GANTRY CRANE DESIGN

Currently I am studying Engineering and a task I was assigned was to create a Gantry crane design, this would include spec’ing out the beams used and performing calculations to understand the forces going through the crane and the specific bolts required for the design.

A Gantry Crane is used in large scales like a shipping yard where containers need to be moved or in smaller applications within a warehouse where heavy objects need to be moved.

Gantry crane example

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In terms of creating the model in CAD this I found very easy just from previous experience studying Industrial Design, but what I found difficult about this project was performing all the calculations needed to understand the forces involved, where reinforcement was needed and the specific size and specs of the mounting plates for the crane.