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	BEAM
	Rolled structural steel member typically used as a bridge girder for short span or low capacity cranes.

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		Industrial Cranes From complex custom equipment to standard equipment, components and parts, American Crane can meet all your material handling needs. American Crane is recognized as a leader in the design and manufacture of electric overhead traveling cranes and wire rope hoists, offering equipment for a wide variety of applications up to 1000 ton capacity as well as distributing smaller cranes from other manufacturers. We can manufacture your new crane or rebuild an existing crane. Let us find the solution that works for your situation. American Crane can provide pre-engineered industrial cranes and a full line of custom cranes to meet each customer's specific application. For support for your specific application please consult the CMAA Buyer Guide and/or contact an American Crane sales representative.




		Industrial Hoists From complex custom equipment to standard equipment, components and parts, American Crane can meet all your material handling needs. American Crane is recognized as a leader in the design and manufacture of electric overhead traveling cranes and wire rope hoists, offering equipment for a wide variety of applications up to 1000 ton capacity as well as distributing smaller cranes from other manufacturers. We can manufacture your new crane or rebuild an existing crane. Let us find the solution that works for your situation. American Crane can provide pre-engineered industrial cranes and a full line of custom cranes to meet each customer's specific application. For support for your specific application please consult the CMAA Buyer Guide and/or contact an American Crane sales representative.




		Trolleys & Beam Clamps




		Below the Hook American Crane is recognized as a leader in the design and manufacture of electric overhead traveling cranes and wire rope hoists, offering equipment for a wide variety of applications up to 1000 ton capacity as well as distributing smaller cranes from other manufacturers. We can manufacture your new crane or rebuild an existing crane. Let us find the solution that works for your situation. American Crane can provide pre-engineered industrial cranes and a full line of custom cranes to meet each customer's specific application. For support for your specific application please consult the CMAA Buyer Guide and/or contact an American Crane sales representative.




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		CM Hoist Test Stand The Value - Priced, Hydraulic Hand Operated Test Stand — Tests Hoist Capacity to 12 Tons The Value-Priced CM Test Stand is specially designed for the testing of hoisting equipment as required by the applicable sections of ASME Code B30.16. Unlike other test stands on the market that weigh thousands of pounds, the CM Value-Priced Test Stand weighs only 496 pounds. Portability for on-site testing becomes more practical. Fewer wearing parts provide superior performance. • Hand operated hydraulic pump eliminates the need for electrical power. • Capable of applying test loads up to 12 tons. • Compact, self-contained design for portability and on-site testing. • ...




		Material Handling Components American Crane is recognized as a leader in the design and manufacture of electric overhead traveling cranes and wire rope hoists, offering equipment for a wide variety of applications up to 1000 ton capacity as well as distributing smaller cranes from other manufacturers. We can manufacture your new crane or rebuild an existing crane. Let us find the solution that works for your situation. American Crane can provide pre-engineered industrial cranes and a full line of custom cranes to meet each customer's specific application. For support for your specific application please consult the CMAA Buyer Guide and/or contact an American Crane sales representative.




		Budgit CBT Trolley (12) • Capacities from 1/4 to 5 ton (metric rated). • Trolley sides are of all-steel construction for maximum strength • Wheels are steel with hardened treads and roller bearings for easy traversing and long life • Self aligning frames keep the load equally distributed, and are adjustable to fit several sizes of beams • Wrap-around side plates provide built in drop stops to increase operator safety and act as a bumper to protect wheels • Push trolleys are an economical alternative for low duty cycle, lighter capacity applications with lifts under 20 feet • Hand geared trolleys are designed for applications requiring close control of horizontal movement of the hoist and ...




		Coffing Beam Clamp (5) • Capacity 1 - 10 Ton • Special clamp jaw design reduces flange stress by distributing load away from flange edge. • Built-in suspension bar provides lower headroom.




		Little Mule / Coffing Beam Clamps • Rated loads from 1-10 Ton. • Reduced flange stress — Special clamp jaw design distributes load away from flange edge. • Threaded mechanism fits securely on a wide range of flange widths and beam sizes. • Low headroom provided by built-in suspension bar.




		Coffing / Little Mule BC Models Beam Clamps (5) • Rated loads from 1-10 Ton. • Reduced flange stress — Special clamp jaw design distributes load away from flange edge. • Threaded mechanism fits securely on a wide range of flange widths and beam sizes. • Low headroom provided by built-in suspension bar.




		Little Mule Special Lifting Beams




		Little Mule Adjustable Spreader Beams (6)




		CM Screwlok Beam Clamps (5) - Enables one beam to be suspended beneath another - Quickly and easily attaches to both beams - Supplied fixed at parellel, at 90 degrees to each other or with swivel




		CM Screwlok Beam Clamps with Shackle (7) - Designed to fit flanges of most structural beams - Act as a semi-permanent lifting point for use with manual or electric hoists - Shackle incorporated for load suspension




		Lifting Beams




		CM Loderail Beam Clip




		CM Series 84A Heavy Duty Plain Or Geared Trolley - Wide Flange Beams (28) Manufactured for heavy duty, industrial grade applications.CM Series 84A trolleys feature fully sealed, precision bearings, heavy duty side frames and fully machined wheel tread for superior performance and long life — with minimal maintenance. • Available in capacities from1/4 through 25 ton with 30 through 50 ton trolleys available as tandem construction. • Lifetime lubricated, precision ball bearings on trolleys through 3 ton capacity. Trolleys with capacities 4 tons and greater are equipped with eight sealed, Timken tapered roller bearings and grease fittings. • Heavy rolled steel side frames extend beyond the wheels to provide these trolleys with superior strength, rigidity and ...




		CM Series 84A Heavy Duty Plain Or Geared Trolley - Wide Flange Beams - Spark Resistant (28) Manufactured for heavy duty, industrial grade applications.CM Series 84A trolleys feature fully sealed, precision bearings, heavy duty side frames and fully machined wheel tread for superior performance and long life — with minimal maintenance. • Available in capacities from1/4 through 25 ton with 30 through 50 ton trolleys available as tandem construction. • Lifetime lubricated, precision ball bearings on trolleys through 3 ton capacity. Trolleys with capacities 4 tons and greater are equipped with eight sealed, Timken tapered roller bearings and grease fittings. • Heavy rolled steel side frames extend beyond the wheels to provide these trolleys with superior strength, rigidity and ...




		Gorbel FS300 Foundationless I-Beam Jib Cranes




		Gorbel Cleveland Tramrail Uncut Beams Tarca and Super Tarca (24)




		American Crane Spreader Beams American Crane's Spreader Beams are designed to facilitate load orientation since they are made to lift loads with adjustable lifting points. Spreader Beams are ideal when a load is too weak or flexible to be lifted without support. No matter what your lifting requirement, we will fit the beam to your application. Key features and uses include: Custom designs to meet unique application requirements All mechanical, full motorized, and automated General Industry, Steel Mills, Aerospace and Nuclear Design attributes to match crane configuration and function (integrated w/crane ...




		BEAM FLANGE Flanges are the top and bottom flat portions of an I or W shaped beam. The flange width describes the horizontal dimension of an I or W shaped beam when it’s cross-section is seen standing upright.




		LIFT BEAMS Horizontal structural members designed to distribute loading between crane hooks and the object being lifted.