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  2. Overhead crane - Wikipedia

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    An overhead crane, featuring runways, bridge, and hoist in a traditional industrial environment. Overhead crane at the Skanska precast concrete factory in Hjärup, Sweden. Gantry-style overhead cranes of the Hainaut quarry in Soignies, Belgium. An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in

  3. Hoist (device) - Wikipedia

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    Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.

  4. Electric overhead traveling crane - Wikipedia

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    A single girder EOT crane has one main girder, making it easy to install, and requires less maintenance. The most common single girder EOT cranes are as follows: LD type single girder EOT crane; LDP type single girder EOT crane and; HD type single girder EOT crane; It is used for lighter industrial applications as it has lower weight limits.

  5. Crane Manufacturers Association of America - Wikipedia

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    Specification No. 70 Multiple Girder Cranes; Specification No. 74 Single Girder Cranes; Specification No. 78 Professional Services - This sets the standards for those who inspect, repair, design, and otherwise manage the supply and use of overhead cranes. Specification No. 79 Crane Operators Manual [3] Overhead Crane Inspection and Maintenance ...

  6. Overhead line - Wikipedia

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    The generic term used by the International Union of Railways for the technology is overhead line. [1] It is known variously as overhead catenary, overhead contact line (OCL), overhead contact system (OCS), overhead equipment (OHE), overhead line equipment (OLE or OHLE), overhead lines (OHL), overhead wiring (OHW), traction wire, and trolley wire.

  7. Pantograph (transport) - Wikipedia

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    Contact between a pantograph and an overhead line is usually assured through a block of graphite. This material conducts electricity while working as a lubricant. As graphite is brittle, pieces can break off during operation. Poorly-built pantographs can seize the overhead wire and tear it down, and poor-condition wires can damage the pantograph.

  8. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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    Raw materials are poured into a furnace by crane, hot steel is stored for cooling by an overhead crane, the finished coils are lifted and loaded onto trucks and trains by overhead crane, and the fabricator or stamper uses an overhead crane to handle the steel in his factory. The automobile industry uses overhead cranes for handling of raw ...

  9. Gantry crane - Wikipedia

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    Taisun, the world's strongest gantry crane, at Yantai Raffles Shipyard, Yantai, China. Full gantry cranes (where the load remains beneath the gantry structure, supported from a beam) are well suited to lifting massive objects such as ships' engines, as the entire structure can resist the torque created by the load, and counterweights are generally not required.