Monorails provide an easy way to move large items from point A to point B without breaking your back. While monorail systems are ideally used in the manufacturing and warehousing of items, they can be used to bring products through the entire manufacturing process without the need for them to ever touch the ground.
CraneWerks is an authorized distributor of monorail systems from TC/American. CraneWerks can design monorail systems that can work specifically with the space you have and the capabilities you need. Whether light-duty monorails with hand-pushed trolleys on the 200 Series rail and components, or a heavy-duty monorail with a motorized carrier on the 325, 400, or 450 Series rail, Let CraneWerks provide the right combination of rail, switches, curves, interlocks, and carriers to meet your exact layout requirement.
Patented track evolved from re-rolled old railroad rails for handling materials in cattle barns. As loads became heavier and service requirements became more exacting, the need arose to develop a track to carry heavier loads over longer spans with a better rolling surface. “Patented track” was developed specifically to address these requirements.
Today’s patented track tee sections are specially rolled steel billets with a high carbon and manganese content, two elements that greatly affect the hardness and toughness of the material. Though patented track rail is sometimes referred to as “hardened track,” the tee section of the rail is not process hardened. Instead, it gets its hardness (durability) from the chemistry of the steel used. This material provides the perfect rolling environment for our articulating trolleys.
Patented track is economical, has better wear resistance and delivers a smooth riding surface.
The backbone of our patented track cranes or monorail systems is our 3-piece rail, specifically designed to provide the maximum in strength, flexibility and durability. This “composite” beam is engineered to fit the needs of the system and fabricated to order, resulting in the lowest weight per system, the lowest weight imparted to the support structure, and the lowest lead time possible. Compare this to wide flange or I-beam systems that must be constructed from whatever materials are currently available at a steel warehouse, or wait for a mill to roll the size required.
Our articulating trolleys are the ideal partner for patented track rail. By providing an equal weight distribution at all times, the trolley prevents wheel rocking by compensating for minor changes in load shifts, resulting in reduced wear on trolley wheels and rail.
Time after time. Year after year. TC/American builds the perfect beast of burden – the best overhead rail/trolley system for moving all kinds of material in all kinds of ways. They discovered years ago that conventional I-beam systems have a lot of shortcomings. Solving those problems led to the TC/American patented track system – the one to trust for dependable workhorse performance day in, and day out. Every TC/American track and trolley system offers complete design flexibility. You can move loads easily throughout your plant in precisely the patterns you choose. And because it’s engineered with standard components wherever possible, this superior system can also cut installation costs. But most important, it delivers smoother performance, longer, with less maintenance. Check the charts below for a point-by-point comparison of how TC/American outperforms any system using structural I-beam tracks.
Design Flexibility
Lighter building loads
Pre-engineered components available to custom fit your application
Eliminates redundant structure
Efficient use of floor and air space
Optimum material flow
All cranes are completely mechanically and electrically assembled and factory tested before installation
Runways are prefabricated, pre-punched, pre-cut, and pre-painted
Match-marked crane runways reduce installation time
Crane runways use bolt-together construction for splices and supports
Underhung design permits economical expansion of the crane system by interlocking with additional cranes and/or monorails
Bolt-together runway construction allows for easy modification
Standard design of all components ensures compatibility
Interchangeable standard parts
Trolley design allows easy wheel changing
Hardened operating track reduces need for runway beam replacement
Steel wheels with hardened treads for long life
The perfect rail for light capacity or light duty cranes and monorails, up to 2 ton. This is the original “work station” product line and has provided economical material handling systems to America since before World War II!
200 Series cranes and monorails deliver maximum strength and minimum roll resistance. Systems can be hand pushed or motor driven. Miles and miles of this rail have been installed in laundries and other applications with a slight slope to the monorail, allowing the trolleys to be “gravity powered.” Importantly, our 200 Series Systems are supported by a complete line of switches, curves, suspension components, cranes, trolleys and drive tractors.
Rail is provided either as “2R3-5T” (twin-section rail only, with hangers clamped into the head of the sections) or as “Girder Rail” (twin-section rail welded to a web and top flange for longer spans and heavier loads). Maximum two-wheel trolley load of 2000 pounds.
We supply industry with the hardest working material handling equipment available. This versatile rail product line is available with our “L” Series Tee (7/16″ thick section) and our “H” Series Tee (11/16″ thick section). Standard capacities for cranes and monorails range from 500 pounds (or lighter) up to 20 ton (or more upon special design).
Used for monorails, switches, curves, runways, single girder cranes, double girder cranes, multiple runway cranes and more. Available in standard depths of 8″ to 40″ to provide you with rail precisely engineered and manufactured to meet your load requirements.
Tell us the exact lengths of rail you need, up to 60 feet long, at standard pricing and availability. Need some rails 90 feet long or more? We can do it! Maximum two-wheel trolley load: 5500 pounds for “L” Series; 10,000 pounds for “H” Series.
Our “Railmaster II” is a three-piece welded rail, similar in construction to the 325 and 450 Series rail. This rail series has a flat operating flange and is used for replacement of existing Twin City Monorail “R-1” and American Monorail “MD-1” or “Railmaster” wide flange rail systems. It is not recommended for new systems. Maximum two-wheel trolley load: 5200 pounds for standard rail; 6600 pounds for rail with tension strip
Curves are formed from TC/American patented track rails. Standard curves and radii are available as well as curves that are formed to meet your exact needs. Monorail curves may be right hand, left hand, reverse (“S”) and be almost anything up to and including 360 degrees. Curve radii may be as tight as 14″ for non-electrified 200 Series or 40′ or greater on 325, 400 or 450 Series rail.
Use of this system may reduce the number of sway braces needed as compared to an ordinary rigid hanger rod system. Spherical seats and washers areused to allow up to 5 degrees of movement from perpendicular; which may reduce installation time since it can accommodate some “out-of-level” conditions, without the need for additional shimming.
Allows use of a monorail or runway across buildings expansion joint without compromising its ability to function.
TC/American provides a full line of manual and powered monorail accessories including switches, crossovers, turntables, and lift sections. Our standard cataloged components handle most applications, but if your application requires more, we invite you to put our talented design and engineering team to the test.
Initially designed for use with fire doors, track openers allow a gate section of a monorail to swing out of the way and provide clear passage for a door through the monorail line. Track Opener operation can be motorized, manual with pull ropes, or spring loaded to make way for fire doors automatically. Monorail track can be either electrified or non-electrified and if your application requires a more extensive track opening rotating track sections are available.
Unlike a standard switch, turntables are very adaptable to most configurations and are designed to move while under load. Turntables can be used to allow rotation of a load when suspended from multiple suspension points such as a twin hook hoists.
Permit accurate alignment and smooth travel of a hoist carrier between two adjacent cranes or between a crane and monorail system. Load bar stops prevent carriers from rolling off open ends of cranes. Both manual and power operated interlocks are available for single and double girder cranes.
Crossovers are used where building obstructions prevent latching or interlocking of one crane bridge directly to another; carriers can be transferred bridge-to-bridge via an Interlocking Crossover. Compensating crossover (as shown) are ideal for maintaining proper gap spacing when interlocking two or more long span multi-runway cranes together.
