The addition of an overhead crane has paid dividends for a Dartmouth, N.S. machine shop. When Ace Machining outgrew its previous home base, the owners had a new 14,500-sq.-ft. facility built to their [...]
The Canadian Standards Association’s B167 standard — for overhead cranes, gantry cranes, monorails, hoists, and jib cranes — has come a long way since its inception in 1964. As a participating m[...]
The working duty of the crane is divided according to the crane utilization level and load status, or the crane working level is a parameter indicating the heavy workload of the crane, that is, indica[...]
Overhead Cranes Supplier 1) Overhead Cranes: Cranes that are fixed in place and use an attached hoist to bear the load and achieve movability fall under this category. Overhead cranes are further divi[...]
Learn about the different types of Overhead Cranes available in the China market today. There are four different categories of cranes we will discuss here. EOT Cranes The EOT in EOT Cranes stands for[...]
Cable festoons, conductor bars, or cable reels are used to transfer power from the building supply to the crane runway and bridge crane control panel. The same components are then used to supply power[...]
Price shouldn't be the only factor when selecting an overhead crane company to partner with. Read on to get a comprehensive understanding of an overhead crane quote and what criteria you should use to[...]
20-30 years ago, radio controls for an overhead crane system had a pretty bad reputation. They were expensive and also experienced a lot of interference issues that caused control problems—ultimatel[...]
Radio crane controls are not recommended for Class A or Class B type cranes that don’t get used very often. The reason being that the controls are battery operated and there’s an increased chance [...]
Years ago, pendant controls used to go out with just about all types of overhead crane systems. As the prices of radio control systems dropped, they became more widely-used. Pendant systems are still [...]