Repads for Lift lugs
Repads for Lift lugs
(OP)
Just looking for some opinions from the community,
Specifically lift lugs with repads, but also repads in general:
- MechE #1 has rule of thumb "repads should not be thicker than shell/head they are attached to. This is to avoid local stiff areas and stress risers"
- MechE #2 says it doesn't matter
- To make it worse to this EN13445-3 specifically states that repads for lugs should be thicker than the shell/head they are attached to. (we surmise this to be to ensure lug/repad act as rigid unit)
Seems a decided lack of consistency, comments?





RE: Repads for Lift lugs
Checkout the "calculations" at the end of the paper.
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RE: Repads for Lift lugs
"Repads" are necessary in order to (1) get enough weld length on the item lifted or (2) distribute the load on the shell.
Reason #1 governs in most of the LL designs.
A review of many of the LL calculations and methodologies shows that the lug itself can be made strong simply by making the lug bigger and thicker......but without a repad sized to gain enough weld "footprint", the rated load would be limited.
RE: Repads for Lift lugs
RE: Repads for Lift lugs
There ISN'T a thumbrule or "always by the book" answer - which is what I think you are looking for.
You (yourself!) have to completely design and the whole thing - lug AND vessel walls - based on first principles looking at four separate loads. You have to work from the outside in; then, from that answer, then reverse and work back out.
1. The lug itself. What is the load on that lug? and How big does the lug have to be to withstand that load?
2. The weld itself. What is the stress on the weld (if no pad were used) around the right-sized lug, and can the weld hold that stress? If not, what size repad and welds are needed to hold the lug?
3. Now that you know the ideal lug, weld and repad, what does that repad do to the vessel wall under all points of thermal and pressure loading? Good? Bad? Ugly? Indifferent?
OK. If Ugly or Bad, change the repad and weld (usually by making it more flexible or thinner) and work back out to the lug to make sure the lug is still good.
Worse case, you have to add lugs to keep the flexibility: Your original intent of only using 3 means you need 4. Your original 4 have to be replaced with 6.
RE: Repads for Lift lugs
RE: Repads for Lift lugs
If you look at the calculation of the lug base plate in this paper the pad 3 times (1.5") the shell thickness of 1/2".
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RE: Repads for Lift lugs
these programs are not a crutch, you still understand the basics of material and design.
http://www.maximumreach.com/index.htm
RE: Repads for Lift lugs
Please, see "Pressure Vessel Design Manual" by Dennis R. Moss -typical sling arrangement, not lugs-
Rgards
r6155
RE: Repads for Lift lugs
RE: Repads for Lift lugs