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At Great Western, we strive to ensure that our customers receive the highest quality products and that their new building is exactly what they want it to be. That’s why we recommend American Equipment to any customer needing an industrial crane for their facility. Many of our customers with commercial or industrial buildings need cranes, and the variety of options from American Equipment ensures that virtually any use case can be catered to.
Don’t know quite what you need? We’re happy to work with American Equipment’s team to ensure you get not only the crane ideally suited for your needs but also a building perfectly suited for your crane. Additionally, if your building is already erected, American Equipment still has a solution for you. Not all cranes require special building designs or modifications to support them.
Let’s take a look American Equipment’s various crane types. We’ll then break down which crane systems require specific building design work and which can be installed without any special modifications or designs.
If you’re asked to picture an industrial crane inside a warehouse or manufacturing facility, the crane you’re likely picturing is a bridge crane. American Equipment has a variety of bridge cranes available that can lift as much as 300 tons and span as far as 200 feet. In almost all cases, these cranes do require special building design elements. However, if you work with American Equipment’s team to decide what crane suits your needs, the team here at Great Western is happy to work with their team to design your building to support the crane.
Below, you will find a quick look at the specs and information associated with the different types of bridge cranes available from American Equipment.
The free-standing Workstation Bridge Crane is the exception to needing a building designed to support them. These cranes use their own structure to support the bridge and trolley. However, ceiling-mounted workstation bridge cranes do still require accommodation during building design.
It’s worth noting that, in some cases, American Equipment can retrofit your building with larger bridge cranes if your structure has the available space to support installing new supports and girders for the crane itself. The best way to confirm your building’s capability with a bridge crane install is to directly contact and work with their expert team.
In many cases, a jib crane can quickly be installed in virtually any building that has the space for it, as freestanding units do not require any modifications to your building or special design work to support them so long as the concrete floor is capable of withstanding the load. Wall and ceiling mounted jib cranes do require consideration during building design. Additionally, there are a handful of different varieties of jib cranes with varying uses, capacities, and spans.
Jib cranes are extremely effective for workstations and confined areas. They are reliable and have available safety features to ensure your load stays safely suspended during power losses and that your crane does not exceed pre-set limitations. Below are the various types of jib cranes available from American Equipment.
Gantry cranes are a phenomenal solution for many users. They are available in a vast array of sizes and load capacities. In addition, they can be affixed with a single leg mounted on the floor and the other on an elevated platform, with both legs mounted to the floor, or they can even be mounted on wheels for free movement throughout your space. They can be used both indoors and outdoors and offer overhead movement like a bridge crane without building modifications or design support.
Your crane is only as useful as the hoist that is attached to it. That’s why American Equipment offers phenomenally capable and dependable hoist solutions to help you get the job done right. They offer both overhead chain hoists and wire rope hoists. Here is a quick breakdown of each type of hoist and its benefits.
American Equipment provides crane automation systems that incorporate a variety of advanced motion control products to streamline your material handling process.
They can be used on virtually all cranes, including:
Automated cranes improve operator and equipment safety, enhance the flow of your process, provide advanced analytics and reporting, and can reduce downtime and errors overall.
Overall, we’re more than thrilled to recommend American Equipment to our customers. After all, we want every customer to receive high-quality products when they purchase a building from us, and American Equipment produces world-class equipment that we’re proud to say we use in our manufacturing facility every single day.
If you’re ready to get the ball rolling on your crane, contact our friends at American Equipment to get what you need. They have dozens of facilities nationwide to ensure you get exactly what you need in a timely manner. Furthermore, if you’re ready to get the building of your dreams to support that crane, contact us today or head over to our 3D Building Designer to get the basics done and submitted. From there, our team will work with you to ensure your building is designed to perfectly support your crane, your business, and your uses.
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