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What is an automated crane or automatic crane system? An automated crane is a type of industrial crane, which can be designed with semi automatic crane control system or fully-automated crane control system, depending on the actual application conditions and lifting requirements. The automatic cranes are available with various crane designs and crane configurations such as automatic overhead cranes and automatic gantry cranes which are widely used to lift, move and shuttle loads to optimize your processing line, track inventory, and optimize storage which will help to improve your working efficiency and enhance safety to reduce labor costs,damages,and prevent injuries, resulted from fatigue caused by repetitive works.
Easy, safe & efficient automated & automatic crane systems
Why do you need a process automated crane system? In various industrial sectors, the working conditions are very demanding, harsh and hazardous which requires strict safety measures, and reliable equipment. For material handling, the automated crane systems will be an efficient and reliable solution to lift and move heavy loads and ensuring the safety of operation and working staffs.
Automated cranes are ideal industrial material handling cranes solutions for hazardous, application where may have the oil refining byproducts, toxic chemicals, and molten metal which needs serious and proper handing to reduce operation risks and health risks to workers. Automated crane system enables the crane operator to control the crane in a control room rather than in a crane cab, to minimize risks and maintaining material handling efficiency.
Automated cranes also is an excellent solution to free your crane operators from the fatigue of repetitive material handling operations. With automatic crane control system, the monotony of duty cycles, repetitive hoisting and positioning, or the continuous stacking and storage can be controlled and managed mechanically, which will reduce the risk of accidents significantly and enhance your operation accuracy and efficiency.
Automated overhead crane systems
Overhead crane automation is to make your overhead crane system operated semi-automatically or full automatically to providing safe, reliable and efficient overhead travelling crane solution to the demanding hazardous applications or the most massive loads requiring repetitive material handling.
- Automatic overhead crane systems are widely adopted to lift, move and shuttle loads to optimize your production line, track inventory, and optimize storage which will help to improve your working efficiency and enhance safety to reduce labor costs,damages,and prevent your operator from fatigue from repetitive works.
- The semi-automatic overhead crane system offers automatic crane control and also allows manual control.
Automatic Gantry Crane
The automatic gantrycrane is the key equipment for the safe transfer of hazardous loads such as nuclear waste barrels with high efficiency and safety with remote operation.According to the working principle of the automatic system software and hardware, the system work fault tree is constructed to prevent failure as the top event, and the reliability analysis of the crane operationsystem is carried out to further ensure the reliability of the safe operation of the automatic gantry crane system.
Benefits of Automated Crane
What's the benefits by adopting an automated crane system? Generally, the automatic crane will help you to lift, move and shuttle loads to optimize your processing line, track inventory, and optimize storage which will help to improve your working efficiency and enhance safety to reduce labor costs,damages,and prevent injuries, resulted from fatigue caused by repetitive works.
- Save your crane operator from fatigue resulted from highly repetitive operation works by automatic crane control.
- Strict and accurate automatic control save your time and improve your production efficiency
- Precise and accurate of picking and positioning of expensive product and loads
- Enhance crane operators safety by remote crane control and by reducing exposure in toxic areas
Turnkey services for automatic crane system projects are available. We are capable of providing full set of automated crane system processed to your application for safe, reliable and efficient material handling.
Industrial applications of automated cranes
With semi-automated or full automated crane control system, our industrial overhead cranes and gantry cranes are widely adopted to improve efficiency enhance safety, and increase operation precision in your workplace in various industrial sectors such as steel coil handling, paper roll handling, waste-to-energy industry, shipbuilding, container handling, food processing, metals processing, and general manufacturing and assembly line, and sheet steel handling,etc.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead travelling cranes, EAF charging cranes, ladle cranes, forging cranes.
Typical Capacity: 5–250 tons.
Applications: Steel plant material handling, charging electric arc furnaces, transporting molten metal ladles, moving scrap and finished metal products.
Loads Handled: Steel slabs, billets, ingots, scrap metal, molten metal containers.
Notes: Automation reduces cycle time and increases safety in harsh metallurgical environments.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, hoists, jib cranes.
Typical Capacity: 1–50 tons.
Applications: Assembly lines, part handling, loading/unloading production areas.
Loads Handled: Machinery parts, raw materials, semi-finished components.
Notes: Automation streamlines multi-step manufacturing operations, increasing efficiency and reducing human intervention.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead travelling cranes, gantry cranes, heavy-duty hoists.
Typical Capacity: 10–200 tons.
Applications: Handling ores, coal, slag, limestone; loading/unloading conveyors; transporting heavy mining equipment.
Loads Handled: Ore, coal, coke, loose clay, mining machinery.
Notes: Explosion-proof automation options available for hazardous mining environments.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead travelling cranes, gantry cranes, heavy hoists.
Typical Capacity: 5–150 tons.
Applications: Power plant maintenance, turbine installation, fuel handling, waste energy material handling.
