Are there any standards (Safety and Mechanical) for the design of stands and structural supports of industrial equipment? I am trying to create a design standard for my company as we have had failures in the field with our stands. The failures have been weld failures, tipping failures, material failures, etc. Thanks for any suggestions
ASME Standards & Certification plays an important role in ensuring the safety of the public and in the standardisation of things as common as nuts and bolts. For more information about this you may refer asme.org
What sorts equipment do you have in mind? Are the stands fixed or movable? What sort of loads are you looking at?
Structures or components can fail, collapse, rupture or break if the components or structures is subjected to loading that over the material strength. Thus, there is a need to ensure there is proper safety margin and the basic principles used is the allowable stress and limit state design method. These method basically divide the material strength with appropriate yield by the safety factor of 1.5 or ultimate strength by the safety factor of 2.5-3.0. Thus, FOS is important to avoid the structures and components fail.So it is important to stick to the standards.
