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  2. Simon, Simon - Wikipedia

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    Simon, Simon is a 1970 British sound effect comedy short film directed by Graham Stark and starring Stark, Norman Rossington, John Junkin and Julia Foster. [1] The film features a host of cameo appearances by veteran British comedians. The title comes from the Simon hydraulic platforms used in the film.

  3. Overhead crane - Wikipedia

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    An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in industrial environments. An overhead crane consists of two parallel rails seated on longitudinal I-beams attached to opposite steel columns by means of brackets. The traveling bridge spans the gap. A hoist, the lifting component of a crane, travels along the bridge.

  4. Crane (rail) - Wikipedia

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    Rail Crane Rail SPA Crane (750 mm) Czech PW maintenance crane Electric crane replacing track on the Toronto streetcar system (1917). A railway crane (North America: railroad crane, crane car or wrecker; UK: breakdown crane) is a type of crane used on a railway for one of three primary purposes: freight handling in goods yards, permanent way (PW) maintenance, and accident recovery work.

  5. Manitowoc Cranes - Wikipedia

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    Manitowoc Crane Care is the customer service branch of Manitowoc Cranes. Formed in 2000, [8] Crane Care provides customers with parts, service and technical support, technical publications, training, and EnCORE. The EnCORE program rebuilds and repairs run-down or damaged cranes. Manitowoc Crane Care operates in 15 countries at 22 locations.

  6. Level luffing crane - Wikipedia

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    A level-luffing crane is a crane mechanism where the hook remains at the same level while luffing: moving the jib up and down, so as to move the hook inwards and outwards relative to the base. [ 1 ] Usually the description is only applied to those with a luffing jib that have some additional mechanism applied to keep the hook level when luffing.

  7. Engine crane - Wikipedia

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    An engine crane (also referred as engine hoist [1]) is a common repair tool used in vehicle repair shops to remove or install gasoline or diesel engines in small and crowded vehicle engine compartments. It uses a heavy cantilevered support structure to hold the engine in mid-air so that the mechanic can carefully connect or disconnect fragile ...

  8. Gantry crane - Wikipedia

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    Side-view of Super-PostPanamax portainer crane at the APM Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. A gantry crane is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the world, to small shop cranes, used for ...

  9. Electric overhead traveling crane - Wikipedia

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    EOT cranes are extensively used in warehouses and industry. [2] An EOT crane is able to carry heavy objects to anywhere needed on the factory floor, and can also be used for lifting. However, it cannot be used in every industry. The working temperature is to limited to a range between -20°C to 40°C. [citation needed]