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Diamond
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2003
- Location
- Yacolt, WA
We have a growing amount of surplus "STUFF" - servo motors, gear boxes, CNC controls, scales, timing belts, pulleys, bearings, etc. Right now this is taking up shop floor space. We are planning on re-arranging our shop to make loading / unloading machines from trucks easier and in this shop shuffle, I want to put up some storage space and get the surplus stuff up away from the general shop area.
I have a space that is 63 feet long by 10-1/2 feet wide (could go as far as 12 feet without infringing on crane hook area).
One side of the Mezzanine could be supported by our oversize crane runway beams. These are 27-102 beams and even with a 200 lb/sq ft load over the entire mezzanine floor (130,000 lbs) - deflection calcs indicate that the crane can still happily run along with full load and not exceed crane handbook deflections.
The mezzanine height would be below the Gray Line and above the Blue line - support along the wall will be straight forward enough - steel columns and beam sections.
The question I have is how to support the beams between the crane runway support columns? The largest span is 33feet 8 inches. Is there any reason that I could not make up some cables (~ 6 feet long) and install a few tie points between the crane runway and the mezzanine support beam?
What about the actual decking? TJI's with 1" plywood? (or if I go with grating and cross beams, can I avoid having to mess with the fire sprinklers?)
I will be moving a 100 ton press, coldsaw, surface grinder and bandsaw under the covered area. . . so will put task lighting under the mezzanine for those machines.
I have a space that is 63 feet long by 10-1/2 feet wide (could go as far as 12 feet without infringing on crane hook area).
One side of the Mezzanine could be supported by our oversize crane runway beams. These are 27-102 beams and even with a 200 lb/sq ft load over the entire mezzanine floor (130,000 lbs) - deflection calcs indicate that the crane can still happily run along with full load and not exceed crane handbook deflections.
The mezzanine height would be below the Gray Line and above the Blue line - support along the wall will be straight forward enough - steel columns and beam sections.
The question I have is how to support the beams between the crane runway support columns? The largest span is 33feet 8 inches. Is there any reason that I could not make up some cables (~ 6 feet long) and install a few tie points between the crane runway and the mezzanine support beam?
What about the actual decking? TJI's with 1" plywood? (or if I go with grating and cross beams, can I avoid having to mess with the fire sprinklers?)
I will be moving a 100 ton press, coldsaw, surface grinder and bandsaw under the covered area. . . so will put task lighting under the mezzanine for those machines.