Electric chain hoists tips: Misunderstanding on electric chain hoists

  Electric chain hoists is slow and cannot be used for high lifting material handling? Do you agree? Check the misunderstanding and facts on electric chain hoists now.

Electric chain hoists used on overhead crane

Misunderstanding on electric chain hoists

Wire rope electric hoist and electric chain hoists are the two main categories at present in the lifting industry. And the electric chain hoists has gradually replaced the wire rope electric hoists in many places. However there are certain misunderstandings on electric chain hoists still affects the use and application of electric chain hoists.

Misunderstanding on lifting height of electric chain hoists

Some books or literature on the material handling machinery mentioned the electric chain hoists is limited in term of lifting height, not suitable for larger lifting height material handling. In fact, the electric chain hoists is particularly suitable for higher lifting material handling.

Our crane manufacturer company has many times contracted to offer the jib crane for large shipyard gantry crane, which is installed on the main beam of shipyard crane. The cantilever jib crane is 5t, the lifting height is 10m, and the cantilever length is 12m. The original drawing required is a wire rope hoist with the lifting capacity of 5t, the lifting speed of 8m/min, and the lifting height of 80m (the lifting height of the cantilever jib crane is 10m, and the lifting height of the gantry crane is 70m). The length of the electric wire rope hoist is 2.98m, the dead weight is 1.6t, and the effective stroke of the rope hoist on the spiral arm is only 6.8m.

After discussion, the electric chain hoists was selected with the same specification on lifting capacity, lifting speed and lifting height required on the above cantilever jib crane, but the length of the chain hoist is only 0.43m and the dead weight is 0.65t. The effective stroke of the electric chain hoist on the jib arm is 11.5m, which is 4.7m longer than the effective stroke of the wire rope electric hoist.

Misunderstanding on lifting speed of electric chain hoists

Some said the electric chain hoists lifting speed is slow. The development of electric chain hoists in China is far behand the boom of electric wire rope electric hoists. At the initial development period, the electric chain hoists was produced by simply installing a motor on the hand chain hoists by some hoist manufacturers. At that time, the lifting speed of the electric chain hoists was slow and the performance of the electric chain hoist was very poor. Due to the bad history, bad impression is affecting people.

So far, in China lifting speed of the electric chain hoists is higher than 10m/min after actively introduction of foreign advanced technologies. According to transmission principle of the electric chain hoists, the lifting speed can be very high, but according manufacturing accuracy is also requested to be higher.

From the above, the lifting height and lifting speed are not the shortcomings of electric chain hoists and in some specific conditions, the advantages of electric chain hoists is more prominent.

Electric chain hoists tips: Misunderstanding on electric chain hoists