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1. INTRODUCTION
This crane will be installed in the newly constructed ACDFS building of Raja Ramanna
Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore (MP). This Centre is situated at a distance of 14 km
from Indore Railway Station. The specifications of Double Girder Electric Overhead (EOT) crane
with Duty Class M7 are as given in Annexure I. The end view of the high bay where the crane will
be installed is as shown in Annexure-II.
2. SCOPE OF SUPPLY
The scope of supply of 10 Ton EOT crane will includes its design , manufacturing,
assembly, testing & inspection at manufacturer's works, packing ,dispatch, transportation , safe
delivery at site, required fabrication at site, installation, testing & commissioning ,performance
testing, final painting at site and handing over to RRCAT. The Scope of supply shall also include
but not be limited to the following, along with necessary fittings, fixtures and accessories.
a. Bridge structure with platform and hand railing
b. Traveling mechanism for long travel and cross travel
c. Track wheels for long and cross travel
d. Trolley
e. Hoisting mechanism
f. Service Platform on both sides of crab girder
g. Brake Mechanism separately for long travel, cross travel and hoisting
h. Pendant Control and wireless remote operation for all movements
i. Electrical motors, control gear and equipment
j. AC variable frequency controls for all motions of the crane.
k. Rails.
Exclusions:
a. Civil work including grouting.
b. Long travel supporting girder structure.
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4. BIDDER’S QUALIFICATION
a. The quotations are invited and accepted only from crane manufacturers with ISO-
9001- 2008 or equivalent QA management program certification.
b. The bidders shall provide satisfactory evidence of fabrication and testing facilities
available at their works and proof of valid documents for QA management
program certification, acceptable to the Purchaser, to prove that they are licensed
manufacturer and possess adequate plant and manufacturing capacity/facilities
and also have quality assurance programme. They shall furnish a statement that
they have manufactured and supplied at least 5 nos. of similar EOT cranes of 10
MT capacities and above with minimum of 20 meter span and higher supplied by
him during the last 5 years. Purchaser’s name and address, order number, date
and quantity supplied, performance report, and whether the supplies were made
within the delivery period etc, must be enclosed. In the absence of the above
information, the offer is liable to be rejected. Purchaser reserves right to
evaluate bidders fabrication facility, to see its competence to carry out the work.
5. DESIGN
The cranes shall be designed, manufactured, erected and tested in accordance with the
following or their latest versions of IS Codes:
a. IS:3177-1999 - Indian Standard Code of Practice for electric overhead
travelling cranes.
b. IS:807- 2006 - Indian Standard Code of Practice for design, manufacture, erection
and testing (structural portion) of cranes and hoists.
c. IS 2266 Specification for Steel Wire Ropes for General Engineering Purposes.
d. IS 13834 (Part 1) Cranes: General
e. IS 13834 (Part 5) Overhead Travelling and Portal Bridge Cranes
f. IS 325 Specification for Three Phase Induction Motors
g. IS 5749 Specification for Forged Ramshorn Hooks
h. ISO 12488-1, Cranes-Tolerance for wheels and travel and traversing tracks.
i. IS 800-2007, Design of steel structures.
The EOT crane to be primarily designed for the parameters indicated in the table below.
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VVVF
9) Duty class of crane M7
( As per IS:807-2006 )
8. MAINTAINABILITY
a. Safe accesses for maintenance and removal of all mechanical, electrical and
structural components must be ensured. All parts requiring replacement,
inspection and lubrication shall easily be accessible without the need of
dismantling other equipment or components. Arrangements for access to
important components must include a cradle for inspection and maintenance of
DSL, such cradle being conveniently accessible.
b. All electrical cables shall be so laid that they are not liable to damage and can
be easily inspected and maintained.
c. Access walkways (wherever required) of minimum 500mm clear inside width
with hand railings on both sides of girders for the full span length for inspection
and maintenance of the crane shall be provided. Walkways shall be of chequered
plate or non-slip steel surface of minimum 6mm thick. Walkways shall be of rigid
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construction and designed to sustain a distributed live load of not less than 3
kN/m2 (0.3 kg/cm2).
d. Materials used for equipment and structural shall be free from cracks, blow
holes, laminations, pitting etc. Except for areas where a superior grade of
materials is required, steel class shall be as per IS: 2062 (latest).
e. A tool box containing all tools required for the maintenance of the crane shall
be supplied with the crane.
f. Fasteners for pedestal blocks, gear boxes, etc., shall be easily removable from
the top of the platform.
