Cranes and grapples are used for moving heavy materials in industrial plants.  In the wood products industry cranes and grapples are used to load trucks and rail cars (trains) with logs, lumber, plywood, OSB and MDF panels and pulp and paper.

A crane with a log grapple is also used in certain applications to offload logging trucks, deck wood in the mill yard and feed the stems to the sawmill or pulp mill woodroom infeed.

English Terminology: crane, cranes, grapple, grapples, logs, stems, blocks, lumber, plywood, OSB, MDF, panels, pulp, paper, sawmill, planer mill, plywood plant, oriented strand board, medium density fibre board, pulp, paper, wet mill, dry mill

French Terminology: grue, grues, grappin, grappins, les journaux, les tiges, blocs, bois, contreplaqué, OSB, MDF, panneaux, de pâte, papier, scierie, rabotage, usine de contreplaqué, panneaux à copeaux orientés, panneaux de fibres de moyenne densité, de la pâte, le papier, mouillé moulin, moulin à sec

German Terminology: Kran, Kräne, Greifer, Greifer, Baumstämme, Stiele, Platten, Schnittholz, Sperrholz, OSB, MDF, Platten-, Zellstoff-, Papier-, Sägewerk, Hobelwerk, Sperrholz Pflanze, OSB, mitteldichte Faserplatte, Zellstoff, Papier, nass Mühle, Mühle trocken

Spanish Terminology: grúa, grúas, luchan, se enfrenta, troncos, tallos, bloques, madera, madera contrachapada, OSB, MDF, tableros, pulpa, papel, aserraderos, fábrica de cepillo, planta de madera contrachapada, tableros de fibra orientada, tablero de fibra de densidad media, pulpa, papel mojado molino, molino seco