The hoist decides how long your crane keeps working. We machine, assemble and test ours in our own plant, sized to your load spectrum, your hook path and your duty class.
A wire rope hoist is the lifting machine that sits on an overhead crane and does the actual lifting: a motor and drum wind a steel rope, and the rope reeving multiplies that pull into the load on the hook. The crane is the structure that moves it around the building; the hoist is the machine that raises the load.
Type selection
The hoist is chosen by where it sits on the crane, and that follows from your building rather than from a preference. A double girder hoist rides on a trolley on top of two girders, which is what you need for high capacity and the longest hook path. A single girder underhung hoist hangs from the lower flange of one beam, which suits a short building where every centimetre of hook height counts. A single girder side-mounted hoist carries the trolley on the side of the girder, gaining hook height and hook approach where the building is tight.
Capacity and duty class then sit on top of that choice. Send us the load, the hook path and how often the crane runs, and an engineer confirms the mounting and the class with you.
Our approach
The hoist unit is machined, assembled and load-tested in our own plant in İzmir, alongside the steel structure, the end carriages and wheel groups, and the operator cabin that go onto the same crane.
That has a practical consequence for you. When the duty class is set, it is set for the machine we are about to build rather than selected from a supplier's fixed range, so the drum diameter, the reeving and the motor rating follow your load spectrum. And years later, when a rope, a brake pad or a whole hoist unit needs attention, the drawings and the people are in the same building.
Manufacturing
“From our plant to your hook”
Technical data
Read each value with its consequence — that is how the machine is actually sized for your lift.
Our wire rope hoists cover 250 kg to 160 tonnes as a standard selection range, and above 160 t we engineer per project. The family runs across the full duty range from FEM 1Bm (ISO M3) for light single-shift work to FEM 5m (ISO M8) for continuous or severe duty. Hoisting is stepless under inverter control. Standard hoisting speed runs from 8 m/min on the light two-fall machines down to about 2.3 m/min at the top of the range, set by the series, the reeving and the duty class, with micro-speed for the last centimetres, so the load travels and then creeps into place. The reeving arrangement is chosen with the capacity and the hook path: 2/1, 4/1, 6/1, 8/1 and 12/2 are all available, and the choice changes drum length, rope life and how the hook behaves under load.
| Criterion | Double girder hoist | Single girder underhung hoist | Single girder side-mounted hoist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | On a trolley on top of two girders | Hangs from the lower flange of one beam | Trolley on the side of one girder |
| Hook path | Longest | Shorter, but maximised in a low building | Gains hook height and approach |
| Capacity band | Up to the top of the range | Light to medium | Light to medium |
| Typical reason to choose | Heavy loads, long spans, cab or attachment | Short building, existing beam available | Tight building, hook height is the constraint |
| ABRA page | double girder hoist | underhung hoist | side-mounted hoist |
| Parameter | Value | Consequence / note |
|---|---|---|
| Lifting capacity (SWL) | 250 kg – 160 t | Workshop spot lifting to heavy process duty |
| Duty class | FEM 1Bm–5m (ISO M3–M8), per project | Sized to your load spectrum × running hours, not to peak load alone |
| Hoisting speed | Stepless, 2.3 – 8 m/min depending on series, reeving and duty class — 8 m/min on the light two-fall machines, about 2.3 m/min at the top of the range | Standard values from the selection tables; micro-speed for accurate setting |
| Trolley travel speed | 4–16 m/min to 2 t · 5–20 from 3.2 to 20 t · 5–20/25 at 25–32 t · 5–20/25/30 from 40 t | Set with the capacity and the cycle |
| Bridge travel speed | 5–20 m/min to 20 t · 5–20/25/30 from 25 t | Set with the span and the cycle |
| Series | BR23 · BR30 · BR33 · BR36 · BR46 · BR58 · BR68 | The series follows capacity, reeving and duty |
| Hoisting motor | 0.25 – 90 kW | Sized with capacity, speed and duty |
| Travel motor | 0.18 – 2 × 5.5 kW | Single or twin drive, set by the machine |
| Lifting height (machine) | 4 – 28 m standard | Longer hook paths engineered per project |
| Machine weight | 139 – 25,250 kg | Carried into the girder and runway calculation |
| Machine duty class | FEM 1Am (ISO M4) or FEM 2m (ISO M5) | Machine-level duty; crane-level duty runs FEM 1Bm–5m |
| Brake | Spring-applied electromagnetic brake — closes when power is cut | Holds the load on power loss; release ≈ 0.3 s |
| Reeving | 2/1 · 4/1 · 6/1 · 8/1 · 12/2 | Sets drum length, rope life and hook behaviour |
| True vertical lift | Twin-grooved drum | Hook rises straight; matters when landing into a fixture |
| Motion control | Inverter (VFD) | Soft start/stop, reduced sway, gentler on rope and structure |
| Overload protection | Overload switch + load cell, standard | The machine refuses a lift beyond its rating |
| Power supply | 380–415 V / 50 Hz (60 Hz for export) | Matches local and export grids |
| Protection class | IP54 / IP55 (motor + panel) | Dust and moisture protection for industrial environments |
| Ambient temperature | −10 … +50 °C | Cold-store to hot-process ranges |
| Hook path / lifting height | Per project | Follows building height and pit depth |
| Control | Radio remote / pendant / operator cab | Operator cab made in-house |
| Standards | EN 14492-2 · EN 13001 series · ISO 4301-1 · FEM 9.511 (complementary) · EN IEC 60204-32 · CE · ISO 9001 | Duty class stated per project |
| FEM (mechanism) | ISO M | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| 1Bm | M3 | Light, single shift |
| 2m | M5 | Medium/heavy, 1–2 shifts |
| 4m | M7 | Very heavy, 2–3 shifts |
| 5m | M8 | Continuous / severe (process duty around the clock) |
The speeds shown are standard values; other speeds are provided on request. Where a value depends on your site, it is written “per project” and confirmed with you.
