Lifting Equipment

One of the most important equipment used in businesses is lifting and conveying equipment. Cranes, chain hoists, forklifts, pallet trucks, hoists, platforms, scaffolding, slings, etc. equipment is included in this scope. However, a large number of injuries and deaths occur each year due to problems in the use of lifting and conveying equipment. For example, crane ropes may break and the load may fall; tower cranes, mobile cranes can tip over; Piers can collapse.

Among the important causes of accidents in lifting and conveying equipment, there are many reasons such as improper use, lack of regular maintenance, failure of safety systems to prevent overloading, removal of excess capacity, failure to notice wear and tear in a timely manner, and lack of safety limit cutter systems.

Due to these hazards, Lifting and Conveying Equipment is among the equipment that must be periodically checked within the scope of the Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment.

Periodic checks of Lifting and Conveying Equipment should generally be carried out at least once a year. Periodic controls of the equipment in the scaffolding group should be carried out at least once every 6 months.

Mechanical engineers, mechanical and metal graduates, technical teachers, machine technicians and high technicians are authorized to make periodic checks. In the periodic controls of the equipment in the scaffolding group, in addition to the above-mentioned titles, the graduates of the construction and architecture departments of the universities and their technicians and high technicians; Shipbuilding engineers are authorized in shipbuilding works.

Periodic checks are a specialty. In addition to carrying the titles specified in the regulation, the people who carry out periodic control should also be knowledgeable about the standards of the equipment and the periodic control criteria. Periodic controls of each equipment should be carried out according to the criteria specified in the relevant national and international standards. AND works with a team of experts in periodical control.

In the controls of lifting and conveying equipment, document controls, visual controls and functional controls are carried out first. Afterwards, load tests are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the relevant standards of the equipment. For example, static tests are performed with 1.25 times the capacity and dynamic tests with 1.1 times the capacity in cranes. In addition, according to the characteristics of the equipment, controls such as the operation of the overload systems and the operation of the safety brakes stipulated by the relevant standards are also carried out. Calibrated measuring instruments are used in the controls.