Overhead Crane Safety Systems: Modern Features and Technologies

Whether you’re considering upgrading or modernizing your older crane system, or you’re designing the specifications for a new overhead crane system, your number one goal should be to improve the safety of the overhead crane equipment and production processes at your facility.

With modern technologies becoming more readily available and more affordable, the safety features available for overhead crane systems have never been better. Newer technologies now allow for:

• Remote monitoring and diagnostic information for individual components
• Automated drives to control the speed and motion of the crane
• Radio controls
• Collision avoidance systems
• Overload sensors and read-outs

What Type of Equipment or Systems are Available for Overhead Crane Safety?

• Fall Restraint, Lifelines, and Walkways
• Buzzers, Horns, and Sirens
• Warning Lights and Indicator Lights
• Variable Frequency Drives and Anti-Sway Technologies
• Collision Avoidance Systems
• Slow Down and Stop Limit Switches
• Remote Radio Controls
• Brake-Slip Detection
• Monitoring and Diagnostics
• Wrapping it Up

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