
This unit is often used as a work
station crane to move material and tooling between tools as shown in
the brochure above.
See the following link for the
factory website.
Gorbel
Work Station Bridge Cranes

What we got was a pile of metal
and parts. We figured it would be a lot easier to explain what
you get by connecting the parts together as shown in this extensive
collection of images. This units are normally used inside but we
did not have a large enough empty indoor space to put it up
easily. It was taken back down immediately after these images
were taken.


Each yellow bridge trolley is
rated for 500 pounds, so 2 of them linked together with the assembly
shown gives you 1000 pound capacity.
The hoist control has a scratched face
but it operates just fine. Push harder for the faster speed.


The yellow power cord shown is
included. It is not currently connected to anything. We
don't know if it is enough for all possible positions.


The label on each bridge section says
SS-99002
Note that this is a 2-speed hoist
at 8 and 2.5 feet per minute. It needs 230 volts 3 phase.

The hoist has plenty of travel as
shown by the hook laying down on its side in the image above. The
image below shows the bottom of the hook at 97". If we had
assembled the frame differently the distance under the hook would have
been about 9 feet.


The distance to the bottom of the
unit the hoist hooks to is 10 feet as shown above. It would be about 11
feet if assembled differently. The distance to the bottom of the
yellow bridge rails is about 11.5 feet as shown below.


The tallest part as assembled is
about 152 inches as shown above. If the cross beam shown below
were mounted under the tube instead, the lifting height would increase
by about 6". If riser blocks were used up so that the cross beam
were just above the long rails, about another 6" would be gained.

The support legs are about 12
feet wide as shown above. They are about 30 feet the other way
(with mid support between). Our tape measure was only 25 feet so
the image below is the second view. The long direction
rails extend beyond the 30 foot distance at each end so you actually
get about 30 feet of travel.


There seems to be a spare rail
extension connection as shown above. If you needed more travel,
this is how you would add on another section.


The way we assembled this, there is
just a bit over 7 feet of travel in the short direction. It
appears that if the unit were assemled slightly differently, this could
be increased by a couple feet.

We did get a little documentaion
with this unit. Shown here are the factory prints specific to
this unit.


These images show some of the
factory parts and accessoies that are available from the factory.


