A container crane (also known as a container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a large dockside gantry crane located at a container terminal for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships. Container cranes at Kochi PortContainer cranes consist of a supporting fra Read More

Mobile cranes are cable-controlled cranes mounted on crawler or rubber-tyred carriers, or hydraulically powered with telescopic booms mounted on truck-type carriers or as self-propelled models. [1] They are designed to be easily transported[2] to one location, and with different types of loads and c Read More

HoistReachstackers are vehicles used to handle intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. Reachstackers are able to transport containers over short distances very quickly and stack them in different rows depending on their entry.all terrainAll-terrain cranes are a hybrid t Read More

Types of Crane machine 1 MobileThere are four main types of mobile cranes here: truck mounted, rough terrain, crawler and floating.Vehicle[edit]The most basic truck-mounted crane configuration is the "boom truck" or "truck loader," which features a rear-mounted rotating telescopic boom mounted on a Read More

Mechanics and operation of Crane (machine)In contrast to modern cranes, medieval cranes and cranes—much like their Greek and Roman counterparts[28]—were primarily used for vertical lifting and not for moving loads horizontally over considerable distances. [25] As a result, lifting work was organized Read More

Industrial revolution of Crane (machine)With the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the first modern cranes were installed in ports for loading goods. In 1838, industrialist and businessman William Armstrong designed a hydro-hydraulic crane. His design used a plunger in a closed cylinder that w Read More

Volumetric concrete mixers (also known as volumetric mobile mixers) are truck- or trailer-mounted concrete mixers that contain separate compartments for sand, stone, cement, and water.Once on the job site, the machine mixes the materials to produce the exact amount of concrete needed.How it works[ed Read More

A crane is a machine, usually equipped with hoisting ropes, wire ropes or chains and pulleys, which is used both to raise and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy objects and transporting them to other places. The device uses one or more simple machines Read More