12/03/2013 - 04:00 am
First Comprehensive Handbook for Hydraulic Gantry Systems Published
"Telescopic Hydraulic Gantry Systems" by David Duerr, P.E. is the first comprehensive handbook that addresses planning, engineering, and lifting with hydraulic gantry systems. Topics covered include a detailed history of the development of gantry systems, descriptions of the main components of a gantry system, the loads that act during a lift, gantry system stability, lift planning and engineering, lifting operations, industry standards, and risk management. The book is available from Amazon.com.