9. STRUCTURAL DETAILS
a. The crane bridge shall comprise of double girders of plate box type. Camber in
the box girder shall be as per the relevant IS code.
b. All welded subassemblies of box girder shall be stress relieved before final
welding of the box girder.
c. Position of the Weld joints in top plate, side plate and bottom plate of the box
girder assembly shall be specified with respect to the maximum deflection
plane (i.e. plane passing through the centre point of the box girder).
d. In the main bridge girders, in addition to the required full length diaphragms,
short diaphragms shall be inserted wherever required to transmit the trolley
wheel load to the web plates and to limit the maximum stress in the trolley rail to
safe permissible limits. All diaphragms must bear against the top flange. Steel
plates used for bridge girders and diaphragms shall be as per IS:2062 (latest).
e. All fasteners shall be hot dip galvanized. All load bearing fasteners shall be of high
tensile grade, and it shall be of reputed make (Unbrako). Manufacturer shall
submit a test report for mechanical testing for the same.
f. The bridge girders shall be connected to the end carriages by large gusset
plates. Ground tight fit bolts in reamed holes shall be used for bolted
connections.
g. The calculated strength of joints made by High Strength Friction Grip (HSFG) bolts
shall not be less than calculated net strength of the member. The calculated
strength of other bolted joints in structural members shall not be less than the
net strength of the member plus 25%.
h. All butt welds on structural members of bridge girders subjected to tension shall
be radio graphically tested. All other welds shall be subjected to Magna flux or
Dye Penetration Test.
i. The box girders shall be so constructed as to eliminate any possibility of
accumulation of water or oil inside them.
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The wheels shall be mounted on fixed axle or suitable anti-friction spherical roller
bearings which can be conveniently removed for maintenance.
b. End carriages shall be designed to be strong enough to resist all stresses likely
to be imposed upon them under varied service conditions, including collision with
stops. The length of the end carriages shall be such that no other part of the
crane is damaged in the event of a collision.
c. End carriages shall be fabricated from rolled steel sections or plates, welded
together to form a box. Suitable stiffening diaphragms shall be provided
wherever required. The material used shall be steel as per IS: 2062(latest).
d. Suitable jacking pads shall be provided on each end carriage for jacking up the
crane while changing track wheels. These jacking pads shall not interfere with
replacement of track wheels.
e. The end carriages shall be fitted with suitable safety stops to prevent the crane
from falling more than 25mm in the event of breakage of track wheel, bogie or
axle. These safety stops shall not interfere with the removal of track wheels.
11. CRANE RAILS
Square bars of 50mm X 50 mm as crane rails for longitudinal and cross travel shall
be supplied, installed and tested by the supplier.
12. TROLLEY FRAME
a. The trolley frame shall be welded rolled steel box section, designed to transmit
the load to the bridge rails without undue deflection. It shall be made rigid by
providing suitable diaphragms. The material used shall be steel as per IS: 2062
(latest).
b. The drum bearings and supports for upper sheaves shall be located so as to
equalize the load on the trolley wheels as nearly as possible.
c. The trolley wheels shall be suitable to the crane rails. The axle bearings shall be of
spherical roller type. The bearing housing shall be designed for easy removal of
wheels and bearings for maintenance. The wheel assembly shall be fitted in L-
type housing, for easy removal of wheel assembly.
d. All the mechanical and electrical equipment shall be placed above the trolley
top plate as far as practicable. For any parts placed below the trolley top plate,
access for maintenance, repairs and replacement shall be provided. Where the
clearance between bottom member of trolley frame and the CT rail is over 25mm,
the trolley shall be fitted with substantial safety stops to prevent the trolley
from falling more than 25 mm in the event of breakage of track wheel, bogie or
axle. These safety stops shall not interfere with the removal of wheel. Details of
the arrangement shall be explained in the offer.
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c. The wheels shall be shrink-fit on the axles. Hardness of the machined rail wheel
(for both CT and LT) shall be checked with portable hardness tester and value to
be verified with the test reports during factory acceptance test.
