Overhead Traveling Cranes

Electric overhead travelling crane or EOT crane is one of the most common types of overhead crane, or called bridge cranes, which consist of parallel runways with a travelling bridge spanning the gap.The EOT Crane moves over the rails placed on the top of crane runway or Gantry Girders. The crane mainly comprise of bridge girder made from rolled sections such as I beams / U beams or fabricated box section. The bridge girder is supported on two end carriages, each housing a pair of wheels.A single girder crane has only one bridge beam, and the hoist trolley operates or travels on the lower flange of the bridge girder. · A double girder crane will have two bridge beams, and the hoist trolley travels on rails, usually attached to the tops of the crane girder.