stacker crane

/ˈstækə kɹeɪn/

noun

An overhead rail-guided crane system that employs a load handling mechanism distinct from a hoist

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Meanings

nounstacker crane (plural stacker cranes)

plural stacker cranes

  1. An overhead rail-guided crane system that employs a load handling mechanism distinct from a hoist

    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[…]

    2020 September 11, Joseph Talavage, Flexible Manufacturing Systems in Practice: Design: Analysis and Simulation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 128

Translations

Polish układnica
  • układnicaan overhead crane system

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

stacker crane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stacker%20crane

MLA

“stacker crane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stacker%20crane. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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