This particular client often uses our services to validate design modifications to plant equipment. Their equipment is used to transport large sheets of glass from the production line to the shipping bays. Failure of the equipment during a lift operation can result in severe injury or death due to glass shards or the payload.
We first calculate the appropriate loads and safety factors using appropriate codes (ASME in this case). We then evaluate the design as far as possible using tradiational structural analysis methods. Once the member sizes are appropriate, we perform a final validation of the structural design using finite element analysis (FEA) methods.
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