Advantages of Light Cranes

Advantages of profile track light cranes compared to conventional I-beam overhead cranes:

• Ideal for lifting and moving items around a workshop area


• Designed to suit customer requirements and supplied as components in a kit form


• Can be extended, altered or moved to new locations in order to grow with your business


• Suitable for lifting loads up to 2000kg SWL


• Cross travel bridges can span up to 12m


• Long travel down shop rails can be any length with support centres up to 10m apart


• Can be supported directly from an existing ceiling or from a freestanding steelwork structure (usually a bespoke fabrication to suit the working environment)


• The system can have any number of cross travel bridges


• They can be integrated with overhead conveyors, to utilise your working environment and make best use of your available space


• Lightweight overhead cranes are made from profile track sections. The Niko track profile has tapered edges so that the trolley wheels always run centrally and cannot crab, like conventional cranes


• Trolley wheels have multiple internal bearings enabling them to run very smoothly and require minimal force to push heavy loads


• They can offer very low headroom solutions in order to achieve the greatest possible lifting height within a height restricted area


• Manual or powered variations are available for lifting/lowering, left/right cross travel and forward/reverse long travel