Modelling and Fabrication of Tri-Head Gantry Crane Model

Abstract

During the manufacturing process, various raw materials and finished goods have to be handled in manufacturing industries. As the shapes and material properties of each raw material / finished good to be handled are different, it gets difficult for a single-head crane to handle diverse materials. At present forklifts and hook-headed cranes are being used for this purpose, but it requires a lot of labor and time to handle the materials and finished goods due to miscellaneous work associated with this equipment. Looking at the present day’s industrial requirements, it becomes inevitable for every manufacturing company to use the least manpower to offer competitive prices to customers without compromising the timely completion of projects. Tri head gantry crane is one of the best solutions to handle various raw materials and finished goods with the least manpower & time. The tri-headed gantry crane head consists of electromagnets to hold flat surfaces of magnetic materials, where the grab helps in holding the cylindrical, square, and rectangular materials finally if the material or a finished good is not in the shape that can be handled by using grab or magnetic heads, then we can use hook arrangement. The project involves study of various types of handling equipment being used in manufacturing industries, modeling and fabrication of tri-headed gantry crane model and testing of mechanisms of the model for handling diverse shaped materials [3].