Cranes

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.

Industry: Industrial machinery

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diaphragm

Industrial machinery; Cranes

A vertical plate (or channel) between the girder webs, which serves to support the top cover plate and bridge rail and to transfer the forces of the trolley wheel loads to the webs. Refer to Figure ...

inverter

Industrial machinery; Cranes

A variable frequency drive that provides a method of control by which the fixed line voltage and frequency is changed to a three-phase system with infinitely variable voltage and frequency.