Cranes

Introduction You can specify the perfect gantry crane — right type, right capacity, right duty class — and still end up with a machine that grinds through wheels, chews up rails, and never runs true. The reason almost always traces back to the ground it sits on. I’ve seen a brand-new Class D double-girder gantry […]

Electric Hoist Brake Systems & Inspection Guide Introduction The brake is the one component that decides whether a suspended load stays where you put it. The hoist raises the load; the brake holds it. When the brake works, nobody thinks about it. When it fails, the load creeps, drifts, or drops — and a drifting […]

Introduction The motor is what turns electrical power into a lifted load — and it is the part of a hoist most likely to be sized on a single number and forgotten. Buyers check the kilowatt rating against the capacity, tick the box, and never look at the two things that actually decide whether the […]