Crane specifications and crane terms needed for buying custom crane?

How to buy a crane? Before crane buying, there are some basic crane terms and crane specifications are needed to buy a custom overhead crane, gantry crane, jib crane, and electric hoist. Check the crane specifications and crane terms before buy a crane.

Overhead crane

An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in industrial environments. An overhead crane consists of parallel runways with a traveling bridge spanning the gap. A hoist, the lifting component of a crane, travels along the bridge.

Overhead crane specifications drawing: S= Crane Span, H= Lifting height

Basic specifications of  overhead crane needed:

• Lifting capacity: How many tons you need
• Lifting height: Hook center to ground
• Span: Crane rail center to rail center
• Voltage: Volt/ Hertz/ Phase

More detailed information is needed to get your ideal overhead crane. Contact us to get your custom overhead crane. 

Gantry Crane

single girder gantry crane & double girder gantry crane

Gantry cranes are a type of crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. Gantry cranes for marine application are imposing, multi-story structures prominent at most container terminals, used to load intermodal containers on and off container ships.

Gantry Crane specifications sketch drawing

Basic specifications of  gantry crane needed:

• Lifting capacity: How many tons you need
• Lifting height: Hook center to ground
• Crane Span: Crane rail center to rail center
• Voltage: (Volt/ Hertz/ Phase)

More details are needed to get ideal gantry crane. Contact us to get your custom gantry crane.

Jib Crane

Pillar Type Jib Crane &  wall mounted jib crane

A jib crane is a type of crane where a horizontal member (jib or boom), supporting a moveable hoist, is fixed to a wall or to a floor-mounted pillar. Jib cranes are used in industrial premises and on military vehicles.

Jib crane specifications sketch drawing for a reference

Basic specifications of jib crane needed:

• Lifting capacity: How many tons you need
• Lifting height: Hook center to ground
• Span: Crane rail center to rail center
• Voltage: Volt/ Hertz/ Phase

More details are needed to get ideal jib crane. Contact us to get your custom jib crane.

Electric hoist

A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. The load is attached to the hoist by means of a lifting hook.

electric chain hoist &  Electric wire rope hoist

Basic specifications of electric hoist needed:

• Lifting capacity: How many tons you need)
• Lifting height: Hook center to ground)
• Voltage: Volt/ Hertz/ Phase)
• Steel Structure in the Factory

The steel structure in the factory to support the crane needs the columns, bracket, supporting rail beam, crane rail.
All of these our engineer can help you to choose the type and you just need to tell us the width and length of the workshop.

Crane steel sketch drawing for a reference

More details are needed to get ideal electric hoist. Contact us for more information to get your ideal electric hoist.

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