Loads Handled: Turbines, generators, biomass, wind components, hydroelectric equipment.
Notes: Automation enables precise placement of heavy components and supports plant maintenance operations safely.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, jib cranes, KBK light cranes.
Typical Capacity: 1–50 tons.
Applications: Moving machinery, assembly of mechanical equipment, part transfer in production lines.
Loads Handled: Heavy equipment, engines, machine components, sub-assemblies.
Notes: Automated cranes enhance workflow efficiency in mechanical workshops.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead travelling cranes, hoists.
Typical Capacity: 5–100 tons.
Applications: Paper roll handling, pulp bale transport, paper machine maintenance.
Loads Handled: Paper rolls, pulp bales, heavy equipment parts.
Notes: Automation improves safety and material handling speed in paper mills.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, grab cranes.
Typical Capacity: 2–50 tons.
Applications: Sorting, recycling, incineration material handling, waste mixing and stacking.
Loads Handled: Municipal waste, scrap materials, recyclables, industrial waste.
Notes: Automated systems increase safety and efficiency in waste facilities.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, jib cranes, gantry cranes.
Typical Capacity: 1–20 tons.
Applications: Sawmill operations, furniture production, timber stacking.
Loads Handled: Timber logs, wood panels, furniture components.
Notes: Automation streamlines handling and reduces material damage in wood-processing plants.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, heavy hoists.
Typical Capacity: 5–200 tons.
Applications: Component assembly, lifting boats/yachts, hull handling, parts installation.
Loads Handled: Ship modules, hull sections, machinery, yacht components.
Notes: Automation ensures precise placement and reduces risk in shipyard operations.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, hoists, jib cranes.
Typical Capacity: 1–20 tons.
Applications: Injection mold installation, die exchanging, component transport.
Loads Handled: Plastic molds, rubber components, raw materials.
Notes: Automation ensures precise and safe handling of molds and materials.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead travelling cranes, gantry cranes, hoist cranes.
Typical Capacity: 2–100 tons.
Applications: Construction site material lifting, concrete component handling, infrastructure installation.
Loads Handled: Concrete segments, steel structures, prefabricated components.
Notes: Automation improves safety and reduces time on-site.
Typical Crane Types: Explosion-proof overhead cranes, hoists.
Typical Capacity: 2–50 tons.
Applications: Transport of chemical drums, hazardous materials, tank handling.
Loads Handled: Chemical containers, petrochemical equipment, hazardous substances.
Notes: Automation ensures safe operation in flammable or toxic environments.
Typical Crane Types: Overhead cranes, KBK light cranes, jib cranes, chain hoists.
Typical Capacity: 0.5–20 tons.
Applications: Press and assembly lines, workstations, warehouse operations.
Loads Handled: Vehicle parts, engines, chassis, assembly components.
Notes: Automated cranes enhance production line efficiency and reduce manual labor.
We offers several types of overhead automated crane & rail mounted automated gantry cranes for different industrial applications which includes the following:
- Overhead automatic crane systems -Various types of automatic overhead cranes are available such as, the Automated Paper Roll Cranes, Automated Die-Handling Cranes, Automated Steel Ladle handling cranes, Automated waste handling crane ,Warehouse automated crane ,etc.
- Automatic gantry crane systems -Various types of automatic gantry cranes, including waste handling automatic gantry crane, container handling automated gantry crane, automated stacking crane, etc.
Two types of automated cranes are available from us, the semi automated crane and full automated crane. The semi-automatic crane system offers automatic crane control but also allows manual control and as for a fully-automated crane , once the crane operator makes the settings, the crane operations will be conducted automatically to complete the repetitive or difficult action which is usually adopted in in demanding and hazardous environments.
Turnkey services for automatic cranes
Turnkey services for overhead crane system projects are available. We are capable of providing full set of automated overhead crane system processed to your application for safe, reliable and efficient material handling.
Engineered overhead crane system stocks a wide variety of crane parts and components for your overhead crane automation. Main types of the overhead travelling crane equipment we provide including but not limited to
- Top Running overhead cranes system & Under hung bridge crane system
- Single girder overhead crane & double girder overhead crane systems
- Overhead gantry crane systems
- Monorails crane systems
- Types of overhead crane parts and components
- Gantry cranes
- Various below-the-hook devices and overhead crane attachments, including crane magnet systems, steel ladle handling system, etc.
Process crane design, cost-effective automated crane solutions
Turnkey services for semi-manual crane and fully automatic crane system projects are available. We are capable of providing full set of standard, semi-manual, and fully automated systems depending on your application for safe, reliable and efficient material handling.
Contact us to get your processed automatic crane solution which is engineered, designed, built and installed based on your particular application to meet your needs and requirements satisfactorily.Send us an inquiry on automated crane and automatic crane system today.
Article by Bella ，who has been in the hoist and crane field since 2016. Bella provides overhead crane & gantry crane consultation services for clients who need a customized overhead travelling crane solution.Contact her to get free consultation.