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  • Brochure_ACECO_110 Crane Terminology Handout
  • Video: Overview of American Crane
  • Brochure_ACECO_001 American Crane Overview
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    A

    • 10 CFR 50 APPENDIX B
    • ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS
    • ACCESS PLATFORM
    • ADJUSTABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE
    • ADJUSTABLE OR VARIABLE VOLTAGE
    • ADMINISTRATIVE OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY
    • ALARA
    • AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
    • AMPACITY
    • ANSI
    • ANTI COLLISION
    • ANTI-SKEWING
    • APPOINTED
    • AUTHORIZED
    • AUTOMATIC CRANE
    • AUXILIARY GIRDER (OUTRIGGER)
    • AUXILIARY HOIST
    • AXLE, FIXED
    • AXLE, ROTATING
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    B

    • BASE OR DECK MOUNTED
    • BATTERY SYSTEM
    • BEAM
    • BEAM FLANGE
    • BEARING LIFE EXPECTANCY
    • BEARING, LIFETIME LUBRICATED
    • BHN
    • BLOCK, LOAD
    • BLOCK, UPPER
    • BOGIE
    • BOGIE, EQUALIZING
    • BOGIE, FIXED
    • BOX SECTION
    • BRAKE
    • BRAKE, BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL
    • BRAKE, COUNTERTORQUE
    • BRAKE, DRAG
    • BRAKE, DYNAMIC
    • BRAKE, EDDY CURRENT
    • BRAKE, EMERGENCY
    • BRAKE, HOLDING
    • BRAKE, HYDRAULIC
    • BRAKE, MECHANICAL
    • BRAKE, MECHANICAL LOAD
    • BRAKE, PARKING
    • BRAKE, PNEUMATIC
    • BRAKE, REGENERATIVE
    • BRAKE, SERVICE
    • BRANCH CIRCUIT
    • BREAKAWAY FORCE
    • BRIDGE
    • BRIDGE (CRANE) TRAVEL
    • BRIDGE CONDUCTORS
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL ACTUATOR
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL BRAKING MEANS
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL ENCLOSURE
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL VOLTAGE
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL, MULTI SPEED
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL, SINGLE SPEED
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROL, VARIABLE SPEED
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROLLER
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROLLER, MANUAL
    • BRIDGE CRANE CONTROLLER, SPRING RETURN
    • BRIDGE DRIVE
    • BRIDGE ELECTRIFICATION
    • BRIDGE GIRDER
    • BRIDGE RAIL
    • BRIDGE REPAIR TRAVELERS
    • BUMPER (BUFFER)
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    C

    • CAB-OPERATED CRANE
    • CAMBER
    • CAPACITY
    • CASK
    • CASK HANDLING CRANE
    • CHAIN HOIST
    • CLASS A (STANDBY OR INFREQUENT SERVICE)
    • CLASS B (LIGHT SERVICE)
    • CLASS C (MODERATE SERVICE)
    • CLASS D (HEAVY SERVICE)
    • CLASS E (SEVERE SERVICE)
    • CLASS F (CONTINUOUS SEVERE SERVICE)
    • CLEARANCE
    • CMAA
    • COLLECTORS
    • CONTACTOR, MAGNETIC
    • CONTROLLER
    • CONVEYORS
    • COUNTER-TORQUE
    • COVER PLATE
    • CRANE
    • CRITICAL LOAD
    • CROSS GIRDER
    • CROSS MOUNTED
    • CROSS SHAFT
    • CUSHIONED START
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    D

    • DEAD LOADS
    • DEFLECTION
    • DIAPHRAGM
    • DOUBLE GIRDER CRANE
    • DRIVE GIRDER
    • DRUM
    • DUAL SPEED
    • DUMMY CAB
    • DYNAMIC LOWERING
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    E

    • EDDY - CURRENT BRAKING
    • EFFICIENCY OF GEARING AND SHEAVES
    • ELECTRIC OVERHEAD TRAVELING CRANE (EOT CRANE)
    • ELECTRICAL BRAKING SYSTEM
    • ENCLOSED CONDUCTOR
    • ENCLOSURE
    • END APPROACH
    • END STOP
    • END TIE
    • END TRUCK
    • EXPLOSION PROOF CRANE
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    F

    • FAIL SAFE
    • FESTOONING
    • FIELD WIRING
    • FIXED AXLE
    • Floor Operated Crane
    • Flux Vector Drive
    • FOOTWALK
    • FPM
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    G

