In today's world it is considered as nothing is impossible, we have reached space, under water, volcano, etc. There was something which was done in olden days and we considered it as impossible that is in Rome, Egypt and all such places huge rocks and even other huge things were lifted by humans and it was next to impossible for the coming generation.
Now even a single human can pick up a huge container alone without any effort. This is ossible because technology is developed a lot. To pick up such heavy things cranes are developed. In general terms cranes are used to pick up the load and place it at the correct place,
There are several types of cranes like Gantry cranes, bridge cranes, overhead cranes, etc. These all cranes do similar kind of work that is pick up heavy load and place them into the correct place. In technical term cranes can be defined as, cranes are machines which lifts the objects by a hoist which is fitted in a hoist trolley and can move horizontally on a rail or pair of trails fitted under a beam.
The mechanism how Gantry Cranes work
A gantry crane or a portal crane has a mechanism supported by uprights, usually with wheels at the foot of the uprights allowing the whole crane to traverse. Some portal cranes may have a fixed gantry, particularly when they are lifting loads such as railway cargoes that are easily moved below them.
There are also workstation gantry cranes which are used to lift and transport smaller items around a working area or some small machine shop. Some workstation gantry cranes are equipped with an enclosed track, while other cranes use I-beam. Most of the gantry cranes are stationary when they are loaded and mobile when they are unloaded.
They can be used at a very large volume at the place like port, where a large number of containers are lifted at a single time and this type of cranes can lift tons of weight. The hoist of the cranes makes this part easy, there is rope or chain wrapped around it and it can bear a lot of weight, by this the crane lifts the container and keeps safely at another place.
Where are these cranes used mainly?
These types of cranes are used for lifting heavy load and help to reduce the load of people and work stress. It can be used at places like Aerospace, Airline, Construction, Maintenance, Railroad, Shipping, Trailers, etc.
They can be used at above place to improve the work flow and also to work quickly and efficiently. In places like shipping it is used to load and unload the containers and vessels, at construction it is used for lifting huge rods.
The gantry cranes are very useful for the lifting of huge elements and it reduces the human work load and it also increases the efficiency and speed of work. Thus cranes are used for heavy work and to make the work flow under control.
So, now you know everything about Gantry Cranes, their mechanism and where you can use them.
