefore we are perfectly capable of designing Cranes for ordinary onshore conditions, including special loadings as – earthquake, which is very similar to offshore rig motion loading.

Aker Solutions
as a subcontractor of Aker MH (=Maritime Hydraulics) (Kristiansand)

We have finished over 150 projects for our client on a large number of rigs.

Rig names – we were involved:
Petrorig-1,2,3; Songa Neptune; TMT-1,2; Oseberg East; CNOOC; Ocean Vanguard; Pride Carlos Walter; Seadrill-8,9,10; Bideford Dolphin; Transocean; Carolina; AkerH6a,H6b; Sevan; MPF; West E Drill; West Eminence; West Future II; Ben Loyal; Songa Venus; Songa Dee; Songa Explorer; Frigstad; West Aquarius; Snorre A; Snorre B; Thunderhorse; Petroserv; Grupo R; Pride North America; Pride Brazil; Odebrectht 1; West Alpha; West Navigator;

List of main Crane projects:

West E Drill

Gantry Crane

West Eminence

Gantry Crane

Seadrill 10

Gantry Crane

Sevan

Gantry Crane

TMT1

Riser Crane

AkerH6a

Gantry Crane

SNORRE B

Gantry Crane

Frigstad

Riser Handling Crane

West Alpha

Gantry Crane

Frigstad

Riser Handling Crane

Crane Design Details

AkerH6a - Gantry Crane

The Gantry Crane is designed as a trolley with a jib running on top of two main girders. Those main girders are connected to two legs with drive assemblies which allows the crane to move sidesway. The jib can pick up pipes from a horizontal position between the two main girders and bring them in to a vertical position.

The design of several Gantry Crane of this type was checked: first evaluating the possible loading scenarios and finding the governing situations. The main beam model of the crane was checked in several positions. Also the main SWL (safe working load) was applied in the most realistic way. The sling arrangement was taken into account. All details have been checked, and some found to be critical. These have been reinforced and have found a possible solution together with the project designer. Achieving a Crane design that has been successfully copied for several projects afterwards.

Projects / References
We have been involved in Oil Industry Projects, and have designed Cranes for rough deepsea conditions. Therefore we are perfectly capable of designing Cranes for ordinary onshore conditions, including special loadings as – earthquake, which is very similar to offshore rig motion loading. more ...