Terminology for cranes

BlackDragon · 27 Mar 2009 at 20:44

Hi all,

I'm writing something up in my final year project, and I need to talk a bit about cranes. As I want to avoid saying "that bit that slides along the horizontal bar thingy", I would like to know what the correct terminology is when referring to the part that runs along the track (the upside down U shape), and the moving part that goes along the horizontal bar that carries the hoist (correct term?).

Thanks

mame · 27 Mar 2009 at 20:49

I think it might be lift. Companies that service such things are "lift engineers" or something like that

PardonTheWait · 27 Mar 2009 at 20:58

It's called the glans

Tom0 · 27 Mar 2009 at 20:59

That's a Slidey Craney Thing.

TaKeN · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:01

touch · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:02

Its the trolley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_crane

Judge Mental · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:03

Walk this way.

edit: forgot to dip at the line.

BlackDragon · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:04

touch said:
Its the trolley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_crane

Excellent, thanks a lot. I missed that page on wikipedia.

Greenlizard0 · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:05

Mohinder said:
It's called the glans

I can vouch for this, I er, know somebody who's worked on one before.

Fido McNasty · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:08

BlackDragon said:
Hi all,

I'm writing something up in my final year project, and I need to talk a bit about cranes. As I want to avoid saying "that bit that slides along the horizontal bar thingy", I would like to know what the correct terminology is when referring to the part that runs along the track (the upside down U shape), and the moving part that goes along the horizontal bar that carries the hoist (correct term?).

Thanks

http://www.cranehandling.com/overhead-cranes/index.php?page=overhead-crane-glossary

TaKeN · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:10

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

BlackDragon · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:26

I thank you all. You shall be immortalised on the acknowledgements page!

Monkey Puzzle · 27 Mar 2009 at 21:31

The hoist that slides along the I-section girder is known as the flange, and the bit that wraps around the rim is known as the gusset. Hope that helps.

DB_SamX · 27 Mar 2009 at 22:14

My only experience is designing 35t-crane supporting structures for the last 6 months.

I use:

Overhead crane (in yellow) slides along crane rails.

Trolley (marked SWF) slides along crane girder.

Bubo · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:01

btw that is a goliath crane, not an ohc as such.

yozzer2001 · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:11

goliath crane,