top running overhead cranes

Top Running Overhead cranes

 This is the most common type of overhead crane. In this configuration, the overhead crane is mounted directly on the rails.

Top Running Overhead cranes

 

Top running overhead cranes are one of the most commonly used industrial lifting devices today.

 

 

What is a top running crane?

A top running overhead crane is an industrial lifting system where the crane rests on rails installed at height, usually on beams attached to a dedicated supporting structure. The runway tracks are usually freestanding or integrated into the building structure.

 

 

Technical specifications

 

  • Lifting capacity: up to ~ 125 metric tons
  • Span: up to ~ 40 meters
  • Lifting height: variable
  • Hoist type: chain or wire rope
  • Runway tracks: Solid square rails or ASCE type mounted on runway beams

 

Possible configurations:

  1. Single beam or double beam
  2. Several connections possible, depending on building
  3. Other capacities, spans and lifting heights available on request
Single-beam connections
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Double beam connection
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What are the advantages of
top running overhead cranes?

High lifting capacity and span.
  1. Flexibility of configuration, single- or double-girder, with a variety of connections depending on the building, or with a maintenance bridge.
  2. Combined with a freestanding structure, it's ideal for buildings that weren't designed to accommodate an overhead crane.

 

What are the disadvantages
of top running overhead cranes?

  1.  
  2. The columns of a freestanding structure take up a lot of floor space.
  3. No cantilever possible
  4. Requires rails and a structure capable of supporting loads, unlike a forklift truck.

At Premium Industrial Group, we support you in configuring your overhead crane, with a single objective: to offer you the best lifting solution for safely lifting and moving your equipment.

 

Do you have a project?

Request an evaluation of your project by contacting a specialist.

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