While choosing electric chain hoists, one of the notable factors is the suspension. Suspension reveals the mounting process used for the chain hoist. It also indicates the method applied for suspending and mounting the hoist.
Suspension types in electric chain hoist:
Common suspension types include hook mounted, lug mounted and trolley mounted. Other types of suspension may be designed to meet specific application requirements.
- Hook Mounted
Hook mounted hoists have a top hook on the hoist frame or body that can be used to suspend the hoist from the clevis or suspension pin of a trolley; or a fixed suspension device that will accept the hook, mounted on a beam or the structural framework of a building.
- Lug Mounted
Lug mounted hoists have a lug mounting attached to the top of the hoist frame, or a lug mounting attached as an integral part of the hoist frame. Lug mounted hoists are suspended from a trolley, beam or structural framework by the use of suspension pin(s) or stud(s).
- Trolley Mounted
Trolley mounted hoists are hook mounted, clevis mounted or lug mounted hoists suspended from a trolley or trolleys; or a hoist having an integral trolley as part of the hoist frame, that allows travel motion on the lower flange of a monorail beam, or the lower flange of the bridge beam of an overhead crane.
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