The travel carriage is driven by a geared motor via a pinion and a tooth rack fitted on the floor on both sides to ensure correct alignment. The tooth rack is fitted upside down to prevent material from sticking to it, thus stabilizing operation. It is placed on the longitudinal carriage. The latter is fitted on the carriage for longitudinal travel.

Traveling cranes are typically used in industries to move heavy objects that other material handling methods cannot move. It is a type of crane that has railed support structure, called a bridge, and a wheeled trolley that travels across the bridge. There are several types of traveling cranes available for industrial use. It is used for many industrial applications such as lifting loads too heavy for other equipment to move.

Traveling Gantry Machining Centers machine front and rear chassis, excavator booms/arms & compact excavator floor pans. A travelling gantry machining centre with a new five-axis milling head eliminates the need for head-changing to complete roughing and finishing for press tool and mould & die manufacture.