Faller500i
Structural
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1
Hi,
I have a free standing 5 ton overhead crane I want to put in my shop. The crane is a single girder bridge crane that measures 32'6" from column center to column center. My shop is about 40' x 40' which is built on a perimeter footing and stem wall with currently a dirt floor(slab not poured yet). The height of the ceiling is 20'. I have all the columns, bracing and runway beams for the crane. The columns are 8x8 wide flange beam but have no base plates for some reason so I will have to get some proper base plates with appropriate holes made up and weld them to the columns. The runway beams I will have to shorten as they are 50' each.
I want to pour an appropriate slab in the shop to be able to anchor bolt the crane columns to the floor. I was planning on having at least an 8" thick slab but of course have it thicker around the perimeter where the columns will get bolted to.
My questions are:
How thick should I make the slab on the perimeter to be able to anchor bolt the crane columns to? What size anchor bolts should I be using?
How far from the edge of the slab can I be drilling into the concrete for the crane column anchor bolts?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you
I have a free standing 5 ton overhead crane I want to put in my shop. The crane is a single girder bridge crane that measures 32'6" from column center to column center. My shop is about 40' x 40' which is built on a perimeter footing and stem wall with currently a dirt floor(slab not poured yet). The height of the ceiling is 20'. I have all the columns, bracing and runway beams for the crane. The columns are 8x8 wide flange beam but have no base plates for some reason so I will have to get some proper base plates with appropriate holes made up and weld them to the columns. The runway beams I will have to shorten as they are 50' each.
I want to pour an appropriate slab in the shop to be able to anchor bolt the crane columns to the floor. I was planning on having at least an 8" thick slab but of course have it thicker around the perimeter where the columns will get bolted to.
My questions are:
How thick should I make the slab on the perimeter to be able to anchor bolt the crane columns to? What size anchor bolts should I be using?
How far from the edge of the slab can I be drilling into the concrete for the crane column anchor bolts?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you