Moving bulky, heavy, and cumbersome loads or materials down the aisles and floor of a manufacturing workshop or factory can be dangerous and time consuming. With better utilization of the overhead space of a factory , the installation of an overhead travelling crane system, material handling in those applications can be performed more efficiently, cost effectively, and safer. Loads or objects can be easily hoisted, lowered, and moved through the unused space, saving time and energy.

The movement of the overhead crane is controlled by specially trained crane operators using a variety of control devices. When considering movement options, consider the available space as well as the feasibility of installing an overhead crane.

How are overhead crane used for?Overhead cranes are used in a variety of areas throughout a facility to support processing and handling:

• Assembly:Moving products through production processes
• Transportation: Deliver finished products onto open trailers or railcars
• Staging: Keeping work-in-process for future production processes
• Storage: Transporting bulky items to and from storage facilities
• Warehousing: Transporting large, heavy items to and from docks

Warehousing

When considering the need for an overhead crane, the first industry that comes to mind is warehousing, where supplies, equipment, and materials are constantly moved, positioned, and prepared. The timely movement of large items from storage to the shipping dock is a significant advantage of using an overhead crane in warehousing.

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• Single girder overhead crane with Top running design  & Underhung crane design
• Double girder overhead crane
• Warehouse overhead crane system -
• Workstaion Kbk crane, Workstation Cranes , Freestanding Bridge Cranes 
• Ceiling Mounted Crane, Wall Cranes, Floor Cranes, Workstation cranes

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Assembly

Industries that assemble or install large equipment or machinery require a means for hoisting, lifting and moving incomplete assemblies from one worksite to another for completion. Forklifts, AGVs, and other forms of material handling equipment are not efficient or safe, which enables the untilization of an overhead crane system a necessity.By adopting the overhead crane system, it makes the moving assemblies simple and comes naturally during the production process.

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• Kbk Crane
• Workstation cranes 
• Jib cranes
• Overhead cranes
• Portable gantry cranes

Transportation

The same rules apply to warehousing as they do to transportation, where heavy bulky products must be loaded onto planes, trains, and trucks. Large materials can be easily positioned for transport by a proper overhead crane system. This is especially true for international shipping, where large containers and materials must be lowered into ship holds.

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• Container crane
• Rail mounted gantry crane
• Rubber typred gantry cranes
• Single girder gantry crane
• Double girder gantry crane

Equipment Repair

When the repair or maintenance of a punch press or other factory equipment or machinery is required, overhead cranes will be an help hand in facilitating for the equipment repairing and maintaining by gradually moving and positioning pieces or parts for easy access. Gantry cranes and overhead bridge cranes can remove heavy equipment or machinery parts and components from their permanent location to a repair shop and then return them back with high precision. Overhead travelling cranes make it easier to lift machines up and turn over other equipment to be placed at a repair station.

When it comes to running a warehouse or large industrial business, you not only require high-quality tools, but also the right tools to keep your processes running smoothly. With an overhead crane, you will be able to maximize productivity, quickly transport goods and objects around your facility, and enjoy a range of other benefits, including:

Running a warehouse or large industrial business requires not only high-quality material handling tools, but also the right hoisting and transporting tools to keep your processes running smoothly. You will be able to maximize productivity, quickly transport loads and objects around your workshops or other facility, and enjoy a variety of other benefits with an electric overhead travelling crane, including:

Overhead bridge cranes

An overhead crane (also known as an bridge crane, eot crane, or overhead traveling crane) is a material handling equipment that lifts, lowers, and transfers a load horizontally and vertically with a hoisting systems, which are widely adopted to handle exceptionally heavy or bulky loads at a facility. For load movement, overhead cranes is able to handle loads with higher lifting capacity, and crane travel is controlled by an operator, either manually or by a wired pendant station or wireless controls that guide the crane's electric travel. Typical uses and application of overhead cranes include multi-directional movement of loads to support manufacturing, storage, loading or unloading operations inside a facility, outside in a yard, or at a railway or shipping port.

What is an Overhead Crane?

An overhead crane is a piece of machinery or equipment that allows you to precisely lift and move loads from one area to another. Each overhead crane is precisely designed and engineered for a unique purpose or application to suit a business' material handling demands, therefore there is no "one size fits all" approach to defining an overhead crane.

Single girder overhead cranes

Single girder cane - A single girder crane can be grouped into Top running crane with the beam girder seated on the top of end carriages, and underhung crane with the bridge girder attached to the end carriage.

For many workshops and industrial applications, single girder overhead cranes are the most cost-effective overhead bridge crane solution. Single girder overhead cranes use less steel material, have a more compact crane structure, and weigh less than double girder overhead cranes, resulting in significant cost savings in steel material purchasing, transportation, and crane installation.

