What is Crane (machine)?
[[Image:TowerCrane.jpg|thumb|right|A tower crane with a pivoted main boom]] A '''crane''' is a lifting machine that has [[hoist]]s, [[wire]] [[rope]]s and [[Sheave (mechanical)|sheaves]] on it. It can be used both to raise and lower things or to move them left and right. Cranes are often used in the construction industry (building houses or buildings) and in creating or moving heavy things. == Other websites == *[http://www.cadets.ca/seacad/resources-ressources/phase3/6_e.asp Knots, hitches and bends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107203551/http://www.cadets.ca/seacad/resources-ressources/phase3/6_e.asp |date=2007-01-07 }} *[http://cic.nist.gov/vrml/equip.html VRML Simulation of an Excavator, Tower Crane, and Dumptruck] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214231526/http://cic.nist.gov/vrml/equip.html |date=2007-12-14 }} {{transport-stub}} {{commonscat|Cranes (machines)}} [[Category:Machines]]