Cranes Details
Gantry Cranes and Semi-Gantry cranesare very effective in outdoor applications where there is no current runway structure or building to support this structure. In today’s modern material handling facilities, it has also become common to see Gantry and Semi-Gantry cranes utilized for indoor application due to few essential factors as defined below.
Becoming more common are material handling facilities housed in buildings with long unsupported spans. They create a challenge for a more traditional overhead crane but the spaces often have a less congested floor area making a Gantry or Semi-Gantry crane operating on the floor an economical and practical material handling solution.
When using a Gantry or a Semi-Gantry crane system there is no longer need for existing beam structures,runway column or concrete foundations, allowing you to better control your floor layout for safety, traffic and space.
In recent years there has been a trend for smaller manufacturing business and fabrication shops to operate in leased property such as industrial style mini mall units. These types of buildings typically do not ideally support the dynamic loads that would be forced upon the structure by an overhead bridge crane, making Gantry or a Semi-Gantry crane solution an ideal fit for feasibility and cost effectiveness in material handling.
Another great feature of the Gantry or Semi-Gantry crane is portability allowing businesses to relocate the entire crane with them to new location when required. Gantry or Semi-Gantry crane system remain a portable solution with more negative effects the current or proposed housing location.