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Single girder overhead crane specifications

• Lifting capacity of single girder overhead crane: 1ton ~16 ton,
• Span of single girder overhead crane: 7.5m~35m,
• Lifting height of single girder overhead crane : As your request,
• Working Class of Overhead Crane: A5,A6
• Crane hoist Supply: Wire rope electric hoist or chain Electric hoist, European standard FEM hoists
• Customized single girder overhead crane can be up to 35 ton.

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FEM / DIN Top running Single Girder EOT Crane

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Chinese Style Top Running Single Girder EOT Crane

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Explosion Proof Single Girder EOT Crane

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Partial Hung Low Headroom Single Girder EOT Crane

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Low headroom Hoist Single Girder EOT Crane

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Ladle handling Single Girder EOT Crane

Double girder overhead crane uses

Double girder crane- The two bridge beams are usually supported on the top of the runway end trucks, whith a top running trolley hoist as the hoisting mechanisms. The double girder overhead cranes are usually known as a top running crane, which travel along on the top of the two bridge beams to improve headroom under the crane.

Double-girder overhead travelling cranes with higher lifting capacities and longer spans are widely recommended for heavy-duty material handling. As a result, the crane parts and components of a double girder travelling overhead crane system, such as the hoist trolley and open winch trolley, are more complicated in design, making double girder overhead cranes more expensive than single girder overhead cranes.

For different industrial sectors and different loads handling, there are types of double girder overheard cranes and below-the-hook devices available to meet your needs and applications.

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Double girder overhead crane specifications

• Lifting capacity of double girder overhead crane: 5 ton ~ 320 ton,
• Span of double girder overhead crane: 7.5m~35m,
• Lifting height of double girder overhead crane : As your request,
• Working Class of double girder overhead crane: A5,A8
• Crane Hoisting System: Double girder hoist trolley or open winch
• Customized double girder overhead crane can be up to 500 ton.

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European style double girder open winch crane

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European double girder hoist trolley crane

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5 ton -74 ton & 5 ton up 320 ton ladle eot crane

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Electromagnetic cranes & Electromagnets

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Rotary overhead crane with electro- magnet beam spreader

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Overhead crane with crane grab bucket

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Automatic Crane

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Custom Crane

Gantry Crane

A gantry crane is an overhead crane with freestanding legs that move along a track or rail system or on wheels. When an overhead runway system are not available, gantry cranes are frequently used. They are typically used outdoors or in conjunction with an existing overhead bridge crane system. A gantry crane, unlike a bridge crane, does not require permanent runway beams and support columns because it is not attached to the building's support structure. When compared to a bridge crane of comparable specifications, this can result in significant material cost savings and be a more cost-effective option.

Single girder gantry crane

Single girder Single girder gantry crane is a light duty single girder gantry crane which is generally used when the loads Q≤50 ton and the span S≤35m. Single girder gantry cranes have a very wide application, which can be adopted when overhead crane or bridge crane is not practical.

The single girder gantry cranes can be used indoors or outdoors, for material handling in various industrial applications such as in steel stock yards, pre-cast segment yards, construction sites , open-air storage yard, freight yards, docks, power plants, ports and railway stations and other places for cargo handling and installation operations.

• Box girder crane – The main girder of the overhead crane is fabricated by a four-sided steel box structure. This enhances the bridge crane's load capability and allows for longer bridge spans.
• Truss girder crane – A crane designed with structurally reinforced steel bars, the truss bridge girders is designed for wind resistance application.

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Single girder gantry crane specifications

• Lifting capacity of single girder gantry crane: 3-20 ton, customized up to 32 ton
• Gantry hoists : wire rope hoists, chain hoists, manual hoist or FEM hoists,
• Span of single girder gantry crane: 7.5-31.5 m
• Lifting height of single girder gantry crane: 6/9/12/18 m
• Working class of single girder gantry crane: A5

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0.5 - 10 Ton Steel Gantry Crane, Fixed Height & Adjustable Steel Gantry Crane

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5 Ton - 32 Ton L Leg Single Beam Gantry Crane & Goliath Crane

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3 -20 Ton Truss Crane Design Single Beam Gantry Crane with Hoist

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5 Ton- 20 Ton Box Girder Single Beam Goliath Crane & Gantry Crane

Double girder gantry cranes

Double girder gantry cranes and double beam double girder gantry cranes are widely used in varioua industrial application.

With custom crane designs, double girder gantry crane is an important lifting equipment in modern industry production and transportation to improve efficiency and safety. Double girder gantry cranes are widely used in various industrial applications such as in mining, iron and steel production, rail yards, and shipping ports, port and terminal, logistics, precast yards,ship building, mining maintenance, bridge construction industries and other departments and places, etc.

