Industrial Overhead Cranes: Boost Efficiency in Manufacturing and Processing

Industrial overhead cranes are essential lifting solutions widely used across industries such as metallurgy, petrochemicals, automotive, aerospace, and food processing. With their ability to handle heavy loads safely and efficiently, these cranes play a critical role in improving workflow, enhancing productivity, and ensuring workplace safety in demanding industrial environments.

Metallurgical Industry

In the metallurgical and steel industry, Industrial overhead cranes serve as critical material handling equipment, undertaking key tasks such as raw material loading and unloading, high-temperature molten steel transfer, and finished product handling.

Due to the industry’s high production intensity, complex operating environments, and exposure to high temperatures and heavy dust, there are extremely high demands on the performance, safety, and automation level of cranes. Industrial overhead cranes must not only possess high lifting capacity and operational frequency, but also meet requirements for high reliability, continuous operation, and specialized protection.

Metallurgical Industry Cases

Steel Ladle Handling Project for a Steel Plant in Bangladesh

• Application Scenario: Ladle handling operations within a steel plant
• Crane Type: Ladle Handling Crane
• Lifting Capacity: 35 tons
• Design Adjustment: After the customer completed plant expansion and reinforcement, our engineers optimized the crane design based on actual site conditions

Jordan Aluminum Plant Project

• Crane Type: 8 Double girder overhead cranes/ 1 Single girder overhead crane
• Maximum Span: 29 meters
• Special Requirement: One crane required semi-automatic operation and was designed to withstand high temperatures (up to 400°C)
• Advanced Features: All cranes equipped with anti-sway control and true vertical lifting functionality

Automotive Industry

Industrial overhead cranes for the automotive industry are specially designed for various stages of vehicle manufacturing, component assembly, and material handling. They are widely used in stamping, welding, painting, final assembly, and warehouse systems. These cranes offer flexible operation, precise positioning, and high efficiency.

Certain models support automation and human-machine collaboration, allowing seamless integration with production lines. They meet the stringent requirements of modern automotive manufacturing for high efficiency, intelligence, and safety, making them essential equipment for enhancing smart material handling in automotive factories.

Automotive Industry Cases

Crane Solution for a Car Manufacturer in Hubei

• Crane Type: Double Girder Overhead Crane
• Lifting Capacity: 50T / 20T
• Span: 28.5 meters
• Lifting Height: 16 / 18 meters
• Work Duty: A5
• Maximum Wheel Load: 199 kN

Aerospace Manufacturing Industry

This series of industrial overhead cranes is specifically tailored for the aircraft and rocket manufacturing sectors, and is widely used in key processes such as fuselage assembly, wing alignment, engine installation, and rocket integration and testing. These cranes feature high-precision positioning, synchronized control, and low-vibration operation.

They are capable of stable lifting and precise positioning of ultra-long, heavy, and oversized components, effectively supporting high-precision assembly of large structures. Certain models can be integrated with automated control and digital monitoring systems to fully meet the aerospace industry’s stringent requirements for safety, reliability, and intelligence. These cranes are essential equipment in the production of aircraft and rockets.

Building Materials Industry

Industrial overhead cranes used in the building materials industry are designed for operations such as raw material handling, finished product lifting, and heavy component installation. These cranes feature robust construction, strong adaptability, and efficient operation, making them suitable for environments with high dust levels, high humidity, and outdoor conditions.

Certain models support intelligent control and remote operation, significantly improving work efficiency and operational safety. They are essential equipment in building materials production and infrastructure construction.

Building Materials Industry Cases

Gezhouba Laohekou Cement Plant Project

• Crane Model: Double Girder Grab Overhead Crane (Cabin Control)
• Lifting Capacity: 16 tons
• Span: 31.5 meters
• Lifting Height: 22 meters
• Work Duty: A6
• Hoisting Speed: 41.8 m/min
• Trolley Traveling Speed: 43.2 m/min
• Crane Traveling Speed: 113.5 m/min

Zhuzhou Hazardous Waste Cement Kiln Co-Processing Project

• Crane Model: Electric Double Girder Grab Overhead Crane
• Safe Lifting Capacity: 5 tons (including grab weight)
• Daily Handling Capacity: 360 tons
• Lifting Height: 7 meters
• Span: 8.8 meters
• Work Duty: A8
• Power Supply for Trolley and Crane: Cable trolley system

Food Processing Industry

The food processing industry imposes strict requirements on cleanliness, operational efficiency, and equipment reliability. This series of cranes is specially designed for food processing workshops and raw material storage areas, and is widely used in operations such as raw material handling, equipment maintenance, and packaging transport.

The equipment features stainless steel construction or anti-corrosion coatings, a compact structure, and easy-to-clean surfaces, fully complying with hygiene standards in the food industry. It effectively enhances operational safety and factory automation, making it an ideal solution for clean and efficient material handling in modern food enterprises.

Industrial Overhead Cranes Price

To help you better understand our products, we have provided reference prices for some of our cranes. Please refer to the PDF file below for detailed pricing information. This document covers a range of standard crane models to give you a quick overview of the budget range.

However, since certain crane configurations are highly customized, the actual pricing may vary depending on factors such as application scenario, load capacity, span, and specific functional requirements. For such equipment, we recommend contacting us directly. Our sales engineers will provide a tailored solution and an accurate quotation based on your specific needs.

Industrial Overhead Crane Manufacturer — DGCRANE

DGCRANE is a global-leading overhead crane manufacturer with over 20 years of experience in delivering innovative, safe, and cost-effective lifting solutions. Our cranes are trusted across 120+ countries in industries ranging from steel production and shipbuilding to power, warehousing, and heavy machinery.

Proven Industry Expertise

With 3,000+ successful projects and two decades of experience, DGCRANE has earned a reputation for delivering durable and high-performing cranes that meet international standards (ISO, CE, SGS).

Full Product Portfolio — One Supplier for All

• Overhead Cranes (Single & Double Girder)
• Gantry Cranes (Rail-mounted / Rubber-tired)
• Electric Hoists & Crane Components
• Standard models or fully customized systems — we design to fit your exact needs.

Smarter Cranes for Smarter Operations

• PLC + wireless control systems
• Anti-sway technology
• Automatic overload & positioning protection
• Real-time remote monitoring & diagnostics

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• Multilingual technical documentation
• Fast-response after-sales support

Zora Zhao

Expert in Overhead Crane/Gantry Crane/Jib Crane/Crane Parts Solutions

With 10+ years of experience in the Crane Overseas Export Industry, helped 10,000+ customers with their pre-sales questions and concerns, if you have any related needs, please feel free to contact me!

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