[Riesiger Schiffskran bricht im Überseehafen Rostock bei Tests in sich zusammen]

The overload test for the HLC 295000 crane was due to test it with a load of 5,500 tonnes.]( https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/incident-occurs-as-crane-test-takes-place-on-offshore-installation-vessel-59223 ) Liebherr said the failure occurred at a load of around 2,600 tonnes, causing a cha…

Chinese steel? I don’t know and didn’t mean to imply it was. Just that I have seen some catastrophic failures due to poor steel, most of which was from China

[image] ombugge: Liebherr said the failure occurred at a load of around 2,600 tonnes, Pretty expensive test jig.

[image] Looks like the hook has pulled away from the block assembly at the joint, thus not metal failure of the hook itself.

Moreover, where was the hook finally found? Was it catapulted through the barge’s bottom to the seabed?

[image] ombugge: not metal failure of the hook itself. Hard to say. Where does 3rd party hook end and Liebherr begin? [image]

Anything more than dime store novelties from China that includes their “steel” scares the bejeezus out of me at work. I always make sure I stay out of the line of fire, more especially with their products.

Regardless of the metallurgy of manufacture, you’d assume there was a proof load test of the hook/block assembly before it left the factory. This was meant to be an overload test of the crane itself, not the hook. I also wonder what their before/after NDT protocol is for those heavy lifts. And I’m…

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Rule_Britannia May 7, 2020, 2:37pm 20

Plus a couple of years lost earnings

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