Do you require a single-girder overhead crane or single girder bridge crane? To ensure that you buy a crane system that meets your needs today and tomorrow, you must consider a number of critical factors. When purchasing a single-girder overhead crane, you should consider safety, dependability, efficiency, and other factors. Here are the most important factors to consider when purchasing a crane for your specific application.
What‘ s a Single Girder Overhead Crane?
What’s a single girder overhead crane ?A single-girder overhead crane is a type of bridge crane that consists of two or more overhead runways built into the building's support structure, with the girder (the bridge) running the length of the crane bay between the runways.
End trucks at each end of the girder move the girder and hoist forward and backward along the length of the runways. The trolley and hoist are typically routed along the girder's underside.
Overhead cranes with a single girder have the following advantages:
- Less expensive due to less material used in production and a simple trolley design
- The most cost-effective option for light and medium-duty applications.
- Reduce the load on your building's structure and foundation.
- It is simple to install, service, and maintain.
Advantages vs. Disadvantages of Single Girder Overhead Crane
Comparing withdouble girder overhead crane, the single girder overhead crane has the following advantages and disadvantages:
- Because there is only one cross girder in a single girder overhead crane, the weight is less when compared to two girders in a double girder overhead crane.
- The hoisting mechanism is simple because it is a standard hoist, and the modular weight of the hoist is much lower than that of its counterpart in double girder cranes.
- The platform of a double-girder overhead crane is not possible in a single-girder overhead crane.
Because of the lighter weight of the single girder eot crane, the crane price is lower, and the supporting structure, such as gantry girders and columns, as well as the overall building size, can be reduced.
Limitations of Single- Girder Overhead Crane
- Because there is no platform or accessibility, maintenance is difficult.
- When compared to a similar double-girder overhead crane, the lifting height is lowered.
How Yuantai has conquered these above disadvantages
- On one side of the single girder overhead crane, Yuantai is installing a repair platform. This maintenance platform houses the control panel. As a result, it's simple to use and maintain.The platform is also constructed in such a way that the electric hoist may be maintained from it.
Yuantai has a Low Head Room Hoist available. As a result, the disadvantage of a single girder overhead crane is eliminated since the height of the hoist is reduced, allowing the single girder overhead crane to give greater lifting height than a crane with no low headroom hoist.
Why single girder girder crane cannot be solution all the times?
Yuantai has completed single girder cranes with capacities of up to 30 tons. Overhead cranes with a single girder are not recommended at this height.
Also, the maximum span for a single girder overhead crane that we have built is 25 meters.
Applications of Single Girder Overhead Travelling Cranes
Single-beam cranes are commonly used for lifting goods in a variety of settings, including workshops, factories, warehouses, and stock yards, as well as for material transportation in industries such as manufacturing and warehouse transportation.
We design and manufacture various styles, types or configurations of overhead cranes to meet the diverse needs of customers, including:
- LD common single girder overhead travelling crane for general lifting purposes
- HD European single girder electric eot crane which is designed in line with FEM standard
- LX single girderunderhung crane or suspension crane which is mounted by the ceiling structure or roof structure
- LDZ single girder overhead crane with crane grab bucket also called overhead grab crane for handling bulk materials
- LDY foundry crane with special designed electric wire rope hoist for lifting and moving hot molten metal
- LB explosion proof crane is especially designed for explosive or flammable environments to ensure your safety
For other special lifting weights, Dongqi Crane supports custom designs. If you need them, you can contact us.