Cranes
are the huge tower like machineries having ropes meant to lift or to
lower any heavy device. Cranes are not permanent structure. In fact it
is a temporary structure either fixed in the ground or mounted on
certain vehicles. Cranes are operated either through cab operator or
through infrared or radio signals. The important equipments of the
cranes are mast, base, jib and motor. Stationary cranes are fixed
whereas mobile cranes are those cranes which are mounted on trucks,
trailers, or other engineering vehicles.
Applications
Mobile cranes finds their application in the following areas :
- Canal construction.
- Loading and unloading of heavy materials for the construction of
canals.
- Crawler mobile cranes finds their application in dynamic soil
compaction in various construction sites including canal
construction.
- Slurry wall grab.
- Casing oscillator.
- Building construction.
- Loading and unloading of heavy industrial devices.