Common Types Of Hoisting Equipment

Question 1

Types of manual lifting devices

Answer 1

Block and tackle
Chain hoist/fall
Come-along
Griphoist (Trifor)

Question 2

What does a block and tackle do?

Answer 2

Uses fibre ropes rather than wire rope. It increases the lifting capacity. Increase can be calculated by counting the number of ropes that leave the traveling block

Question 3

What does a block and tackle do?

Answer 3

Uses fibre ropes rather than wire rope. It increases the lifting capacity. Increase can be calculated by counting the number of ropes that leave the traveling block

Question 4

What’s another name for chain hoist and how does it work?

Answer 4

Chain falls is another name for chain hoist and it can move loads up and down or sideways but never both and the same time. They’re mainly used for vertical lifting. It works by the operator pulling on the endless hand chain. Which turns the drive pulley. The drive pulley is connected to the lifting chain by a series of reduction gears that multiply the amount of force the operator exerts on the hand chain.

Question 5

Some types of electric hoists are

Answer 5

Overhead runways, gantry cranes, jib cranes and over head traveling cranes

Question 6

Some types of electric hoists are

Answer 6

Overhead runways, gantry cranes, jib cranes and over head traveling cranes

Question 7

What are 2 types of overhead traveling cranes? What are their 2 classifications?

Answer 7

Gantry and bridge cranes. Over-slung and under-slung

Question 8

How far can the mast tilt on a forklift?

Answer 8

10° to 25° forward

Question 9

How far can the mast tilt on a forklift?

Answer 9

10° to 25° forward

Question 10

What are 3 types of manual Jacks?

Answer 10

Screw
Lever
Scissor