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Guide to Choose an Overhead Crane

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by step to get your right overhead crane

An overhead crane, mostly called a bridge crane due to its look-like, which is widely used to lift heavy load especially in production flow. It consists of a hook-andwirerope lifting mechanism dropping from an overhead beam running on rails supported by a steel structure called runway beams which normally are attached in modern steel-structure workshop; The lifting system most of the time on a single girder crane is a hoist travelling along the bridge or overhead beam, while on a double girder crane runs a trolley or verbally called crab carrying a hoist or winch.

Single girder or double girder depends on the load capacity; generally !Ton is a dividing point for this issue; i.e. select single girder design under ! and double girder above ! ton. A hoist will be applied when the load capacity is under " tons while a winch when the capacity is above " tons. It is very critical to select the right overhead crane; efficiency and safety are highly re#uired in a workshop esp. during production process. So there are many things to consider in selecting a right overhead crane. Factors in to sections to be considered in proper overhead crane selection: Application $aterials to be handled Single or double girder %oad rating &'apacity( Service )ating &fre#. of operation( 'ontrol*Speed

Top running or under running +lectric, Air, $anual Impact on production Facility 'learance re#uirements ,uilding width*crane span ,uilding %ength %ow -bstruction*'rane .ook .eight )unway ,eams*)ails 'olumn Supports +nvironment $aintenance Access*Service /latforms All above factors could be simply concluded into 4 easy steps guide to get your tailor-made overhead crane. . !hat is the load capacity you need "#on$% The $a0. weight of load to be handled with the crane. &. !hat is the crane span needed% The span or traverse width of the overhead beam is an must to determine the si1e of the crane designing. 2ormally it may be the full width of your workshop; 3or some e0ceptions like under-hung running overhead crane for those workshop without attached runway beams, or some gantry cranes on the floor in a specific work area. '. (o) long and often the crane )ill be used% +.g.4 how many hours per day and how many days per week. 4. Free standing or building built-in run)ays% 'onventional overhead cranes are supported by runway beams that are built into the workshop building to save more space. Another option is a free standing runway to support the run way beams.
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