What Industries Use Crane Buildings?

Posted by Ben Sparhawk on Oct 1, 2020 4:01:33 PM

The world of cranes is massive.

Various construction cranes are used in large construction projects. Many other cranes are used daily in multiple industries. 

Cranes are put to work around the world every day. 

Crane buildings and overhead cranes are a necessity at many job sites. 

If you need to lift and move heavy loads, having a crane building increases floor space, safety, and efficiency.

Bridge cranes, gantry cranes, jib cranes, tower cranes, and various other cranes used in crane buildings are critical to many industries and the economy as a whole. 

The article below will discuss ten industries that use crane buildings to perform their job safely and efficiently.

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Concrete Manufacturing

If you know anything about the concrete industry, you know that nothing involved in it is small or light. 

If you're handling bagged premix or finished precast, you're going to need gantry cranes in the yard and bridge cranes in the factory to assist you. 

Pouring architectural spans will also require the power and control that comes with an overhead crane.

Power Plants

All power plants are filled with working equipment that has to function, no matter what.

Any downtime in a power plant would lead to a blackout. 

If a turbine or generator inside an active plant ever needs service, it must be removed and replaced with care. 

You can only achieve this with a precise bridge crane system in your crane building.

Shipbuilding

The hull of a ship is massive and often irregularly shaped. 

Trying to move heavy tools and ship parts around the inside of a slanted hull is impossible without an overhead crane. 

If you're in the business of building ships, you need a crane building with a wide-spanning heavy gantry crane.

Crane Buildings are used in the injection molding industry

Plastic Injection Molding

Plastic fabrication involves heavy molds and high temperatures. 

Safety and precision demand a nimble and robust system of overhead cranes. 

Melted ingredients, raw materials, and the finished product must be handled with care and skill.

That's why crane buildings are an essential part of this business.

Aviation

Similar to shipbuilding, managing an aviation hanger involves moving big, heavy, and costly equipment. 

Plane engines, ailerons, interiors, and other critical parts must be moved safely and placed carefully. 

Overhead cranes can help you make sure that all aspects of aviation assembly and repair are performed accurately.

There are countless industries that require crane buildings

Transportation

The most impressive and visible overhead cranes are the massive units that load and unload ships at seaports. 

The seaport is the gateway to international commerce, and these busy sites have massive products coming and going constantly. With the use of cranes, offloading a ship is much more efficient. 

Storage

If you manage a large warehouse, you have to move and store large and heavy crates quickly and safely throughout your warehouse. 

You cannot afford to damage cargo when it's moved or waste time trying to find an item.

A good network of overhead cranes like a monorail crane in your warehouse will help employees keep up with their inventory and keep it accessible so their containers and crates can be found, moved, and stored seamlessly.

Auto Industry

Auto assembly lines rely on moving their product from station to station on the assembly line until it's completed. 

Bridge cranes are perfect in this environment.

If you run an auto repair shop, smaller gantry cranes for pulling engines and lifting car bodies are very useful.

Since many of these factories are automated, these complex machinery systems will need a programmer to assist in the cranes' operation and maintenance.

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Heavy Equipment Repair

If you have to repair equipment like industrial HVACs, factory equipment, or other large machinery, you're going to need big tools.

Repair shops that service this type of heavy equipment use both bridge and gantry cranes.

The cranes are used to unload products, relocate them in the shop, and reload them. 

Overhead cranes make lifting goods up and over to each repair station simple.

Metal Manufacturing

Whether you're moving crucibles of molten ore, or loading rolls of finished sheet, metal workers need overhead cranes to handle the weight and the elements.

Fortunately, overhead cranes can do the heavy lifting for the metal workers and help keep them at a safe distance from dangerous materials. 

Specialized attachments such as C-hooks help move spools of wire and foil, too.

Contact CDMG For Your Crane Building

If you're searching for a metal building kit or prefabricated metal building equipped with a crane to assist in material handling throughout your warehouse, CDMG has what you're looking for. 

CDMG is an authorized Nucor Building Systems supplier that can supply materials for your metal building and engineer it to your industry's specific needs. 

Throughout the entire construction process, we also offer project management to help make sure that the entire process runs as efficiently as possible. 

CDMG understands that your new building is a significant capital investment. 

If you choose to work with us, we will help you every step of the way. From the planning and designing phase, all the way to the erecting your metal building. Our expertise and commitment to quality is one of the reasons why Metal Construction News featured CDMG in one of their recent articles. We are dedicated to making sure the job is done right. 

To get started on your Crane Building project with CDMG, click the button below.

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ben-sparhawkI'm Ben Sparhawk, the Content Writer and Marketing Account Manager for CDMG. I write to showcase the work that CDMG does and everything related to the pre-engineered metal building industry as well as their engineering capabilities. When I'm not working on content, you can find me spending time with my wife and children. You can also find me in the gym, trying to better myself, and I also enjoy spending time outdoors hiking or checking out local parks.