luffing crane
1luffing crane — or luffing jib crane noun A jib crane with the jib hinged at its lower end to the crane structure so as to allow alteration of its radius of action • • • Main Entry: ↑luff …
2luffing crane — /ˈlʌfɪŋ kreɪn/ (say lufing krayn) noun a crane with a jib whose angle, and hence the radius of lifting, can be altered …
3luffing-jib crane — luffing crane or luffing jib crane noun A jib crane with the jib hinged at its lower end to the crane structure so as to allow alteration of its radius of action • • • Main Entry: ↑luff …
4Crane (machine) — A modern crawler type derrick crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a jib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower material …
5Crane vessel — Wind Lift I, Emden harbor, Emden, Germany …
6Container crane — Container cranes A container crane (also container handling gantry crane, ship to shore crane ) is a design of large dockside gantry cranes found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships …
7National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators — Type Professional Organization Founded 1995 Location Fairfax, VA (headquarters office) Key people John M. Kennedy, president …
8March 2008 Manhattan construction crane collapse — On March 15, 2008, a crane owned by New York Crane Equipment collapsed at 303 East 51st Street on 51st Street in Manhattan, New York, United States. Seven people were killed and 24 others were injured.[1] It was a luffing jib tower crane… …
9Luff — or luffing may refer to:* Luffing, when a sailing sheet is eased so far past trim that airflow over the surface is disrupted * The leading edge of a sail * Luffing crane, a type of crane where the jib, rather than being fixed, can be raised and… …
10Tow truck — Heavy Tow truck Wrecker on duty in Jyväskylä, Finlan …
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