Gantry

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Gantry may refer to:

• Gantry crane, a crane having a hoist fitted in a trolley for parallel movement
• Gantry (rocketry), the frame which encloses and services a rocket at its launch pad
• Gantry (road sign), an overhead assembly on which highway signs or railway signals are posted
• Gantry (medical imaging), cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D-imaging.
• Gantry tower, a structure commonly found in electrical substation or transmission line

See also:

• Elmer Gantry, a 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis
• Elmer Gantry (film), a 1960 film based on the novel
• Scaffolding - occasionally referred to as a gantry when used as a support framework