    • GAUGE
    • GANTRY CRANE
    • GATE HOIST
    • GEAR REDUCER
    • GIRDERS
    • GRAPPLE
    • GROUND FAULT
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    H

    • HEAD SECTION
    • HELICAL GEAR MOTOR
    • HIGH-LEVEL WASTE (HLW)
    • HMI
    • HOIST
    • HOLDING BRAKE
    • HOOK
    • HOOK APPROACH
    • HYDRAULIC BRAKE
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    I

    • IDLER SHEAVE
    • INDUSTRIAL DUTY CRANE
    • INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
    • INSULATION
    • INVERTER (VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE)
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    J

    • JIB CRANE
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    K

    • KIP
    • KNEE BRACE
    • KSI
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    L

    • LATERAL FORCES
    • LIFT
    • LIFT BEAMS
    • LIFTING DEVICES
    • LIMIT SWITCH
    • LINE CONTACTOR
    • LIVE LOAD
    • LOAD BLOCK
    • LOAD CARRYING PART
    • LOAD CELL
    • LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM
    • LOAD CYCLE
    • LONGITUDINAL STIFFNERS
    • LOW-LEVEL WASTE (LLW)
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    M

    • MAGNETIC CONTROL
    • MAIN LINE CONTACTOR
    • MAIN LINE DISCONNECT SWITCH
    • MANUAL-MAGNETIC DISCONNECT SWITCH
    • MASTER SWITCH
    • MATCH MARKING
    • MEAN EFFECTIVE LOAD
    • MECHANICAL LOAD BRAKE
    • MILL DUTY CRANE
    • MODULAR HOIST
    • MONORAIL CRANE
    • MULTIPLE GIRDER CRANE
    • MMA
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    N

    • NEMA
    • NON-COASTING MECHANICAL DRIVE
    • NRC
    • NUCLEAR ENERGY
    • NUCLEAR WASTE
    • NUREG
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    O

    • OPEN DECK HOISTING MACHINERY
    • OPERATOR STATION
    • OPERATOR'S CAB
    • OSHA
    • OVERHEAD CRANE
    • OVERLOAD LIMIT DRIVE
    • OVERLOAD PROTECTION (OVERCURRENT)
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    P

    • PENDANT PUSHBUTTON STATION
    • PITCH DIAMETER (ROPE)
    • PLAIN REVERSING CONTROL
    • PLUGGING
    • POWERHOUSE CRANE (TURBINE CRANE)
    • PROTECTIVE PANEL
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    Q

    • QUALIFIED
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    R

    • RADIO CONTROLS
    • RADIOACTIVE WASTE
    • RATED LOAD
    • REEVING
    • REGENERATIVE BRAKING
    • REGULATED SPEED
    • REMOTE OPERATED CRANE
    • RESISTOR RATING
    • ROPE GUIDE
    • ROTATING AXLE
    • RPM
    • RUNNING SHEAVE
    • RUNWAY
    • RUNWAY COLLECTOR SHOE
    • RUNWAY CONDUCTORS
    • RUNWAY RAIL
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    S

    • SHALL
    • SHEAVE
    • SHOULD
    • SHROUD
    • SINGLE GIRDER CRANE
    • SINGLE-FAILURE PROOF
    • SKELTON CAB
    • SKEWING FORCES
    • SPAN
    • SPENT FUEL
    • SPENT FUEL POOL
    • SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
    • STACKER CRANE
    • STATIC CONTROL
    • STEPLESS CONTROL
    • STEPPED CONTROL
    • STOP
    • STRENGTH, ULTIMATE AVERAGE
    • SWEEP
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    T

    • TEFC
    • TELESCOPIC JIB CRANE
    • TENV
    • THERMAL OVERLOAD PROTECTION
    • TOP RUNNING CRANE
    • TORQUE
    • TORSIONAL BOX GIRDER
    • TORSIONAL FORCES
    • TRAVELING CRANE
    • TROLLEY
    • TROLLEY FRAME
    • TURBINE
    • TURNTABLE
    • TWO BLOCKING
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    U

    • UNDER RUNNING CRANE
    • UNDER VOLTAGE PROTECTION
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    V

    • VARIABLE FREQUENCY
    • VOLTAGE DROP
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    W

    • WEB PLATE
    • WHEEL LOAD
    • WHEELBASE
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