Raised Bridge Ends

When we talk about hook height, we are talking about the elevation at which the hoist hooks to the trolley on the bridge. LET ME REPEAT THIS - THE HOOK HEIGHT IS THE ELEVATION AT WHICH THE HOIST HOOKS TO THE TROLLEY IN THE BRIDGE.

In most crane applications the hook height is extremely important. Hook height is extremely important because people want to have the ability to lift something as high as they need to. They might want to lift something 20ft into the air, or they might want to lift something 3ft into the air. It all depends on the application. But one thing still remains certain - people want the highest hook height they can get.

This is where there is a conflict. See, 95% of our customers (roughly 1 million) install cranes inside a warehouse, shop, what-have-you. The problem is simple: The roof sometimes does not allow them to reach the hook height that they want with a normal system. This is when we go above and beyond (no pun intended).

When the roof is low and a high hook height is needed, we offer a solution called raised bridge ends. Raised bridge ends do exactly what it says - it raises the bridge ends so that the bridge is in the same plane as the runway. I'll just show you a picture... So there you have it, our solution when you need to achieve the highest hook height.

read more at: http://kundelcranes.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/raised-bridge-ends/

Crane Terminology

Overhead Workstation Crane Terminology

Runway - The crane runway (in a way) is like talking about the length of a system. If someone asks "What size runway?" they are asking "What is the overall length of your system?" The crane runway provides a runway for the wheels on the bridge... but we'll get to that.

Bridge - The bridge is like the width of a system. When someone asks for a bridge length, they are asking "What is the width of your system?" Attached to the top bridge are wheels that run inside the runway sections.

Hoist - The hoist (has wheels) runs inside the bridge. In the most simplest terms, the hoist acts as your "picker uper" and picks things up (or hoists things up).

[Quick recap, the hoist runs inside the bridge and travels the width of the system, the bridge is attached to the runway and travels the lenght of the system]

Trolley/Endtrucks - The top of a trolley includes wheels that ride inside a bridge section. The bottom of a trolley hooks to the hoist. The top of an entruck includes wheels that ride inside a runway section. The bottom of an endtruck attaches the the bridge. Just remember: runways are to endtrucks as bridges are to trolleys.

P.S. Thought that it would be essential that we first establish some crane terminology - Geeze! It wasn't like there was a bibles length worth of terms.

Hello People

Just wanted to start a blog for Kundel Industries. More specifically our crane (overhead workstation) side of the company. I have a few plans for this blog, and after that, we'll see where it takes us. First, I would like to describe our products. Second, I want to address some issues/solutions with current problems in the material handling industry. Finally, I want to answer any questions you (the reader) have about material movement, cranes, jibs, or just life in general.

The next post will be a quick overview of our product offerings... But first, here is an even quicker overview:

Overhead Workstation Cranes: Snaptrac (1/2ton), KTrac (3ton), TTrac (10ton).