
Simply reliable – to meet your everyday needs
Simply reliable – to meet your everyday needs
DC-Com chain hoist
DC-Com chain hoist
High quality for everyday needs
Our DC-Com chain hoist is the right solution for your everyday needs. Designed for applications with typical requirements, DC-Com chain hoists are proven, simple and highly reliable. DC-Com units can be integrated into the rails of our KBK modular crane system or installed on I-beam girders, where our U 11–U 22 generation of trolleys provide smooth load transport.
- Simple commissioning
- Ergonomic handling
- Service-friendly
- FEM classification 1Am and 2m
- 24 V contactor control
- Two hoist speeds as standard
- Demag DC Chain Hoists are Hoist Manufacturer Institute certified. This means we are one of the industry’s leading suppliers of hoist equipment.
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Demag Cranes & Components Corp.
Demag Cranes & Components Corp.
6675 Parkland Blvd., Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44139
United States
Product information
The benefits at a glance
Reliable performance
- Various sizes with load capacities up to 4,400 lbs (2,000 kg)
- Standard 16 ft and 26 ft (5m and 8m) hook path
- Elapsed operating time counter and diagnosis interface
Excellent availability and ease of operation
- Available direct
- Fast and simple commissioning due to plug connections
- Ergonomic handling
- Service-friendly
High safety and reliability
- High-quality powder-coated surfaces for improved protection and a longer service life
- 24 V contactor control
- Slipping clutch with automatic cut-out by means of speed monitoring
- IP 55 enclosure for chain hoist and trolley
Great versatility
- Two hoist speeds
- Interface for electric travel
- Optional operating limit switches up to 2,200 lbs (1,000 kg)
U 11–U 34 trolleys
- Push travel in three sizes
- Fast and simple installation
- Can be used on parallel and sloping flanges
- Smooth travel and low travel resistance
Technical data
DC-Com selection table
Load capacity lbs [kg] |
Chain hoist type |
Reeving | Hoist speed |
CDF [%] |
Hook path ft [m] |
Group of mechanisms FEM/ISO |
|
ft/min[m/min] at 50 Hz |
ft/min[m/min] at 60 Hz |
||||||
175 [80] | DC-Com 1 | 1/1 | 26.2/6.6[8.0/2.0] | 32/8[9.6/2.4] | 40/20 | 13.1,16.4 and 26.2 [4, 5 and 8] | 3m/M6 |
220/275[100/125] | 2m/M5 | ||||||
350 [160] | DC-Com 2 | 20/5[6.0/1.5] | 24/6[7.2/1.8] | 25/15 | 2m/M5 | ||
440/550[200/250] | 1Am/M4 | ||||||
690 [315] | DC-Com 5 | 14.8/3.7[4.5/1.1] | 18/4.5[5.4/1.3] | 2m/M5 | |||
880/1100[400/500] | 1Am/M4 | ||||||
1,380 [630] | DC-Com 10 | 131/3.3[4.0/1.0] | 16/4[4.8/1.2] | 2m/M5 | |||
1,750/2,200[800/1,000] | 1Am/M4 | ||||||
2,750 [1,250] | 2/1 | 2m/M5 | |||||
3,500/4,400[1,600/2,000] | 1Am/M4 |
*) Longer hook paths on request
Application examples
Application examples

KBK double-girder suspension crane with DC-Com chain hoist in a maintenance workshop for aircraft equipment

Safe and reliable handling also at greater lifting heights: DC-Com chain hoist installed on a KBK single-girder suspension crane

Maximum lifting height with a DC-Com chain hoist installed on a raised crab operating on a KBK double-girder suspension crane

Tried and tested combination: DC-Com on a KBK wall-mounted jib crane