15 .WIRE ROPES
Wire rope in the crane shall be of galvanized type and of reputed make. Preferably
“Hyflex” type wire ropes shall be used. If it is conventional type; then it shall be 6 x 36
construction and made from best plough steel of tensile strength 180 kg/mm2
Preferred Make: Usha Martin/ Kennedy Wire Rope and Sling
16. GEARING
Only helical gears shall be used. Gearing in all motions shall be of suitable case
carburizing low carbon alloy steels and shall conform to relevant Indian/ International
standards. They shall generally be in accordance with IS: 4460-1967(or latest). All gears
shall be hardened and profile ground for longer life and silent operation. Minimum
surface hardness of pinions and gears shall be in the range of 55-60 HRC. The hardness of
gears shall be at least 2 - 3 HRC less than that of pinions.
18. MOTORS : Three phase squirrel cage crane duty TEFC induction motor
For Long Travel :
The wheels of each end carriage shall be driven by independent synchronized
drive motors mounted near each end carriage.
40% CDF, S4 duty Class-F insulation, 150 starts/ stops per hour
A separate cross traverse motor shall be used for cross traverse drive through a
suitable gear box.
40% CDF, S4 duty Class-F insulation, 150 starts/ stops per hour
40% CDF, S4 duty Class-F insulation, 150 starts/ stops per hour
19. BRAKES
A. For L T & C T motions; The maximum braking torque to arrest long travel and cross
traverse motions shall not less than 100% of full load torque for each brake.
The L T & C T motions brake shall be provided with
Fail safe DC disc type --- 01 no. (for each)
B. For hoist motion, two brakes shall be used and the braking torque for each brake
shall not be less than 125% of full load torque. One of the two hoist brakes shall be
applied with a time lag of 3 seconds in relation to the first.
The hoisting motion shall be provided with
Electro Hydraulic Thruster Brake --- 01 no.
Fail-safe D.C. Disc brakes --- 01 no.
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Brake release shall be dependent on motor torque. The brake shall be released only if
100% torque is developed in the motor.
21. BEARINGS
a. Ball and roller anti-friction bearings shall be of reputed make. The acceptable
makes will be NBC, SKF, FAG, NORMA, NRB, NTN and KOYO.
b. For long and cross traverse wheels, spherical roller bearings shall be used. Bush
bearings shall not be used at any location.
23. BUFFERS
Spring loaded or other suitable buffers shall be fitted on the four corners of the crane
also at the four ends of the bridge girders. Buffers shall be rigidly bolted in place,
preferably along the centre line of the crane rail or trolley rail as the case may be. All
buffers shall have sufficient energy absorbing capacity to stop the bridge or trolley in
either direction when traveling at a speed of least 40% full load rated speed. Bridge
buffers shall have a contact surface of not less than 125mm diameter.
Preferred Make: Hi-Tech/ Ankit Engineering
24. LUBRICATION
a. All gears and bearings enclosed inside gear boxes shall be splash lubricated.
Bottom blocks and pedestal bearings shall have independent greasing points.
b. A lubricating chart shall be provided in the manual, indicating all lubrication
points, the type of lubricants required and the recommended frequency of
lubrication. These details shall be repeated, and amplified if necessary, in the
Maintenance Manual to be supplied along with the crane minimum two nos. of
hard copies.
25. SCOPE OF SUPPLY FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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All accessories and auxiliary electrical equipment including drive motors, electrically
operated brakes, controllers, AC variable frequency controls, conductors, protective
devices, operating devices, cables, conduits etc. necessary for the safe and satisfactory
operation and maintenance of the crane shall be included in the Vendor’s scope of
supply. Electrical equipment shall be adequately rated to permit simultaneous
operation of any combination of motions of the crane for its duty service.
The scope of supply relating to electrical portion shall cover:-
a. Indicating lamp and sound alarms: All indicating lamps shall be LED type with
appropriate protection. Sound alarm shall have sufficient dB level such at it would
be audible in the crane operating area.
