stacker crane

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstækə kɹeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

stacker crane (plural stacker cranes)

  1. An overhead rail-guided crane system that employs a load handling mechanism distinct from a hoist
    • 2020 September 11, Joseph Talavage, Flexible Manufacturing Systems in Practice: Design: Analysis and Simulation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 128:
      There is a variety of designs of stacker crane. In the design from which they probably get their name, the vertical mast hangs from the carriage of an overhead crane. The gantry and carriage of the crane permit two - directional []

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