To buy crane, it is necessary to think for the long term. Crane price is not the decisive factory. How to buy crane for your application? Buy overhead crane? Buy gantry crane? Buy jib crane? What to consider to buy cane besides crane price? Dongqi help you to buy crane with CE certificates at good price. Check the tips help you to buy crane at good price.
On considering to buy crane, crane lifting capacity, lifting height, and the area of hook coverage usually takes top priority. Besides, Dongqi Crane the following questions should also be thought over. No matter what types of the cranes you choose, the following should be considered.
How to buy a crane? Beforehand, you have to know the crane buying procedures and your expectations. First, let’s start with contacting with a crane manufacturer, going through crane consultation, quote processes, and to crane installation. After confirming, your business can benefit from a crane system, you will start to buy a crane by study the crane companies, from who you will buy a crane.
A crane is complex and expensive, no matter it is an overhead crane, gantry crane, jib crane, and workstation crane or a monorail crane. Before buying the crane, it is better for you to meet different crane manufacturers and get different crane quotes on crane design and installation. Even if for your exiting cranes, you also can seek suggestions from different experts to evaluate how the crane works in your plant or facility.
After your study, we will get into the stage of contacting crane builders. Select several crane builders to design a crane for your facility and quote the crane price. It is very simple, just fill a contact form on the selected crane builder’s web, and you will get reply either by email, by phone or other online chatting tools.
If you filled out a contact form on a manufacturers’ website, then a salesperson will reach out via email or telephone to establish contact, introduce themselves, and learn about the following:
During communication, the following information should be provided;
It is very important to get your current material handling situation be understand thoroughly by the crane builders. It is better to have the crane builders to visit your facility.
To have the crane builders to visit your plant makes the crane manufacturer have a thorough evaluation of the material handling solution in your plant, such as, the conditions of exiting lifting equipment, equipment location, working environment, and the conditions of your building and your requirements, etc.
Some of the necessary information that they’re gathering to provide a quote can include:
If facility visiting is not so convenient, the following information should be provided to crane builders:
More information can be provided, the better understanding to the crane project will be. With the thorough evaluation of the situation, the most suitable crane system will be designed for your application.
Due to the different types of cranes, the time for crane quote also varies affected by the type of crane, complexity of crane design, and crane duty classification, etc.
What does a quote will include? A crane project quote usually includes the price for the full scope of the project, and the all the costs of each items related, such as, including all costs relating to:
What’s important, you have to make it clear that if there is any addition costs that are not included in the crane quote, such as charges related to tax, freight, and any others fees may not be covered in the quote.
After getting crane quotes, you need to compare them to get the most satisfactory one. On comparing crane quotes, it is better to bear it in mind that crane price is only a part of crane quote, it is the right choice to select the crane equipment which will improve your business’ efficiencies and production flows.
When reviewing overhead crane quotes, consider the following:
After selecting the crane builder partner, you will review and finalize the scope of the crane project and then an agreement provided by crane builder will be signed. After the singing of contact, the crane production will start according to the approved crane drawing and schedules.
As for crane installation, it should be cared before crane agreement is signed. If crane installation is provided by the crane builder, the schedule of installation should be covered in the contact. If crane installation is provided by the third-party, it is important to make the installation team can view the location place of the crane , get the special equipment for crane installation prepared, and familiarize themselves with your facility to make sure the smoothness of crane installation.
How to buy a crane? Dongqi Hoist and Crane will evaluation of your lifting needs and design a select a suitable crane for your factory, according to your lifting requirements, your budget, and long term effectiveness, etc.Below Dongqi Crane provides basic information needs to buy crane, such as, how to buy overhead crane, gantry crane, jib crane, and monorail crane, etc., however, professional consultation on crane buying will be given by our crane engineers.
Overhead crane runs on an elevated runway system along the length of a factory or workshop, with three axes of hook motion available. Both single girder bridge design and double girder bridge designs are provided with great flexibility, which allows the hook to be positioned very precisely and for loads to be placed very gently and softly.
How to select and buy overhead crane for your application? Here are some questions for you to select and buy overhead crane from the various types of overhead cranes:
If you still do not how to buy overhead crane, please consult our overhead crane engineer, who will teach you to buy crane step by step. Conntact to buy overhead crane now.
1. Single girder overhead crane. 2. Double girderoverhead crane.
2. Single girder under running overhead crane. 4. Double girder under running overhead crane
5. Box girder top running overhead crane
Gantry crane is quite similar to the overhead crane except that gantry crane runs on a track at the floor level. The bridge (which carries the hoist and trolley) is supported by a pair of rigid steel legs which, in turn, are carried by a pair of end trucks along the floor-level runway.
How to select and buy gantry crane
How to buy gantry crane for your application? On gantry crane selection, there are several factors that needs to be considered to buy crane.
Usually for 50 ton or lighter capacity, span is within 35m, no other special function, single girder gantry crane is suitable and enough. If working condition require wider leg clearance space and higher working speed, and often to lift heavy and big object, double girder is much better to choose.
The span of gantry crane is important factor affecting the quality of the gantry crane. When you choose gantry crane type, if it can meet the equipment using and in standard span conditions, you’d better to reduce the span.
During work, there should be a safe space between gantry crane’s external size and cargo and vehicle path, so that enough space for loading &unloading work. If truck is working in span, it should far from gantry crane leg about 0.7m away. When gantry crane don't work, the hook should be 0.5m higher to vehicles; cargo is 0.5m away from legs when it is though out from legs.
If you still do not how to buy gantry crane, please consult our gantry crane engineer, who will teach you to buy crane step by step. Contact to buy gantry crane now.
Jib crane usually consists of a pivoting head and boom assembly, which carries a electric hoist and electric trolley unit. The pivoting head is supported either by a floor-mounted mast providing 360°-boom rotation or by an existing building column, which provides 180° of boom rotation. The jib crane can also be motorized to provide precise spotting of loads, however, the hook location is along a radial path rather than a simple X-Y arrangement.A suitable jib crane can improve the efficiency of material handling and work flow production. How to buy jib crane for your application? Dongqi Crane gives you the follow suggestion for your reference to buy crane. On buy jib crane, the following should be considered:
To buy crane, the lifting capacity is important. The maximum weight of your application must not equal or exceed the weight of your jib crane. When defining your lifting capacity of your jib crane, it should be accounted in the following way:
Degree of Rotation,To buy crane, the degree of rotation should be considered when buying jib crane. Usually, the two types are offered: 1) Pillar jib crane offers up to 360 degree rotation. 2) Wall mounted jib crane offers up to 180 degree rotation.
Outreach Range,The outreach range of jib crane refers to the distance from the boom tip to the crane hook, which also is the working area needed. The outreach range should be designed properly before buying the jib crane.
Crane Height,The height of jib crane has the attachments such as electrical entries included.
Under Boom Height,The under boom height refers to the distance from the floor to the underside of the boom, which will determine the type of hoist required.
Installation,Location of crane will decide the type of crane as the pillar jib crane needs concrete foundations which may cost more than the jib crane sometimes. Crane installation is also highly decisive to buy crane.
If you still do not how to buy jib crane, please consult our jib crane engineer, who will teach you to buy crane step by step.
When buy a crane, the professional crane consultation is a must. If you have any question or needs on overhead crane, gantry crane, jib crane, and other custom lifting crane, please feel free to contact us. Dongqi help you to buy crane with CE certificates at good price.
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