Overhead handling equipments include cranes and hoists, which are used to move varying loads intermittently between points within an area. They are fixed by supporting and guiding rails and their primary function is transferring and lifting. Cranes are among the oldest type of fixed path equipment and are the backbones of the overhead handling in steel mills, metal fabricating shops and wherever heavy loads must be moved. Advantages of overhead handling equipments cranes and hoists are their minimum interference with the work on the floor, which may save valuable floor space and the potential use for unloading operations.