Reading Crane and Engineering Company

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Reading, PA  |  800-220-7203

Founded as Reading Chain and Block in 1905, we have become a new company with the same principles, providing excellent customer service and innovative overhead cranes. For over a century we have been manufacturing, building, designing, and installing parts for overhead cranes and hoists. We provide twenty four hour technical support because we know that downtime can be crippling to any business. Our company features a research and development department that is works hard in order to ensure that we stay on the forefront of technology at all times. Our overhead cranes are designed and built to meet our customer’s specific capacity, span and lifting height requirements. More importantly, Reading Crane and Engineering Co. takes careful consideration with regards to the intended use of the crane. The most important part of any overhead materials handling application is selecting the correct hoist to do the job. Your productivity and safety depend on it. Whether wire rope or chain, manual or electric or air powered, single girder or double girder trolleys, low headroom or standard headroom, we are able to assist in selecting the best hoist for your needs.

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Electric Hoist

Electric Hoist

Electric hoists are material handling equipment used for lifting, lowering, and transporting materials and products. They are powered by an electric motor and have a controller to adjust the lifting parameters...

Gantry Crane

Gantry Crane

A gantry crane is an overhead crane that has an overhead beam supported by freestanding legs and moves on wheels, a track, or rail system carrying a bridge, trolley, and hoist. Workshops, warehouses, freight yards, railroads, and shipyards use gantry cranes as their lifting solution as a variation of overhead or bridge cranes...

Jib Cranes

Jib Cranes

A jib crane is a lifting device with an arm or boom that extends off the main body of the crane to provide extra reach and has a lattice design to lower the weight added to a load. The design of jib cranes allows them to work...

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