answersLogoWhite

0

Because they can then lift the steel easily without having to put chains and lifting gear onto it.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Physics

What is a large crane used for lifting and moving heavy objects?

A large crane used for lifting and moving heavy objects is typically called a mobile crane. These cranes are equipped with telescopic booms and wheels for mobility, allowing them to lift heavy loads and transport them to different locations on construction sites or other industrial settings.


Why is electromagnet used in a scrapyards?

Electromagnets are used in scrapyards to lift and transport metal objects. When an electric current passes through the coil of wire in the electromagnet, it creates a magnetic field that attracts ferrous materials like iron and steel. This makes it easier to handle and sort large quantities of scrap metal efficiently.


How does a car scrap heap magnet work?

Scrap Heap MagnetUsually the kind of magnet a junkyard uses is an electromagnet. An electromagnet is simply an iron core wrapped around by copper wire. Then current runs through the wire, it becomes a very strong magnet. There are other types, but I think electromagnet is the most common for car scrap heap.


What voltage should be applied to make an electromagnet?

The strength of the electromagnet depends on the magnitude of the current in the coil around it.The voltage required is only what produces the desired current in the coil. Since the coil is nothing butwire, the resistance is quite low, and a relatively small voltage produces a relatively large current.


What is the cost of the largest eletromagnet?

The cost of the largest electromagnet can vary significantly depending on its size, magnetic field strength, and custom specifications. Large-scale research electromagnets used in scientific applications can range from $1 million to $10 million or more.

Related Questions

How is electromagnet the same as permanent?

An electromagnet is only magnetic while current is flowing through the coils. A permanent magnet is always magnetic, and does not need electricity. An example of an electromagnet at work is in a metal scrape yard, where a large electromagnet is used by a crane operator to lift ferrous metals into a crusher (scrapped cars, for instance). The metal drops into the crusher when the electricity is switched off by the crane operator. Therefore, they are only really similar when both are magnetised.


How does a scrap heap crane work?

A scrapheap crane works simply by a piece of soft iron surrounded in coper coiled coil and a electromagnet. when the switch is activated a current is sent from the battery to the electromagnet!


Is the sarus crane flightless?

No the large Sarus crane is not flightless but it is non-migratory.


How does a scrapheap magnet work?

A junkyard or recycling center may employ a large magnet crane to move metal objects and scrap.It is an electromagnet : with the power turned on, it attracts the ferrous materials to its metal disk. When the crane has reached the desired location (pile, container, or truck), the power is turned off and the magnetic attraction ceases, dropping the materials.


Is the red crowned crane a bird?

The Red-crowned Crane, Japanese Crane, or Manchurian Crane is a type of bird. It is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world.


How does a constuction crane work without magnets?

A construction crane uses a large hook, or a wrecking ball.


How do magnets in a crane work?

They are an electromagnet which is a wire coil wound outside a large iron core. When the coil is energized with electricity by the crane operator it creates magnetism and when the power is switched off the magnetism stops. This type of magnet is what makes a car starter engage, electrical solenoids are a version and many common household items utilize electromagnets. Trunk release on your car, etc.


What is the name of the machine that lifts shipping containers?

It is a type of large dockside gantry called a container crane or container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane


What is a mobile crane and what are the uses?

A mobile crane is a cable-controlled hydraulic crane with a boom. Some uses include hauling cargo, as well as hauling large loads for construction.


What types of cranes live in North America?

The most famous North American crane is the Whooping crane. In the midwest the Sandhill Crane appears in large numbers when they migrate. Another rarer type is known as the Common Crane.


Elliot Construction has two cranes The large crane can lift up to 7 tons The small one can lift up to 6 tons How much more weight can the large crane lift than the small crane?

Up to one ton, apparently..


How do you weight a whale?

Using a crane and a very large weighing scale.