Crane manufacturers around the country are dedicated to taking the guesswork out of overhead crane design for their clients. When working with a crane manufacturer, you’ll need to form a partnership to ensure the end product matches your site and load capacity requirements. In general, all cranes are modified in some way to suit the needs of the job. Even though there are a finite number of standard crane types, and crane kits are offered to make installation simpler, each machine must Continue reading
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What it Takes to be an Overhead Crane Operator
If you have excellent hand-eye coordination, you might want to learn how to become an overhead crane operator. Either by remote controls from the ground, or in the cab of an overhead crane, the operator must rely on hand-eye coordination and sound judgment for safe and accurate lifting of heavy objects and materials at construction sites, loading docks or inside manufacturing facilities. An overhead crane operator’s day might include controlling wrecking balls or maneuvering buckets of molten Continue reading
The Overhead Crane Inspection Checklist
OSHA has many things to say about the proper utilization and maintenance of overhead and gantry cranes, and it’s no wonder. When this equipment isn’t used in compliance with overhead crane inspection checklists, and operators don’t take the necessary precautions, serious damage can be done to anything in the crane’s path. OSHA offers a full three-page Continue reading
We Can’t Live Without Overhead Cranes
Overhead crane image courtesy of COH, Inc.
The Pyramids or Stonehenge might seem like marvels to us even today, as modern architecture and construction relies on heavy duty material handling equipment to transport and maneuver beams and other weighty loads, and move them to the necessary heights. Where would society be without Continue reading
