4 | Overhead Crane Features and Technologies
Whether you’re considering upgrading or modernizing your older crane system, or you’re designing the specifications for a new overhead crane system, your number one goal should be to improve the safety of the overhead crane equipment and production processes at your facility. With modern technologies becoming more readily available and more affordable, the safety features available for overhead crane systems have never been better. Newer technologies now allow for:
- Remote monitoring and diagnostic information for individual components
- Automated drives to control the speed and motion of the crane
- Collision avoidance systems
- Overload sensors and read-outs
In this lesson, we’ll walk you through some of the new systems and technologies that are available to help improve the safety, performance, and reliability of your overhead crane equipment.