Warehouse Crane Systems
Shupper-Brickle Equipment provides overhead lifting solutions to warehouses, including overhead bridge cranes and ceiling mounted workstation cranes. These options provide safe and efficient solutions for lifting in warehouses where space and other limitations making moving materials by forklift impractical. We offer both factory-standard equipment as well as custom-engineered solutions, installation, repairs, inspections and training for warehouse crane systems.
If you are interested in upgrading the material handling system in your warehouse, contact us for a free estimate.
Safe & Efficient Solutions for Warehouse Lifting
Moving and organizing inventory in a warehouse is no easy task, but the job can be made safer and more efficient with the help of overhead lifting equipment. Here are some ways adding a crane system to your warehouse can increase productivity, capacity and safety in your warehouse.
- Cranes require less aisle space – When space is limited, every foot counts. If your facility is already maxed out, the space needed to drive a forklift could contain valuable inventory, but with an overhead crane you only need walking aisles.
- Cranes require less operators – Forklifts require a second operator, one to receive the materials at the workstation and another to lower the materials on the forklift. However, overhead lifting solutions can radically change your personnel needs by allowing your station operator to pick and move the materials without help.
- Cranes cause less damage to materials – Whether the operator is new or seasoned, forklifts require precision. This balancing act is eliminated with an overhead lifting solution.
Cranes Used in Warehouses
While the specific lifting equipment recommended for your application will be determined by the unique requirements of your warehouse building and the inventory you are moving, these are the more common cranes we recommend for warehouse use.
Workstation Crane
Overhead lifting for up to 2 Tons in a fixed area.
- Pros: Free standing column options or ceiling supported. Capacities from ½ to 2 Tons. Designed for powered up and down motion with push trolley and bridge. Flexible, customized designs. Easy installation and relocation.
- Cons: Limited to 2 Ton capacity, options for a powered trolley and bridge are available but expensive.
Overhead Bridge Crane
Overhead lifting on a dedicated beam built into the building’s support structure.
- Pros: Unlimited capacities, spans, and special designs, pendant radio controlled, X-Y-Z powered motions, either on freestanding columns or building supported.
- Cons: Largest investment required; installation is permanent.
Vacuum Lifting Attachments
Additional below the hook to make lifting even easier.
- Pros: Easy operation, lift and tilt with self-contained vacuum generator or plant air, movable vacuum cups.
- Cons: Adds to initial cost of system.
Installing a Crane in Your Warehouse
By lifting from above, an overhead crane system can allow you to access areas of your warehouse where it’s not practical to run a forklift. However, there are still many considerations to take into account when installing a crane, such as ceiling height and obstructions, size and shape of the warehouse and if the building structure can bear the additional weight of a crane. With over 50 years of experience in overhead lifting, Shupper-Brickle Equipment can help you determine what overhead material handling and lifting equipment is best suited to meet all the needs of your warehouse. We manufacture overhead bridge cranes and supply workstation cranes by Gorbel and Spanco, and have custom engineered lifting solutions for a number of customers with challenging needs including this one for the stone industry and this one to fit in a tight spot. Contact us today for more information about installing an overhead crane for use in your warehouse.