The slab clamp crane is a special equipment for lifting and handling slabs, especially high-temperature slabs above 650 ℃. It is mainly used for hoisting and handling high-temperature slabs from continuous casting workshop to the slab warehouse or heating furnace, or used for handling normal temperature slabs, stacking, loading and unloading vehicles in the warehouse. According to the different objects to be transported, the slab clamp cranes can be divided into slab and billet clamps, steel plate clamps, steel coil clamps, and steel ingot clamps.