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What is the Pendant Push Button for cranes?

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  A crane pendant station or pendant control is a crane control device that is wired to the overhead crane or a hoist. It is a series of simple switches that can control heavy electrical loads in various ways. These loads are typically hoists or cranes, but they can also be anything from conveyor belt systems to specialized assembly line equipment. The crane pendant is the connection between the operator and the crane. They provide control devices t hat allow the crane to complete the job. Depending on the pendant you use and the configuration of your crane and lifting equipment, Anand data pendants will look very different. Regardless of appearance, the button symbols are standardized. The crane pendant push button station contains a low-power pilot duty switch connected to a programmable logic controller (PLC), relay or another automation circuit to control heavy loads. To use them, the user operates the switches on the manual pendant in a spec...

Crane Pendant Station for controlling the crane

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What is Crane Pendant? Crane pendant is a crane-controlling device. Pendant push buttons are used for controlling the hoist in eot cranes and overhead cranes. Cranes Pendants have been used to control the lifting of the load. It is a simple series of switches. Crane pendants are the most important part of the crane. Crane pendant is also known as crane pendant station and crane control unit. Now, we see how it works? Until about ten years ago, all bridge and eot cranes were operated by wired pendant push button control. But recently cranes can be controlled by remote control. Cranes are operated by the crane operator and ground personnel. Crane operators have seating in the crane cabin. The ground personnel is guided to the operator or the crane can be controlled using lever control. The crane control unit can be connected to the crane itself or like many cranes, it can be a radio remote unit. The operators can control the crane using wired push buttons connected to the crane and susp...