• Larger rail mounted gantry systems may run on an embedded rail or track, usually in a straight line in a specialized work area.
• Rubber tired gantry cranes are widely used for outdoor heavy loads handling such as precast concrete, stone block, cement plates, and with container spreaders, they are perfect solution for container handling in container yards and international port yards.
• Smaller portable gantry systems can be moved about a facility on castors or wheels for maintenance or light fabrication operations.

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Double girder goliath crane specifications

• Lifting capacity of double girder goliath crane : 5 ton ~ 350 ton,
• Span of double girder goliath crane : 7.5m~35m,
• Lifting height of double girder goliath crane : As your request,
• Working Class of double girder goliath crane : A5-A8
• Crane Hoisting System: Double girder hoist trolley or open winch
• Customized double girder goliath crane can be up to 550 ton.

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Double girder goliath crane with box girder design

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Double girder goliath crane with truss girder design

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A frame double girder goliath crane

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U frame double girder goliath crane

Slewing jib cranes

Jib cranes are typically used to handle lighter loads and have shorter duty cycles than bridge and gantry cranes. A floor-mounted jib crane can work with multiple jibs at separate workstations, assisting the overhead crane in lifting and handling loads and improving overall production line efficiency. The hook's coverage is limited to the length of the boom (typically a maximum of 20 ft.). The hook is attached to a boom, which rotates around a fixed point.

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Tie Rod Jib Crane | Small Tie Rod Jib Crane, Economical Jib Hoist

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I Beam Jib Crane for Sale Good Price | Types of I Beam Jib Cranes

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125kg, 250kg, 500kg KBK Jib Crane & Low Deadweight Jib Crane

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Portable jib crane- Jib crane with movable & mobile roller design

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Slewing Jib Crane

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Wall Mounted Jib Crane

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Wall Travelling Jib Crane

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Pillar Jib Crane

Monorails Cranes & Workstation Crane

Workstation cranes are essential in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, farming, manufacturing, and others. By allowing the lifting and moving of heavy loads within the workspace, they make it easier and safer for workers to position materials and equipment where they need them to perform their tasks. As a result, they help to reduce the worker injury, and low product damage, and to increase workstation productivity.

• I-beam crane - Utilizes standard I-beam as the main bridge girder and may also employ I-beams as the runway beams.
• Monorail crane & monorail hoist system-Ceiling monorail & Free standing monorail- A cost-effective alternative to bridge crane,gantry crane & conveyor belt in workstations.
• The workstation bridge crane system that can be used in a variety of work area sizes and shapes, as well as to combine multiple work areas. This type of workstation crane system can be easily adapted for more complex applications by adding extra rails and components, resulting in a total expanded system.

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2000KG Aluminum KBK Crane System

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KBK Telescopic Crane, kbk Overhung Crane & Extending Cranes

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KBK Stacker Crane: Light Stacker kbk Crane for Rack Warehouse

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KBK Rigid Crane System

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Single Girder & Double Girder KBK Crane

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Monorail KBK Crane

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Monorail Cranes & Monorail Hoist System

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Where are the overhead crane used for?

Overviews of overhead cranes for different industrial application. We make and offer types of industrial cranes for a variety of industrial applications.

Listed below are just a few industries we serve with our overhead and work station crane systems:

• Pharmaceutical & Chemical Manufacturing
• Precast Concrete
• Metal Casting
• Heat Exchanger Manufacturing
• Natural Gas Compressor Fabrication
• Natural Gas Compressor Assembly
• Metal Building Manufacturing
• Railroad Car Maintenance
• Steel Fabrication and Steel Handling
• Oil  & Gas Field Equipment
• Aerospace Manufacturing
• Steel Service Centers
• Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing
• Plastic Injection Molding
• Pre-Fabricated Housing
• General Glass Manufacturing & Maintenance
• Warehousing
• Aerospace Machining & Assembly
• Power Generation

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What are the loads the overhead crane used to handle?

Overviews of different loads that overhead cranes can be handled?

EOTCRANEKIT assist in the transport and movement of large and heavy loads by particularly  processed cranes which includes but not limited to the following:

• Tool & Die
• Precast concrete
• Injection moulds
• Bridge Maintenance
• Bulk Handling
• Building Materials
• Coal
• Granite, Stone & Marble Fabrication & Warehousing
• Glass
• Lumber
• Coke Handling
• Die handling
• Furnace Charging Equipment
• Hazardous Environment
• Hot Metal & Ladle Handling
• Paper roll handling
• Steel Scrap Handling
• Slab Handling
• Slag Handling
• Sludge Handling
• Strawbale handling
• Waste handling

EOTCRANEKIT is proud to be one of China's leading crane manufacturers. For over 30 years, our skilled engineers, designers, machinists, welders, and control specialists have been designing custom crane solutions for a variety of industrial sectors – all specifically designed to meet the specific needs of their respective organizations.