Mobile Gantry Cranes

Mobile gantry cranes are about the smallest variants of gantry cranes available. They can hoist loads and be moved from one location to another, where the load will be dropped. Mobile gantry cranes can either be self-propelled or manually moved around. Some mobile gantry cranes can also be dismantled, transported across distant locations and re-assembled for use at the new location, with height adjustable features. Mobile gantry cranes can satisfy both indoor and outdoor use. Indoors, they are mostly found in fabrication workshops, car shops, and in semi-heavy industries application.

Advantages Of Mobile Gantry Cranes

Mobile gantry cranes are about the most flexible among the gantry cranes family. From the point of ordering to final installation, they can be customized, set to adjustable heights, dismantled and assembled as the operation demands. They can also be transported across different locations for use, thus reducing operational costs. In terms of energy consumption, theirs is the lowest of all gantry cranes, with the only disadvantage, being the limit of loads they can hoist.

Mobile gantry cranes can be used in many applications, on ships, fishing trawlers, oil processing vessels, car workshops, manufacturing industries etc. Thy can serve as a cost saving option, instead of a conveyor, in situations where the loads being moved are not of high volume.

Operation

Depending on the industry in which it is applied and the specific company, mobile gantry cranes can serve numerous intended functions. As earlier noted, they can be self propelled or manually propelled, if need be. But, power for hoisting is mostly via electrical Direct Current, or general Alternating Current used by the facility. Lighter duty mobile gantry cranes move loads only in the vertical direction, which is, lifting only, while higher duty types can both lift and move loads. Here, the load can be traversed across the width of the crane.

Also, some mobile gantry cranes can be used in conjunction with other crane types because of their higher mobility level, thus leading to increased operational efficiency. They can be used both indoors and outdoors within a facility. Even if a company is moving shop, all that needs to be done is to dismantle the mobile crane and re-assemble at the new location. This is less expensive than other crane types where you have to call in experts to un-install the large crane, incur transportation costs and also pay for re-installation at the new location.

There are several manufacturers of mobile gantry cranes world over, and they are constantly in competition to provide clients with innovative mobile gantry cranes, more so, since they can be highly customized. This has driven down the cost of the cranes relatively, when compared to other gantry crane types. You can even have your company name embossed on the mobile gantry crane during manufacture. Test runs are much more possible before purchase and they can be easily bought off the counter.

To get the best out of your investment in a mobile gantry crane, you need to incorporate all your lifting needs, send it out to the manufacturing companies and get the best technical bid for your needs. You can even consider using your mobile gantry as a mini-conveyor.