Overhead Traveling Cranes

To move extremely heavy or bulky loads through the overhead space in a facility, instead of through aisles or on the floor, an overhead crane (also called an industrial crane, crane, or overhead traveling crane is a machine that lifts, lowers and moves a load horizontally.a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry.Section 3.4 of the definitions states, Overhead Lifting: that process of lift- ing that would elevate a freely suspended load to such a posi- tion that dropping the load would present a possibility of bod- ily injury or property damage