Ama-cranes kagesi angaphezulu atholakala ekucushweni okune okuyisisekelo, ajwayele izimo zokusebenza ezihlukahlukene kanye nezidingo zokuphakamisa, okuhlanganisa i-single-girder, i-double-girder, ukuhamba phezulu, kanye nezinhlelo zokulenga ngaphansi kwe-stowage-under-hanging. Ukuhamba okuvundlile kukhreni wohlobo lwe-push kunikwa amandla ngesandla sika-opharetha; okunye, i-crane engaphezulu kukagesi inikwa amandla kagesi. Okhreyini abangaphezulu kukagesi basebenza ngogesi kusukela ku-control pendant, isilawuli kude esingenantambo, noma endaweni ebiyelwe exhunywe kukhreni.
Akuwona wonke ama-cranes angaphezulu adalwe alingana, kunezici ezithile ezijwayelekile zama-cranes angaphezulu, njenge-hoist, isihlilingi, i-beam, ibakaki, kanye nesistimu yokulawula. Ngokuvamile, ama-Box Girder Cranes asetshenziswa ngababili, izindlela zokuphakamisa ezisebenza kumathrekhi anamathiselwe phezulu kwe-Box Girder ngayinye. Akhiwe amathrekhi ahambisanayo, afana kakhulu nojantshi wesitimela, nebhuloho elinqamulayo elinqamula igebe.
Waziwa nangokuthi i-deck crane, njengoba yakhiwe imigwaqo yezindiza ehambisanayo exhunywe ibhuloho elihambayo. Ama-cranes ohlobo lwe-Single-girder electric-trunnion-type akhiwe ngama-trunnion kagesi ahamba nge-flange ephansi phezu kwebhande elikhulu. I-double girder electric overhead crane inomshini wokuhambisa inkalankala, ehamba phezu kwamabhande amabili amakhulu.
Le nsimbi yebhuloho, noma ibhande elilodwa, lisekela umshini wokuliphakamisa, noma i-hoist, ehamba ngomzila ongezansi womugqa webhuloho; ubizwa nangokuthi i-crane elenga ngaphansi komhlaba noma ngaphansi. I-crane yebhuloho inemishayo emibili engaphezulu enendawo egijimayo exhunywe esakhiweni esisekela izakhiwo. I-crane yebhuloho engaphezulu cishe izohlala ine-lift eyodwa eya kwesokunxele noma kwesokudla. Izikhathi eziningi, lawa ma-cranes azobe esebenza kumathrekhi, ukuze lonke uhlelo lukwazi ukuhamba esakhiweni noma phambili ukuya emuva.
Izindlela ze-crane zisetshenziselwa ukudlulisa umthwalo osindayo noma omkhulu usuka endaweni eyodwa uye kwenye, unciphisa amandla omuntu, ngaleyo ndlela unikeze amazinga aphezulu okukhiqiza nokusebenza kahle. I-hoist engaphezulu iphakamisa futhi yehlise umthwalo kusetshenziswa isigubhu noma isondo lokuphakamisa, elinamaketanga noma intambo yocingo eboshwe kulo. Okunye okubizwa ngokuthi okhreyini bebhuloho noma okhreyini abangaphezulu kukagesi, okhreyini basefekthri abangaphezulu balungele ukukhushulwa nokuhanjiswa kwezimpahla ekukhiqizeni, ekuhlanganiseni, noma ekuphatheni izinto. I-double girder overhead travel crane ilungele ukuphakamisa nokuhambisa imithwalo esindayo ikakhulukazi efika kumathani ayi-120. Ihlaba umxhwele ngendawo yayo ebanzi efinyelela kumamitha angu-40, futhi ingahlonyiswa ngezinye izici kuye ngezidingo, njenge-walkover yesevisi engxenyeni yebhuloho likakhreyini, i-arm-crabber enezinkundla zokulungisa, noma i-lift eyengeziwe.
Amandla kagesi adluliswa kaningi ukusuka emthonjeni omile ukuya kudeki ye-crane ehambayo ngesistimu yebha yekhondatha egxunyekwe ensikeni yethrekhi. Lolu hlobo lwe-crane lusebenza kusetshenziswa amasistimu asebenza ngomoya womoya noma isistimu kagesi eklanywe ngokukhethekile yokuvikela ukuqhuma. Okhreyini abangaphezulu kukagesi ngokuvamile basetshenziswa ekukhiqizeni, endaweni yokugcina impahla, ekulungiseni nasekulungiseni izinhlelo zokusebenza ukuze kukhuliswe ukusebenza kahle nokuphepha komsebenzi, nokwenza lula ukuhamba komsebenzi wakho. Okhreni bokwakha umkhumbi abangaphezulu baklanywe ngokukhethekile ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zendawo, futhi bahlanganisa ama-steel plate hoist kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobo zamaketango asebenza ngogesi.