Variety of Multipurpose Gantry Cranes that you should know about

by Mahi Sheth HR Manager A crane is a type of machinery used for lifting heavy objects in a manner of lowering and moving horizontally with the help of a load using the hoisting mechanism inbuilt into a machine. Cranes are of different types, movable or fixed, manually operated or operated on power. It can be driven by a crane operator too. A Gantry crane is equipped with a bridge that carries a trolley, or a hoisting mechanism which is supported with the help of two or more than two legs which are connected to the rail or other structure. It is somewhat similar to the overhead crane.

A gantry crane is made up of multiple parts, which includes a main structure which is the gantry that holds a workspace or an object. Another is the main beam that runs in the middle of the two end trucks over wheels. Alongside the beam area hoist and a trolley frame which is connected to a wire rope and a hook.

There is a variety of gantry cranes that includes container crane, a full gantry crane, workstation gantry crane and rubber-tired gantry crane. There are some of the leading Gantry Crane Manufacturers in Ahmedabad who hold an expertise in the production and manufacturing of supreme quality gantry cranes.

Variety of Multipurpose Gantry Cranes

Rubber-tired gantry crane: It is a small sized gantry that covers the rubber tires, completely eliminating the requirement of tracks. These are mostly found in container terminals, supporting the multi-lanes in road or rails.

Workstation Gantry Crane: It is utilized mostly for the purpose of shifting smaller items in a factory or workplace. Multiple variations of this particular style are available in I-beam surface or on an enclosed track. These are customized to load in a standing position and unloading while it is in a moving one.

Full Gantry Crane: It is equipped with abeam positioned to it to support its load that lies below the main structure. It is ideal machinery for huge loads like engines due to the way it is built. The largest full gantry cranes have an ability to lift up to 20,000 tons, and the largest such crane is currently available in China.

Container crane: It is a type of a rail mounted gantry which moves on a yard or on a rail track. These types of cranes utilize the spreader that is used for lowering and locking onto the corner castings in a container with the help of a twist lock to transport multiple containers at a time.

Ambica Engineering Co. is one of the prime Gantry Crane manufacturers in Ahmedabad who specialize in that designing, manufacturing and supplying a variety of cranes. They have been supplying the superior-grade gantry cranes to multiple numbers of industries like shipbuilding, construction, scrap handling, container handling, etc.

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