Lifting along the whole length of a building, from an arm that runs on a wall runway — so a long working strip gets covered without a single leg on your floor.
A wall-travelling or console crane is a slewing jib arm mounted on a carriage that runs along a runway fixed to a wall or a line of building columns. It covers a long strip beside that wall, combining the reach of a jib with travel along the building, and it uses no floor space.
Type routing
Both hang off the same structure and both keep the floor clear. The difference is the shape of the area they serve.
A fixed wall jib slews 180° about one point. It is the answer when the lifting happens at a station — a machine, a bench, a loading position.
A travelling console covers a strip. The arm slews and the whole crane runs along the wall, so a line of machines, a long bench or a row of storage positions is served by one crane instead of several. Where you were about to specify three or four fixed jibs down the same wall, one console usually does the same work.
There is a third comparison worth making. If the load has to cross the building rather than stay beside the wall, a console will not reach it and an overhead crane is the right structure.
A console crane is as much a structural decision as a lifting one, and it is worth taking in that order.
The arm carries the load at a distance, so it puts a vertical load and a bending moment into the runway. The runway passes both into the columns it is fixed to, at whatever point the crane happens to be standing. That means the case your structural engineer has to check is not one fixed load but a moving one, and it changes with reach.
We calculate the loads and moments for your configuration and issue them with the quotation, so the runway and the fixings can be verified before anything is ordered. Where a building was designed with this in mind the check is quick; where it was not, it is far better to find that out now.
We do this as a retrofit into an existing building where the structure allows it, and the verification comes first in either case.
Manufacturing
“From our plant to your wall”
Technical data
Read each value with its consequence — that is how the crane is actually sized for your building.
Capacity, arm reach and travel length are set together for each project, because they are not independent: a longer arm at the same capacity is a heavier load case for the runway, and a longer runway means more columns carrying it. Our jib crane family covers 250 kg to 5 tonnes on a wire rope hoist, with arm reach from 2.5 to 5 metres. The configuration your building will carry is confirmed by calculation rather than picked from a range.
| Criterion | Fixed wall jib crane | Wall-travelling (console) crane |
|---|---|---|
| Area served | A circle segment at one point (180°) | A strip along the length of the wall |
| Movement | Arm slews only | Arm slews and the crane travels the runway |
| Floor space used | None | None |
| What carries it | Wall or single column | A runway on a line of columns |
| Structural case | One fixed load position | A moving load along the runway |
| Typical reason to choose | Lifting happens at one station | Lifting is spread along a line |
| ABRA page | wall-mounted jib crane | this page |
| Parameter | Value | Consequence / note |
|---|---|---|
| Lifting capacity (SWL) | Jib family: 250 kg – 5 t on a wire rope hoist | The console-specific ceiling is set per project, because the runway and the columns carry the load |
| Arm reach | Jib family: 2.5–5 m standard; above 5 m per project | Reach drives the moment into the runway |
| Slewing speed (motorised) | 1 rpm | Hand slewing is set by the operator |
| Coating | C3 indoor · C4 outdoor, to ISO 12944 | Set from where the crane stands |
| Travel length | Per project | Set by the runway your building can carry |
| Slewing angle | Per project | Depends on the arm and the clearances beside the wall |
| Travel and slewing drive | Manual or motorised | Length, load and frequency decide it |
| Duty class | Defined per project | Sized to how often and how heavily the strip is worked |
| Hoisting | Wire rope hoist | See hoists |
| Motion control | Inverter (VFD) | Soft start/stop; matters at the end of a long travel run |
| Overload protection | Overload switch + load cell, standard | The crane refuses a lift beyond its rating |
| Power supply | 380–415 V / 50 Hz (60 Hz for export) | Matches local and export grids |
| Runway power feed | Festoon or busbar | Chosen with the runway length |
| Protection class | IP54 / IP55 (motor + panel) | Dust and moisture protection for industrial environments |
| Ambient temperature | −10 … +50 °C | Cold-store to hot-process ranges |
| Loads into runway and columns | Calculated and issued per project | Verified before ordering |
| Control | Pendant / radio remote | Radio usually suits a long runway |
| Standards | EN 14985 · EN 13001 series · EN 14492-2 · EN IEC 60204-32 · CE · ISO 9001 | Duty class stated per project |
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:
Sized to the load and the duty the strip actually runs, not to the top of the range. See hoists.
A short runway with occasional use can be pushed by hand; a long strip in regular service earns a motorised carriage.
Same logic as travel: reach, load and frequency decide it.
Soft starts and stops on hoisting and travel, so the load does not swing at the end of a long run.
An overload switch and load cell come as standard, so the crane refuses a lift beyond its rating.
Festoon or busbar, chosen with the runway length.
Pendant push-button or radio remote; on a long runway the radio option usually wins, because the operator walks with the load.
Applications
Console cranes suit work that is laid out in a line. Machining and manufacturing areas use them to serve a row of machines from one crane. Assembly and packaging lines use them alongside the line where parts are lifted in and finished units lifted out. Warehouses use them down a wall of storage positions. And in a building that already has an overhead crane, a console crane forms a second lifting layer underneath it, taking the small, frequent lifts so the main crane stays free — with the clearances between the two checked at design stage.
Project process
(load, reach, how far along the wall the crane has to travel, what the runway would fix to, how often it is used) → 2. Engineering & quotation (we confirm the configuration and duty class, and issue the loads the runway and columns have to carry) → 3. Manufacturing & installation (arm, carriage and runway built in our own plant, then installed and load-tested on site) → 4. Maintenance & service (scheduled maintenance under an annual contract, spare parts and modernisation).
After-sales
FAQ
A jib crane slews about one fixed point, whether it stands on a pillar or is bolted to a wall. A console crane is a jib arm mounted on a carriage that travels along a wall runway, so it serves a strip rather than a circle. Where the work runs the length of a building, one console usually replaces several fixed jibs.
Travel length is set by the runway your building can carry, so it is calculated with your structure rather than taken from a catalogue. The arm reach and capacity feed into the same calculation, because a longer arm at the same load is a heavier case for every column the crane passes. Send us the layout and we will confirm the usable length.
A vertical load and a bending moment, applied at whatever point along the runway the crane happens to be standing. That moving load case is what your structural engineer needs to check. We calculate it for your configuration and issue the figures with the quotation, so the runway and the fixings can be verified before anything is ordered.
We do this as a retrofit where the structure allows it, and the verification comes first. The runway has to land on columns that can take a moving load and moment, and the clearances have to work against anything already in the building, including an overhead crane above. Both are checked before the crane is designed rather than after.
Get a recommendation
Send us the load, the reach and how far along the wall the crane has to travel. An engineer confirms the configuration and issues the loads your building has to carry — no obligation.
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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
