Industrial Jib Crane – main part and how to choose

2024-05-14 11:23:13

The industrial jib crane is a light-duty crane and a practical light workstation lifting equipment. It has the characteristics of high efficiency, energy saving, trouble-saving, small footprint, easy operation and maintenance. It is especially suitable for short distances, frequent use, and intensive lifting operations. Furthermore, it is mainly composed of a column, a rotating arm, a support arm and a reducer, an electric chain hoist, and electrical parts.

  • Column of industrial jib crane

The column supports and fixes the rotating arm of the cantilever crane. Its upper and lower supports are composed of single-row tapered roller bearings that bear radial force and axial force.

  • Rotating arm of industrial jib crane

The rotating arm is welded by a combination of I-beam and support. Its function is to realize the horizontal movement of the electric or manual trolley and the up-and-down lifting of the electric hoist and rotate around the column.

  • The support arm and reducer

The support arm supports the rotating arm and increases the bending resistance and strength of the rotating arm. The reducer drives the roller to realize the electric rotation of the cantilever crane.

  • Electric hoist on the swing jib crane

The electric hoist lifts heavy objects and moves them horizontally along the rotating arm. Generally, we will choose an electric chain hoist if the client has no special request because the electric chain hoist self-weight is light. But if the client prefers the electric wire rope hoist or the European model electric hoist, we can also customize it accordingly.

  • The electrical part

The electrical part of industrial jib crane adopts C-rail flat cable power supply system, low-voltage intermediate-controlled safety voltage operation. It is controlled by the flashlight door button, which controls the fast rise, fast drop, slow rise, and slow rise of the chain electric hoist respectively. It can lower and hoist the trolley to travel, and the cantilever crane can rotate left and right. The collector ring in the column provides power supply when the cantilever rotates at any time.

1 ton jib crane with low headroom electric chain hoist

Characteristics of the cantilever crane

Firstly, the cantilever crane has a lightweight structure, is easy to operate, is flexible, adaptable, and affordable, which greatly saves input costs, while reducing the labor intensity of workers and improving work efficiency.

Second, the swing jib crane solves the weakness of fixed cranes that are susceptible to site restrictions and is ideal equipment for repair and installation.

Third, the cantilever crane can move freely on a smooth working site using human power.

Fourth, cantilever cranes are both economical and efficient. Whether it serves part or all of the workshop, it can serve the work of each piece of equipment simply and reliably. It can be rotated 360° to complete work tasks conveniently.

How to choose a suitable industrial jib crane?

To design the suitable industrial jib crane solution, we need to confirm the below specification:

  • Lifting capacity
  • Lifting height
  • Arm length
  • Electric rotation or manual rotation
  • Speed requirements
  • Working condition

Based on above specifications, we can communicate with the technical department to design the most suitable solution accordingly. In addition to the above basic classification choices, the cantilever crane also needs to be decided based on many factors, such as whether the material is stainless steel or carbon steel, whether the weight of the frequently transported materials is greater than 2t or less than 2t, and the drive type is Electric, pneumatic, or manual. After combining the above judgments, you can select a cantilever crane suitable for your factory area. Of course, there are many non-standard cantilever cranes that need to be judged based on the actual conditions on site.

Also, most clients will concern the jib crane foundation work, we provide the foundation drawing for you based on the jib crane solution as below picture showed:

foundation drawing for industrial jib crane solution

Besides industrial pillar jib cranes, Dejun Cranes manufacturer also provide mobile jib cranes, wall mounted jib cranes, wall travelling jib cranes, etc.

If you have any inquiry, please feel free to contact us.

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