Bridge Cranes

We Keep You Moving

At the heart of it all, CraneWerks engineers overhead bridge cranes that help drive the industrial and commercial manufacturing industry. CraneWerks specializes in bridge cranes from 1/2 ton to 80 ton range. Our capabilities include single-girder, double-girder, and box-girder bridge cranes up to 104′ span.

About Overhead Bridge Cranes

Overhead cranes, or bridge cranes, are a piece of elevated equipment that moves heavy material across commercial and industrial environments.

Each overhead crane is designed and engineered for a specific purpose. Overhead cranes can be designed for all kinds of configurations to improve capacity and performance.

Uses include:

Loading and unloading material from trucks
Moving material around a facility more efficiently than a forklift or pallet jack.
Flipping or pulling dies from a stamping machine
Feeding raw material into a machine in a manufacturing setting
Moving parts down an assembly line
Moving containers around a receiving yard

We’re proud to be a master distributor of leading hoist and component manufacturers. Be assured that every crane system is:

Made with quality components
Factory tested before leaving our facility

For over 25 years, CraneWerks has been an industry leader in the design, manufacturing and service of overhead bridge cranes. From humble beginnings, CraneWerks has grown into a national network of dealers that support our brand. With us, you’ll be a part of something bigger.

Not sure where to start with Bridge Cranes?

Check out one of our most popular pages – Crane Components – where we break down different parts of overhead cranes and how they can affect performance and design.

Break It Down

Types of Bridge Cranes

Top Running

Ideal for Moving Extremely Heavy Loads

Top running bridge cranes include a rail installed on top of each runway, and the bridge wheels move on the rail instead of the runways. These can be designed in single-girder or double-girder configurations, both equally reliable and durable. Each configuration has unique benefits and is equipped to handle different load capacities, spans, and types of service.

High Hook Height?

You’ll want to consider a double-girder.

Telescoping Cranes

Underhung

Moving Lighter Loads

Underhung bridge cranes, which are often called under-running bridge cranes, allow you to maximize your facility’s floor space for production and storage because they are supported by the ceiling trusses or the roof structure. Like top-running bridge cranes, underhung bridge cranes can also be designed in single-girder or double-girder configurations. Since underhung cranes are generally ideal for moving lighter loads. the double-girder configurations are typically used to move only loads of maximum capacity, which is around 10 tons. They also have the ability to run side-by-side without interfering with one another. Another mechanical advantage of underhung bridge cranes is their ability for multiple systems to be interlocked, enabling operators to transfer loads between them. They can also interlock with monorails, allowing for material transfer along a fixed path.

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Cranewerks offers Jib Cranes, Monorail Cranes and Gantry Cranes

Jib Cranes, Gantry Cranes, and Monorails

CraneWerks also offers other material handling devices to improve functionality and improve safety. Jib Cranes, Gantry Cranes, and Monorails improve precision, productivity, and safety at your workspace with Intelligent Lifting. These light to medium duty lifting devices are the perfect ergonomic solution where overhead bridge cranes are not feasible.

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