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Cranes
A crane is a type of machinery used for lifting and moving heavy materials in construction, transportation (loading and unloading merchandise) and other fields. Most cranes are equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them around.
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deflection
Industrial machinery; Cranes
Displacement due to bending or twisting in a vertical or lateral plane, caused by the imposed live and dead loads.
slash
Industrial machinery; Cranes
Denoted by the / symbol, it indicates that two words are to be taken individually or together and denotes “and/or”.
collectors
Industrial machinery; Cranes
Contacting devices for collecting current from the runway or bridge conductors. The mainline collectors are mounted on the bridge to transmit current from the runway conductors, and the trolley ...
sills
Industrial machinery; Cranes
Connecting the lower ends of two or more legs of a gantry crane on one runway, these structural members are horizontal.
electric baffle
Industrial machinery; Cranes
Conductors that are wired to cut off electric power to approaching motor-driven equipment if track switches, drop sections, and other movable track devices are not properly set for passage of ...
two blocking
Industrial machinery; Cranes
Condition under which the load block or load suspended from the hook becomes jammed against the crane structure preventing further winding up of the hoist drum.
