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What is the root cause of a crane girder failure?

April 26, 2017cause Crane failure girder

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What is the root cause of a crane girder failure?

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It is our experience that torsion causes most crane girder failures. The torsional stresses are not secondary and when included in a fatigue analysis the crane girders can develop base metal cracks, weld cracks, or become warped.