Gantry Crane

Gantry cranes are one of the largest cranes in the world capable of hoistings some of the heaviest loads in the world more than 20,000 metric tones of load! A gantry crane bridge is fixed to big-wheeled legs at each end, creating a mobile structure, and one or more hoists travel along the beam. Larger gantry cranes are used in harbours and shipyards to load and unload shipping containers and assemble large ship parts/segments. Smaller gantry cranes are built atop a gantry which is a structure used to mount an object to manipulate or to straddle a workspace. Gantry cranes are often used in warehouse operations, HVAC installation and maintenance, manufacturing used for especially in the automobile to lift engines.