MODIFICATION OF FRAME TO INCREASE GANTRY CRANE SPECIFICATIONS

Modification is one method that can be used to improve the function of an equipment or machine, also
this method is applied to improve the specification of gantry crane in order to be able to serve the
unloading activities in M building environment of the Department of Mechanical Engineering State
Polytechnic of Jakarta.

The current, gantry crane has a height of 1.81 m, a 1.6 m span, while the available workspace makes it
possible to add the dimension of the gantry crane's. The calculation of the critical load is not yet known
by recalculating the power of the gantry so that it will be obtained a larger gantry size with a security
guarantees. Chain block used has a capacity of 3.2 tons with the condition not working properly, and the
construction of the carriage is not appropriate capacity therefore this paper provides an explanation of
the modification to improve the gantry crane specification.

Modification frames using mild steel st37 material with 12 mm thickness of the plate as a reference
other than easily obtainable, mild steel strong enough to withstand heavy loads with the specification of
carbon content of 0.1-0.3%.

The result of modification is gantry construction increase with total height 2.61 m, 2.4 m span,
recondition chain block, design and make new carriage according to load capacity and recalculation of
gantry strength so gantri can operate safer.