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How to buy jib crane for your work application? What factors may affects the parameters or specifications of jib crane? What affects costs should be considered on jib crane buying? Check tips on how to buy jib crane from jib crane engineers now.

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Why to buy jib crane

Dongqi Jib Cranes lift and transport loads in semi-circles and full circles with the jib rotating around the support around 200 degrees and 360 degrees.
Why to buy jib crane? Because jib crane has the following advantages:

• Jib crane save your working space to large extend:　The wall-mounted jib crane takes no floor space, which can save your working space.
• ake advantages of what you have: On designing your crane, we will take full consideration your working conditions and lifting requirements. On some design, we can take the advantages of your building columns or overhead beams to mount the jib cranes, lowering your cost.
• Indoor/Outdoor application: Pillar jib cane also called free-standing crane can be used indoor and outdoor.
• Cooperate with your existing cranes: Jib cranes can work together with your overhead crane. The jib of jib crane can fold and stay out of the way of large overhead cranes.

Buy jib crane from Dongqi Crane

As a jib crane manufacturer and supplier, Donqi Crane offers types of jib crane designs, and offers turnkey jib crane projects from jib crane design, jib crane production, to jib crane installation and maintenance for over the world. Generally jib cranes can be grouped into fixed jib crane, including, floor mounted jib crane and wall mounted jib crane, Wall travelling jib crane, and mobile jib crane, etc.

Dongqi Crane has 30 years of heavy lifting machines manufacturing history when jib crane remains to be the best selling cranes for a long time, and is well received by customers from all over the world.

How to buy jib crane

How to buy jib crane for your specific working condition? How will the jib crane affect your working efficiency? How will it be used in daily operation? To buy jib crane for your operation requires careful consideration and expert guidance.

• 1. What do you want to move? What are the loads your jib crane will move? It is the first questions on selecting the specifications of jib crane. The general conditions of loads, such as, the size, weight, and shapes will decide the general specifications of jib crane, such as, lifting capacity, lifting height, and arm length.
• 2. Determine the path of travel.Determine the travel path. How far the loads will be moved? Will encounter any obstacles in the way? Will be used indoors or outdoors? Noted that the total height of the jib crane is affected by the capacity of the unit and the length of the jib crane span. When the jib crane capacity and span increase, the depth of the support beam and the headroom required for the electric hoist and trolley used will increase, too.
• 3. Detail the total cost, not just the unit cost.The cost of the jib crane itself is one part of the crane price. The material, transportation cost and sales tax for the jib crane and electric hoist are easily figured, but there are also other costs, including training, maintenance, and after-sales services, etc.
• 4. Know your local building codes and requirements.Your local building codes may be different with the national standards. You have to know the conditions of your building very well to make sure the jib crane is allowed to be installed.

Summery:

In order to buy jib crane right for your application, the following factors should be considered：

1. The conditions of your available building structural support.
2. The overall height and headroom height available.
3. Your anticipated requirements for jib crane or the electric hoist.
4. The features and advantages of each type of jib cranes.
5. The cost of each type of jib crane.
6. The overall cost of installation, training, maintenance, and after-sales services, etc.

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Parameters needed on jib crane buying

Lifting capacity

The maximum weight of your application must not equal or exceed the weight of your crane. When defining your jib crane lifting capacity, it should be accounted in the following way:
• +15% for the weight of the hoist and trolley
• +15% for the deflection of hoist and trolley
• +25% capacity allowance for impact

Degree of Rotation

Pillar jib crane offers up to 360 degree rotation.
Wall mounted jib crane offers up to 180 degree rotation.

Outreach Range

The outreach range of jib crane refers to the distance from the boom tip to the crane hook, which also is the working area needed.

Crane Height

The height of jib crane has the attachments such as electrical entries included.

Under Boom Height

The under boom height refers to the distance from the floor to the underside of the boom, which will determine the type of hoist required.

Jib crane Installation

Location of crane will decide the type of crane as the pillar jib crane needs concrete foundations which may cost more than the jib crane sometimes.

Parameters needed for jib crane buying

On buying jib crane you have to answer the following question:

• 1. The type of the jib crane: the pillar type (with the pillar itself, mounted on ground) or wall mounted type (mounted on the wall or column)?
• 2. Lifting capacity: ___ ton?
• 3. Lifting height: ___ m?
• 4. Valid Radius (the jib length): ____m?
• 5. The rotating angle: 180, 270, 360 or other degree?
• 6. The power voltage: 240V 50Hz 3phase

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