Gantry Cranes

A gantry crane is a type of overhead crane with supports that hold it up that are fixed in location. This means that the crane cannot move, so everything that it is going to be lifted must be brought to the crane. The supports form a large rectangular frame upon which the crane can move forward and back, and left and right. Anything that can be reached by the gantry crane is referred to as being in… More

A gantry crane is a type of overhead crane with supports that hold it up that are fixed in location. This means that the crane cannot move, so everything that it is going to be lifted must be brought to the crane. The supports form a large rectangular frame upon which the crane can move forward and back, and left and right. Anything that can be reached by the gantry crane is referred to as being in its operating area. These cranes are very common in factories, where they are used to move things along the factory floor as the product is slowly assembled. Less