What is the use of crane rail

Oct 09, 2025 Leave a message

Rails are the core components of any system, with a surface in direct contact with moving machines. For more than 18 years,GNEE RAIL has delivered soft-mount solutions for all manner of crane and track systems, with specific expertise in overhead and gantry cranes.

 

heavy rail

 

Crane rail is specially used for laying tracks for cranes, such as railroad cranes, overhead cranes, gantry cranes and other types of cranes. It provides a smooth and strong runway for the cranes to move forward and backward when operating heavy loads.

 

Rail Type SIZE(mm) theoretical weight
height bottom width head width waist depth
Crane rail QU70 120 120 70 28 52.8
QU80 130 130 80 32 63.69
QU100 150 150 100 38 88.96
QU120 170 170 120 44 118.1

 

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Crane Rail applications

 

Bridge crane rail

 

  • Places where bridge cranes are used such as factory workshops and warehouses.

 

  • Crane rails are installed on I-beam beams or track beams to bear the wheel pressure of lateral movement.

 

  • Requires high wear resistance, stable load-bearing, and is not easy to deform.

 

Gantry crane rail

 

  • Commonly found in ports, shipyards, container yards, and steel warehouses.

 

  • Usually, a track is laid on the ground, installed on a concrete foundation.

 

  • Crane rails can withstand long-term rolling of large-tonnage lifting equipment.

 

Rail-mounted gantry crane rail

 

  • Applied in railway freight yards, mines, machinery manufacturing, etc.

 

  • Crane rails must meet high-frequency start-stop and impact resistance.

 

qu120 rail

 

Electric single-beam/double-beam crane rail

 

  • Commonly used in small and medium-sized factories and maintenance workshops.

 

  • Crane rails can be used on track beams and can also be used in conjunction with steel structures to erect light track systems.

 

Automated warehousing system track

 

  • Certain logistics automation systems and stacker track systems also use crane rails.

 

  • Requires precise docking and smooth operation.

 

qu80 rail

 

GNEE RAIL long-term supplies various types of Steel Rail products. These include Light Rail, Heavy Rail, and Crane Rail. GNEE RAIL not only supplies standard rail types but also provides customized processing, drilling, cutting, and installation technical services. Please contact us at any time to learn more about Steel Rail selection or obtain a quotation.