Column Mounted Jib Cranes

Column-mounted Jib cranes or Jib arms are a very cost-effective purchase for any factory that is restricted on floor space.

As the name suggests a column-mounted Jib Crane can be fitted to any structural beam within the factory or outside to suitable steelwork. As long as the supporting steel structure has been passed to ensure it is strong enough to sustain not only the weight of the Jib arm but the load to be lifted as well. Most structural engineers confirm the requirements if required. 

The column-mounted jib is a much cheaper option than the floor-mounted jib as it is supplied without the expensive upright mounting pillar – this makes this style of jib the most cost-effective option. 

When a column-mounted jib is purchased from Ultimate Lifting Solutions, it is supplied as the swinging arm plus a pair of fixing brackets that aid the fitting of the jib arm to the column. The brackets fit behind the back of the existing steelwork/column or pillar and are all clamped together with suitable fixing bolts. The arm itself fits snugly between the upper and lower brackets and is held securely in place by the use of our quality pivot pin. 

Once installed the column-mounted Jib arm will be able to swing or slew from left to right up to 270° depending on any restrictions – We can supply slew limits if required.

Ultimate Lifting Solutions supply an over-braced profile Jib Arm as standard – we can offer underbraced or I-Beam style arm if required. And can offer more specialised articulated or knuckle style jib arms if required. Within the arm, our easy roll quality manual push/pull trolley is fitted and it will run the full length of the arm, it is also suitable to have an electric or manual hoist fitted to it to aid your lifting requirements.

Ultimate Lifting Solutions can design, manufacture, and supply special Jib arms that can be used either outside with a galvanised finish to help protect against the elements, we can also supply special jib arms suitable for wet rooms laboratories and/or food-grade stainless steel Jib Arms.

The ULS LTD Jib Arms can be supplied to suit most requirements.  And start from only 80Kgs safe working loads, we also jib arms with capacities 125Kgs, 250Kgs 500Kgs and 1000Kgs – we also supply jib arms at various lengths starting from 2m increasing in 1m lengths to 3m, 4m, 5m and 6m.

How to choose your Column Mounted Jib Arm - Before contacting Ultimate Lifting Solutions you will need to know the following information on how to choose your Jib crane.

Confirm your max capacity (SWL) – we suggest this to be as close as possible to the weight of the heaviest component you will be lifting – ie – If your object being lifted is 200Kgs – choose the 250Kgs Jib arm

What Height Jib do I need – Commonly known as the height of lift (HOL). Confirm the size of the item to be lifted, tell us what you need to lift onto and very importantly, do you have any height restrictions at all?

What outreach is required? What length do you need the Jib arm to be? Take into consideration the position of the jib arm and where you need it to reach, keep in mind if any restrictions are to be thought of, like other steelwork, pillars etc.

Rotation angle – commonly known as the slewing angle, as standard column-mounted Jib arms have a 270° slewing angle – This can be restricted with the supply of slewing limits.

Do you require a hoist – Most commonly fitted hoist is the electric Chain Hoist, which will increase production time by decreasing the operation time – it will pay for itself in no time at all – we can supply manually operated hoists as well. And, tool or spring balancers to aid small production lines.

Hoist suspension – as standard the wrap-around jib arm is fitted with a push/pull style easy roll trolley, which is fine for this type of jib crane up to 1 tonne – If you require an electric trolley, we can supply these as well.

Installation – Ultimate Lifting Solutions offer the full package, design, and supply of Jib cranes, but we also offer installation of Jib Cranes, we have installed at any location around the UK with our fully qualified engineers that have been installing Jib cranes for many years.