Coverage that earns its place.
We start with the actual picks, placement points, load, and lift frequency. Hook approach, headroom, and operator access help shape a crane that serves the work you need to do.
Bridge cranes / IMH Systems
Your crane. Your building. One coordinated plan.
Get a crane that fits your production, with the runway, support steel, and installation considered together. IMH connects equipment selection with real plant and field experience. Based in Indiana. Working nationwide.
Yellow IMH Systems bridge crane marked 15 ton spanning a fabrication bay with an access lift below.
Why choose IMH for your crane project?
Crane expertise.
A whole-plant perspective.
Your crane has to work with the building, the equipment below it, and the people running production. IMH brings crane selection, support steel, and installation planning together so those decisions stay connected.
Talk through your crane projectLicensed DEMAG distributor. Start with a sales engineer or complete a detailed DEMAG RFQ when you’re ready to share specifications.
The building is part of the proposal.
Runways, columns, bracing, and existing equipment affect the space you can use. We consider the crane and its supports together, including freestanding options where the application calls for them.
Field experience informs the plan.
Equipment removal, rigging access, staging, power, and shutdown timing belong in the early conversation. Our installation experience helps identify the work required to bring the crane into your facility.
A team that understands the equipment around it.
IMH also works with conveyors, powered hoist monorails, and industrial installations. When lifting meets a production line, we can discuss the load handoff, shared space, and installation sequence together.
Experience in an existing plant
Four cranes.
One coordinated replacement.
IMH removed existing equipment and installed four replacement bridge cranes, with field modifications, electrical integration, alignment, operational testing, and commissioning. Access, staging, and runway interfaces were part of the same installation scope.
See the replacement project- 2 × 15-ton
- Double-girder bridge cranes
- 2 × 10-ton
- Single-girder bridge cranes
IMH scope: equipment removal, replacement installation, field modifications, electrical integration, testing, and commissioning.
Start with the application
What belongs
in your plant?
Compare the movement you need and the conditions around it. The configuration follows the application.
Find your starting pointJib and gantry cranes
Local lifting around a station or a defined movable work area.
- Movement
- Local lifting with a jib arm or gantry bridge
- What to evaluate
- Reach, rotation or travel, floor conditions, stability, and support loads.
Bridge cranes
Lifting across a production bay or defined rectangular work area.
- Movement
- Bridge travel + trolley travel + vertical lift
- What to evaluate
- Hook coverage, span, duty, headroom, runway loads, and maintenance access.
Workstation cranes
Focused handling around an assembly area or individual operation.
- Movement
- Localized lifting coverage
- What to evaluate
- Working envelope, operator movement, support positions, and load handling.
Freestanding runways
A runway support arrangement to evaluate when building support is unavailable.
- Movement
- Supports the selected crane arrangement
- What to evaluate
- Columns, bracing, foundations, anchorage, and the equipment load path.
Powered hoist monorails
Lifting and moving individual loads between points along a defined overhead route.
- Movement
- Hoist lifting with powered travel along a rail
- What to evaluate
- Pickup and lowering points, whether travel needs to be manual or powered, carrier control, headroom, and rail supports.
Your project / Next step
Request a bridge crane project review
For industrial lifting projects, replacements and runway changes. Tell us what needs to move and the coverage you need; we will identify the open equipment and site questions.
See the four-crane replacement projectUseful details for the first conversation
- Lifted load, required capacity and work area
- Span, lift height and available building information
- Plant location, project stage and required timing
Share what you know. Leave unknown details open.
Email IMH salesThe engineering conversation
The details shape the system.
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Start with the work. Then select the crane.
The load is the beginning. Where it starts, where it needs to land, how often it moves, and who operates the lift determine the system that belongs in your plant.
IMH brings crane selection, hook coverage, building interfaces, runway planning, controls, and installation into one conversation. You get a proposal shaped around the production task.
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The right arrangement for your building.
Top-running and underhung describe how a bridge travels on the runway. Single and double girder describe its construction. They are related decisions, with different implications for headroom, wheel loads, capacity, and maintenance access.
- Single and double girder bridge cranes
- Top-running and underhung arrangements
- Workstation cranes for focused lifting coverage
- Freestanding runways and supporting steel
- Hoists, controls, electrification, and system modifications
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The support structure is part of the system.
Runway alignment, column positions, bracing, foundations, clearances, and building capacity matter as much as the crane itself. Existing structure must be evaluated for the proposed loads; visual condition alone cannot establish suitability.
We evaluate coverage and support arrangements together to preserve useful floor space, equipment access, and the way operators work.
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Plan the installation around your production.
Access for delivery and lifting equipment, an agreed shutdown sequence, power availability, and clearly assigned responsibilities help a project move from a drawing into the plant.
Define inspection, testing, operator handover, and commissioning responsibilities in the project scope. Acceptance requirements depend on the equipment, application, and parties involved.
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Start without a finished specification.
A preliminary conversation does not require a finished specification. Start with the load, the work area, and the production goal.
- Maximum lifted load and below-the-hook equipment
- Required coverage, span, and lift height
- Lift frequency and operating environment
- Existing building or proposed support conditions
- Project location and installation window
Make a confident buying decision
Compare the complete installed scope.
A useful crane proposal tells you what it takes to put the equipment to work. Bring these questions to your conversation with IMH.
Read the crane quote guideWill the hook reach every required pick?
Confirm coverage, lift height, hook approach, load, and operating duty against the actual work.
What is included around the crane?
Identify runway and support work, structural review, power, controls, and any work assigned to your team or other contractors.
How will the work fit the plant schedule?
Discuss removal, delivery, staging, rigging access, and the available installation window before setting the field plan.
What happens at handover and afterward?
Define testing, documentation, operator handover, warranty responsibilities, and the route for service support in the agreed scope.
Make the next choice
Explore the arrangements.
Look closer at the configurations that suit your production.
From Westport, Indiana. Working nationwide.
New crane. Replacement. A better lifting layout.
Bring us the lift.
Let’s plan the whole project.
Start with what you lift, where it needs to go, and your project location. Photos, a rough layout, or an existing crane specification help. You can leave unknown details open.
Discuss my crane project Or call (812) 363-1819