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24 Apr, 2017

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A bridge crane kit is the practical and cost-saving material handling solution. If you need a budget on overhead crane kit, it is good for you to know the models overhead crane kits available for overhead material handling. In the following, the article will present for you what a overhead crane kit includes and where the overhead crane kit is applicable, and other comment questions on overhead crane kits.overhead crane kit for specific overhead material handling. Dongqi types of model overhead crane kits for you, underhung overhead crane kits and top running overhead crane kits, gantry overhead crane kits and jib overhead crane kits, etc., to meet all your material handling need.

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What’s in a overhead crane kit?

An overhead crane kit is commonly composed of end trucks, electrification, controls, and an electric hoist or an electric winch. This is largely what’s included in most plug-and-play kits, although some crane manufacturers will provide the overhead bridge beam. Crane controls can include either an attached crane pendant control or a remote-control unit, which will vary accordingly. . It’s important to understand what’s included in the overhead crane kit and what you’ll need to offer to get your overhead crane kit up and running.

What does Plug-and-Play mean?

Most overhead crane kits are "hard wired." Overhead crane kit usually needsthree-phase electricity to be wired by an electrician. Every electrical connection must be terminated at the correct spot as outlined by a wiring diagram, or the overhead crane kit can be severely damaged during functional testing. However, a plug-and-play overhead crane kit is pre-engineered so that electrical connections of the overhead crane kit are made through a series of pre-wired plugs and receptacles, which enables the devices are match marked for a safe and easy connection.

How to assemble an overhead crane kit?

Overhead overhead crane kit manufacturers offer detailed instructions and manuals to help you assemble your overhead crane kit. The typical steps of overhead crane kit installation include crane beam preparation, squaring the end trucks, mounting the trolley hoist, and final electrical plug/receptacle connection,etc.

What type of electric hoist comes in an overhead crane kit?

Virtually any type of electric trolley or electric hoist or manual trolley hoist can be included in a overhead crane kit, either with chain hoist or wire rope hoist. The crane manufacturer will customize and pre-engineer the overhead crane kit for your application.

Who should build their own overhead crane kit? When should overhead crane kits not be used?

The ideal customer for an overhead crane kit is a steel fabricator or contractor who has mechanical expertise and certified welding capability, who understand what’s included in their overhead crane kits purchase and who is capable to read a blueprint and wiring interconnection diagram. What’s more, they have the ability to assemble the pre-engineered overhead crane kit to ensure their overhead crane kit runs smoothly and safely.

Meanwhile, overhead crane kit customers with more complex needs should buy a hard-wired crane and professional installation. The following situations, such as, larger spans, special environmental conditions, a hazardous location, or extraordinary requirements should need professional crane design and crane installation to offer a customized system or configuration of equipment.

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Overhead crane kits of Dongqi Crane 

As a professional crane manufacturer and supplier, Dongqi Hoist and Crane is able to provide you types of models overhead crane kits. Model overhead crane kits offering of Dongqi Hoist and Crane are as following

Dongqi Bridge crane kits Packages include:

  • Wire Rope Packages -- Modular Crane Packages are pre-engineered, complete crane component packages utilizing cutting edge technology. Variable frequency drives are standard on trolley and crane motions for smooth starts and stops. Capacities:0.5 ton to 80 Ton (500 - 80,000 kg)
  • Electrification System Packages – NRGmaster is an crane electrification system that supplies power to the electric hoist, which is an alternative to the lifting crane festoon system. NRGmaster is for wire rope electric hoist cranes located indoors and outdoors-under roof.
  • Electric Chain Hoist Packages -- QL Modular Crane packages are pre-engineered, complete crane component packages utilizing cutting edge technology including the innovative LK chain electric hoist. Plug-in electrical cabling (available on most units) and bolted structural connections simplify assembly.
  • Push Crane Packages -- QLP Push Crane Packages are pre-engineered, complete crane component packages, with the features of advanced technology, Loadmate electric chain hoist, push style end trucks, and the well-regarded C-track festoon system, that is the complete with a plug and play power cable.
  • End truck crane kits -Overhead end truck crane kits for sale. Dongqi Crane offers types of end truck crane kits for your bridge cranes to meet various End truck crane kits needs with custom design and affordable price.
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