ASME NOG-1–2015

(Revision of ASME NOG-1–2010)

Rules for Construction

of Overhead and
Gantry Cranes
(Top Running Bridge,
Multiple Girder)

A N A M E R I C A N N AT I O N A L STA N DA R D
 ASME NOG-1–2015
(Revision of ASME NOG-1–2010)

Rules for Construction

of Overhead and
Gantry Cranes
(Top Running Bridge,
Multiple Girder)

A N A M E R I C A N N AT I O N A L S TA N D A R D

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 Date of Issuance: February 20, 2015

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 CONTENTS

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Committee Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Preparation of Technical Inquiries to the Committee on Cranes for Nuclear Facilities . . . . viii
Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Section 1000 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2000 Quality Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2100 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 3000 Coatings and Finishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3100 Coating Service Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3200 Specific Requirements for Coating Service Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 4000 Requirements for Structural Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4200 Materials and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4300 Design Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4400 Component Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 5000 Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5200 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5300 Design and Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5400 Component Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5500 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Section 6000 Electrical Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6200 Wiring Materials and Methods (Types I, II, and III Cranes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
6300 Performance Specifications (Types I, II, and III Cranes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6400 Component Selection (Types I, II, and III Cranes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
6500 Electrical Equipment Testing Requirements (Types I, II, and III
Cranes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Section 7000 Inspection and Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
7100 Tests and Acceptance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
7200 Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
7300 Receipt and Storage Requirements for Storage Facility and/or Site . . . . . . . 107
7400 Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
7500 Qualification for Permanent Plant Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
7600 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Section 8000 Packaging, Shipping, Receiving, Storage, and Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
8100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Section 9000 Planned Engineered Lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9200 Capacity Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9300 Lift Frequency Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9400 Inspection Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9500 Planned Engineered Lifts for Bridge or Gantry Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9600 Planned Engineered Lifts for Hoist and Trolley Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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9700 Required Interlocks or Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9800 Load Testing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9900 Crane Wheel Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figures
4153.3-1 Typical Four-Wheel Trolley Model for Seismic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4153.3-2 Typical Four-Wheel Overhead Crane Model for Seismic Analysis . . . . . . . . 18
4153.3-3 Typical Four-Wheel Gantry Crane Model for Seismic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4153.3-4 Typical Four-Wheel Semi-Gantry Crane Model for Seismic Analysis . . . . . . 19
4160-1 Runway Rail Alignment Tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5411.5-1 Drum Shell Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5413.1-1 Allowable Yield Stress, say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5416.1-1 Typical Hoist Machinery Arrangement With Emergency Brake . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5416.1-2 Typical Hoist Machinery Arrangement With Redundant Gear Reducers
and Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5416.1-3 Typical Redundant-Hoist Machinery Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5420-1 Single-Failure-Proof Reeving Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5420-2 Single and Double Reeving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5426.1-1 Drum Fleet Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5426.1-2 Sheave Fleet Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5427.1-1 Proportions for 24:1 Sheave-to-Rope Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5427.1-2 Proportions for 30:1 Sheave-to-Rope Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5430-1 Arrangement of Crane Trolley Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5440-1 Arrangement of Crane Bridge Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5440-2 Arrangement of Polar Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5452.4-1 Minimum Flange Widths and Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5459.3-1 Power or Control Circuit Limit Switch With Geared Upper Limit
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5459.3-2 Power or Control Circuit Limit Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5474-1 Allowable Bending Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5474-2 Allowable Tension or Compression Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5474-3 Allowable Shear Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5477-1 Typical Hook Cross-Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5477-2 Fish Hook Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5477-3 Equivalent Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5477-4 Sister Hook Without a Pinhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
5477-5 Sister Hook With a Pinhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6472.2-1 Ka Factors for AC and Adjustable Voltage DC Motors (Without Field
Weakening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
6472.2-2 Typical Polar Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6473-1 Typical Characteristic Curves for AC Wound Rotor Motors (Examples
for 0.75 per Unit Horsepower and 20% Total Resistance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7521.2-1 Inspection for Wheel Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Tables
4153.6-1 Boundary Conditions: Trolley Wheels to Trolley Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4153.6-2 Boundary Conditions: Bridge Wheels to Crane Runway Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4211-1 Acceptable Materials and Reference Properties for Structural
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4212-1 Required Cv Energy Values for Structural Materials (Except Bolting) . . . . . 27
4221-1 Acceptable Fastener Materials for Structural Connections for
Types I and II Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4221-2 Fastener Materials That May Be Galvanized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4222-1 Cv Energy Values for Fastener Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4232-1 Test Temperature for Filler Metal — Charpy V-Notch Impact Tests
With 20 ft-lb Average Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4251.5-1 Exemptions to Mandatory Postweld Heat Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4311-1 Maximum Allowable Stresses in Structural Steel Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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4315-1 Allowable Stresses for Bolts Other Than ASTM A325 or ASTM A490 . . . . . 31
4332.1-1 Value of the Buckling Coefficients, K␴ and K␶, for Plates Supported at
Their Four Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5331.1-1 Rated Load Recommended Hoist Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5332.1-1 Rated Load Recommended Trolley Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5333.1-1 Rated Load Recommended Bridge Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5413.1-1 Gearing Allowable Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5413.1-2 Load Distribution R Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5415.1-1 Load Combinations — Hoist Drive Shafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5452.3-1 Allowable Wheel Loads for Rim-Toughened Crane Wheels, P, lb, for
Speed Factor p 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5452.3-2 Speed Factor for Determining Allowable Maximum Wheel Load . . . . . . . . . 67
5452.4-1 Guide for Wheel Flange Width and Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5453.1-1 Load Combinations — Bridge and Trolley Axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5454.1-1 Deflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6472.2-1 Overall Friction Factors (Antifriction Bearings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6472.2-2 Suggested Acceleration Rates for AC or AV Travel Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
6472.2-3 Suggested Maximum Acceleration Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
6472.3-1 Duty Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7210-1 Required Inspections or Tests — Type I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
7210-2 Required Inspections or Tests — Type II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8100-1 Applicable Requirements of ASME NQA-1, Part II, Subpart 2.2, With
Modifications of 8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Mandatory Appendices
I Additional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
II Criteria Required for Structural Qualification of an Existing Crane
Bridge for Use With an ASME NOG-1 Type I Hoist and Trolley . . . . . . . 120
Nonmandatory Appendices
A Recommended Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
B Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
C NUREG-0554/ASME NOG-1 Conformance Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136