Preferred Make Siemens, Technik, BCH
b. Shrouded down shop leads with LED lamps for three phase power indication.
c. Main current Collectors (one in forward and another in rear)
d. Power disconnecting switch on the crane bridge walk way, to be provided,
immediately after the main current collection gears.
f. Protective Switch gears
g. Motor control panels.
h. Socket outlets
i. Power and control cables CT motion cables shall run in cable drag chain.
j. IGUS Drag link cable system.
k. Pendant & Wireless remote: Double step push buttons of Telemechanique,
Siemens, Group Schneider, L & T, Bhartia Cutler Hammer, ABB, Allen Bradley,
make pendent and two numbers of wireless remote control having 100 meters
range of operation shall be either of Stromag, Siemens, ABB make. There shall be
override provision on the pendent for the remote. A master key control on the
pedant shall be provided. An emergency PUSH BUTTON to complete shutdown
shall be provided. The control pendent shall have separate movement in CT
direction independently from trolley.
l. MCBs shall only be used in the crane in lieu of HRC fuses.
m. Earth wire on crane portion as per relevant IS and IE rules.
n. Shrouded bus bar GI conductor along with Isolator switch at the ground level.
Cabling from the Isolator to the shrouded bus bar shall be in vendor’s scope.
o. Three 250 W Metal Halide luminaries under the crane, operable from pendant as
well as from the wireless remote control.
Preferred Make – PHILIPS, Osram, GEC, Schreder
All sundry erection material required for installation and connecting up of
electrical equipment with cable laying and fixing accessories shall be included in
the price of the crane.
p) A load cell conforming to IS 3177 shall be provided in the crane for the online
measurement of the weight of the load hoisted.
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26. POWER SUPPLY CONDITIONS
Power shall be available at 415 ± 10% volts, 3 phase, 50 ± 3% Hz
30. CONTACTORS
a. All contactors shall be of AC 4 Class of duty with rating sufficiently higher than the
full load current of the respective motors at the specified duty cycle. The
directional contactors of all motions shall be suitably interlocked for correct
sequence of operation.
b. The contactors shall have high contact reliability.
c. All contactors shall be of Siemens / L&T /Cutler Hammer make.
31. CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE SWITCH GEAR
a. In the crane; push button operated contactor shall be provided for circuit
protection.
b. Each control circuit branch to every contactor panel shall be provided with facility
for isolation and protection against short circuits and sustained high overloads by
means of appropriately rated miniature circuit breaker.
c. MPCB (Motor protection circuit breaker) shall be used for each drive motor.
Preferred Make:- Siemens, Group Schneider, L & T, Bhartia Cutler Hammer, ABB,
Allen Bradley, Telemechanique
32. LIMIT SWITCHES & LOCKS
a. Hoist motion shall be provided with limit switches to prevent crane from over
hoisting and over lowering. Two limit switches shall be provided for proper back
up protection. One of the limit switch shall be based on Gravity. The first limit
switch shall act in the event of over hoisting and over lowering shall be of snap
action/ pin type self resetting feature and incorporated in the control circuit of
respective drive motor.
Make: Siemens/ SOC/ BCH
b. Other limit switch for slewing, skewing of crane etc. shall be provided
c. Long travel and cross travel motions shall be provided with two limit switches at
each end.
First limit switch :- To change the travel speed to creep speed.
Second limit switch :- To stop supply to relevant motor for further motion. This
action shall be accompanied with an alarm sound and
light indicting that maximum limit has been reached.
d. Limit switch for hoist cross and long travel motion shall be supplied installed and
wired by the manufacturer.
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e. Limit switches shall be set such that there would be a gap of 20 to 30 mm
between crane ends and buffers. In any case crane shall not touch the buffers.
f. Audio & Visual Alarm for all the limit switches shall be provided.
g. Safety latch and swiveling lock shall be provided for hook.
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i. All the panels and cabinets shall also be provided with CFL luminaires for interior
illumination.
Panel enclosure Preferred Make:- Rittal, Elsteel, Group Schneider, Bhartia Cutler
Hammer (BCH)
35. CABLING
a. All wiring for power control circuit shall be carried out with 1.1 KV grade Flame
Retardant Low Smoke (FRLS) PVC insulated copper cables as per IS 694 and IS
1554 Pt. I with smoke index and typical index corresponding to ASTM-2843 &
IEC332-I.
b. Minimum size of cables for control circuits shall be 2.5 sq mm and minimum size
for power cables shall be 4 sq mm copper.
c. All cables shall be systematically laid on G.I. trays or in cable drags of suitable
type.
d. All cables shall be of reputed make and approved ISI brands.
e. CT cables of the crane shall run on cable drag chain.
