A crane winch is often treated as a simple drum on a frame, but the numbers that decide whether it works are rarely the ones printed largest on the label. Rated pull, drum capacity and brake design determine whether the unit keeps a steady pull at full rope extension or starts to struggle once the ...
A 2 t electric chain hoist quoted at one price and a second 2 t unit quoted at nearly double is rarely a pricing mistake. The gap usually sits in the duty class, the number of chain falls, whether a trolley is included, and how much headroom the hook needs at full lift. A crane structure can often ...
A 2 t chain hoist and a 2 t load are not automatically a safe pair. If a two-leg sling sits at 30 degrees from horizontal, each leg already carries 1 t, and the part most likely to fail is not the hoist but the attachment. Crane attachments set the real working limit of a lift, and they do it part ...