Introduction to the Types of Overhead Cranes

Knowing the difference between overhead cranes can do several things for your business. Overhead cranes can greatly improve production and efficiency in your work space. Choosing the right overhead crane can make work much easier. Choosing the wrong one, not so much. The different types of overhead cranes include gantry cranes, jib cranes, bridge cranes, workstation cranes, monorail cranes, top-running, and under-running. By reading the following article, you will get a brief, informative overview of all of the different types of overhead cranes. You’ll know enough by the end of this article to decide what type of overhead crane would best suit your needs and who you need to get in touch with to get your overhead crane.

Bridge cranes are what you would most likely think of when thinking of an overhead crane. This type of overhead crane is built inside of a building and will normally use the structure of the building as it’s support. An overhead bridge crane almost always has a hoist which will move left or right. A lot of times these cranes will also run on a track, so the whole system can move forward or backwards through the building. Bridge cranes come in two common variations; single girder and double girder. Bridge girders are the beams that span across each runway.

The single girder bridge crane has one I-Beam or “girder” which supports the load. These cranes are typically lighter, and lift less weight than their double girder counterparts. They can still lift quite a bit compared to some other cranes, but their load capacity usually caps out around 15 tons.

Many industries use bridge cranes from automotive factories to paper mills. If you need to move something very heavy inside of a building, you can’t beat a bridge crane. They are highly reliable and make work inside buildings much more efficient.

The single girder bridge cranes are the less expensive of these two cranes, but also don’t have as much lifting power. So if you need to lift very heavy things, you may have to spend the extra money to get a double girder bridge crane.

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