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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A large crane mounted on a platform that usually runs back and forth on parallel tracks astride the work area. Often shortened to gantry. (references) |
Economics | A specialized crane which travels on a structure which can span a wide area and raises and lowers cargo. Some of them span the deck of a vessel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Gantry crane, Great Lakes Engineering Works. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gantry crane and spillway. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gantry crane. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Haiti | Port-au-Prince possesses a roll-on/roll-off facility, a 30-ton gantry crane and a 50-ton mobile crane. (references) |
Senegal | The plan calls for the building of a distribution center, which will help in eliminating current congestion at the Port, the extension of the container terminal, and the acquisition of a gantry crane. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gantry crane | 152 |
portable gantry crane | 4 |
used gantry crane | 3 |
container gantry crane | 3 |
overhead gantry crane | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GANTRY CRANE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подемен кран (shear-legs, sheer-legs, sheers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fremfoering af portalkranen foregaar med haandsving,kaedetraek eller elektrisk drev (chain tackle block or electromotor, the movement of the gantry crane is controlled by a hand-winch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | de portaalkraan looptmet behulp van een handlier,kettingblok of elektromotor (chain tackle block or electromotor, the movement of the gantry crane is controlled by a hand-winch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | portique signaux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Portalkran (Goliath crane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γερανός σταθερού πυλώνα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | portáldaru (travelling crane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | il movimento di traslazione delle gru a cavalletto è ottenuto a manovella,con paranchi con catene o mediante motori elettrici (chain tackle block or electromotor, the movement of the gantry crane is controlled by a hand-winch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | antrygay anecray o movimento de translação dos pórticos é assegurado por manivela,cadernal de corrente ou motor eléctrico para elevação ou translação (chain tackle block or electromotor, the movement of the gantry crane is controlled by a hand-winch). (various references) портальный кран (bridge crane, gantry-crane). (various references) pokretni kran. (various references) vinç (crab, crane, Derrick, hoist, hoisting crane, hoisting engine, lifter, lifting jack, winch, windlass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-n-n-r-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: catenary, regnancy, tangency. | |
-4 letters: agentry, arrange, cannery, carnage, cartage, cateran, cyanate, errancy, granary, granter, narrate, nectary, regnant, regrant, tanager, tannage, tannery, tenancy, ternary, tracery. | |
-5 letters: agency, agnate, anergy, angary, arcane, argent, arrant, artery, canary, canner, canter, carate, carnet, carney, carter, catena, centra, cranny, crater, cygnet, errant, errata, gannet, gantry, garner, garnet, garret, garter. | |
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