Low-headroom hoists
Recover useful hook height where roof steel, services or door lines restrict the available envelope.
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Efficient workshop coverage
A practical, economical overhead crane layout for workshops, production bays and routine material handling.
Designed around the application
Capacity, span, headroom, duty, structure, controls and maintenance access are considered together.
Choosing the right crane
A single girder overhead crane uses one bridge beam with the hoist travelling below it. The arrangement keeps crane weight and wheel loads down, making it a strong fit for new workshops, extensions and cost-conscious replacement projects.
CraneCert surveys the building, duty and load path before choosing the beam, hoist and control package. The result is a crane designed around the work rather than a catalogue model forced into the bay.
The design brief
A useful quotation starts with the operating requirement, not just a headline safe working load.
Safe working load and load characteristics
Crane span and runway length
Available headroom and required hook height
Expected lifts per hour and shift pattern
Pendant or radio control preference
Building steelwork and power supply
Configuration options
Recover useful hook height where roof steel, services or door lines restrict the available envelope.
Smooth acceleration, travel and positioning for delicate loads or busy production areas.
Independent steelwork where the existing building is unsuitable for crane loads.
Request a survey
Share what you know. If capacity, span or hook height are still uncertain, we will help establish them during the survey.
Questions, answered
It is often the most economical option for light and medium-duty lifting where the required capacity, span and hook height fit a single-beam layout.
Yes, subject to a structural and dimensional survey. We can use existing runway steel where suitable or design an independent freestanding structure.
Yes. Pendant, radio remote and variable-speed control packages can be specified around the process and operator visibility.
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Free crane planning pack
Get the practical worksheet our engineers use to start a crane conversation: capacity, span, hook height, duty, access, controls and compliance handover.
Talk through the load, building and timescale with a CraneCert engineer.