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A detailed QAP with necessary drawings documentation and calculation for obtaining
necessary approval shall be submitted to the purchaser before taking up crane
fabrication.
40. PRE DISPATCH INSPECTION:
Pre dispatch Inspection as per latest version IS:3177-1999 codes: The crane will be
inspected and tested during different stages of its manufacture, starting from raw-
materials till the completion of the crane, by the Purchaser or his authorized
representative at the supplier’s or his sub-supplier’s works. However, the purchaser or
authorized representative is free to institute any further checks at any stage of the
work.
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manufacturer’s works and test certificates shall be provided by the Purchaser
or his representative.
h. Test of the crane at Purchaser’s Premises.
i. Start up and trial Operations Test of the crane (Commissioning Test)
j. The contractor shall carry out the start up and trial operation tests
(commissioning test) on receipt of authorization from the Purchaser. In addition
to tests indicated in IS: 3177(latest), the following tests shall also be carried.
i) The earthing of the crane and control equipment, to be tested as per
Indian Electricity Rules.
ii) The operation of brakes on long travel, cross traverse and hoisting
motions.
iii. Inching control and speed as specified in Annexure-I.
iv. Operation of the crane with no skewness in crane during long travel and
cross travel motions, presence of vibrations and unusual noise in
operation.
v. The trials shall be carried out initially under no load conditions and on
satisfactory completion of above, trials shall be repeated for various loads
until the full rated load and operating range are covered.
vi. During the trial operation, all necessary adjustments shall be made so as to
ensure compliance with the operating characteristics for the complete
equipment as stipulated in the technical specifications.
42. TRAINING
Technical experts of the manufacturer during erection & commissioning of cranes will
fully and adequately train operators/ maintenance staff nominated by the consignees.
44. WARRANTY
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Supplier shall guarantee for the EOT crane for the period of 24 months from the date of
commissioning at RRCAT. Supplier has to submit performance bank guarantee (PBG) of
10% of the ordered value valid for full warranty period.
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Annexure: I
RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, INDORE
Capacity
18) Main Hoist 10 Ton
19) Span 20 meters
20) Longitudinal Travel 56 meters
Lifting Range
21) Main Hoist 8.0 meters (Hook Height)
Type of Hook
22) Main Hook Swiveling type with plain shank having
trapezoidal section
Speeds
23) Main Hoist 3.0 m / min (Max.) By pendant
24) Long Travel 20.0 m / min (Max.) control &
25) Cross Travel 16.0 m / min (max.) also speed
(Max. 10% variation in LT ,CT control through
and 5% variation in hoisting wireless remote
speed is acceptable)
control
26) Creep speed 0.3 m/min by VVVF
27) Speed variation range Min. 10% to 100% in steps of 10%
Operating Mode
28) Pendant Push button trailing type &
Wireless remote control
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Guaranteed Technical Particulars (Annexure-III)
(Technical data sheet to be submitted along with the tender by manufacturer)
Sl. No. Descrption Data
1.0.0. General
1.1.0 Manufacturer
1.2.0 Type/ Model
1.3.0 Design according to standard
service class/ load class
1.4.0 Nominal load carrying capacity
1.5.0 Span
1.6.0 Highest position of hook
1.7.0 Lowest position of hook
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7.3.0 Brake Drum
7.3.1 Material
8.1.0 Cross Travel
8.1.1 CT brake
8.1.2 Type/Make
8.2.0 Brake Drum
8.2.1 Material
8.3.0 Wheels
8.3.1 Material
8.3.2 Hardness
9.1.0 Long Travel
9.1.1 End carriage length mm
9.2.0 LT brakes
9.2.1 Type
9.2.2 Make
9.3.0 Brake Drum
9.3.1 Material
9.3.2 Wheel
9.3.3 Material
10.1.0 Motors
Hoist Make and model
C.T. Make and model
L.T. Make and model
11.1.0 VVVF Drives
Hoist Make and model
C.T. Make and model
L.T. Make and model
NOTE: If above clauses are found inadequate for furnishing any important information of the
offered crane, the supplier may append additional sheets.
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Annexure: IV
Quality Assurance: The essential elements of quality assurance plan are suggested in the following table.
The Bidder shall submit a complete quality assurance plan along with the offer.
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