Equipment
Each option answers a specific problem, not a feature list:
An overload switch and load cell come as standard on every product we build, so the machine refuses a lift beyond its rating.
Soft starts and stops on hoisting and travel, which reduces load sway and takes shock out of the rope and the structure.
Inverter-controlled from zero, so the load travels quickly and then creeps into place under micro-speed.
The hook rises straight instead of drifting sideways as the rope pays off, which matters when you are landing into a fixture or a machine bed.
Hoisting and travel limits defined per project.
The data layer: running hours, condition and maintenance data from the machine itself; see Crane Tracking.
Applications
The hoist is specified by the duty behind it. General manufacturing and machine building run light to medium classes on single shifts. Steel and metal service, foundries and cement plants run the high end of the range, where the machine lifts near capacity across shifts and the class has to carry it. Chemical, petrochemical and energy sites add the environment on top of the duty — for explosive atmospheres the same lifting machine is engineered as an explosion-protected system.
Project process
A simple, four-step path so a committee can see the whole route before committing: 1. Tell us the lift (load, hook path, cycles per hour, shifts, environment) → 2. Engineering & quotation (we confirm the duty class, the reeving and the mounting, and flag any spec deviation before you sign) → 3. Manufacturing & testing (the hoist unit is machined, assembled and load-tested in our plant, then commissioned on site) → 4. Maintenance & service (scheduled maintenance under an annual contract, spare parts and modernisation).
After-sales
Maintenance is agreed under an annual contract: 4 preventive visits a year, spare parts, modernisation and breakdown support across Türkiye within 48 hours of a call. Warranty is 2 years. We also service, supply parts for and modernise lifting machines from other makes. Crane Contact Center 444 8 440.
FAQ
Low headroom is the vertical space the machine itself takes up between the beam and the hook. In a short building it decides whether a lift is possible at all, because every centimetre the machine occupies is a centimetre the hook cannot climb. Where clear height is the constraint, the mounting arrangement is chosen for headroom first and capacity second. See single girder underhung hoists.
Ours cover 250 kg to 160 tonnes. The figure you can actually run at depends on the reeving, the hook path and the duty class behind it, because a machine lifting near capacity across three shifts is sized differently from one lifting occasionally. Send us the load and the cycle and an engineer confirms the combination.
Reeving describes how the rope is run between the drum and the hook block — 2/1, 4/1, 6/1, 8/1 or 12/2. More rope falls share the load, which lets a given drum and motor lift more, but they also change drum length, hoisting speed and how the hook sits under load. It is one of the first things an engineer fixes when sizing the machine.
The class comes from your load spectrum and how many hours the machine runs, not from the maximum load alone. A hoist lifting near capacity across three shifts, or on continuous process duty, needs a high class (FEM 4m–5m / ISO M7–M8); a lighter single-shift machine needs less. We size the class to your real cycle so the machine does not fatigue early. See the duty class guide.
Get a recommendation
Send us the load, the hook path, the cycles and the environment. An engineer confirms the mounting, the reeving and the duty class with you — no obligation.
Or call 444 8 440
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Designed and built to EN, FEM and ISO standards · CE marked · duty class defined per project (our build range: FEM 1Bm–5m / ISO M3–M8) · manufacturing in İzmir since 2004
