A large manipulator includes an articulated boom that can be folded out. The articulated boom includes boom segments including a last boom segment having a boom tip. The articulated boom includes an end hose and end-hose holder. The end hose is flexible, arranged on the last boom segment, and can be removably coupled to the last boom segment by the end-hose holder. The end-hose holder includes a holding bracket arranged on the last boom segment. The holding bracket is configured to be pivotable into a first pivot position, a second pivot position, and a third pivot position relative to the last boom segment.

A piston-rod unit for a hydraulic cylinder including a first end piece that is a piston-side end piece and a second end piece that is a rod-eye-side end piece. The piston-rod unit also includes a hollow piston rod with a cavity and that is arranged between the first end piece and the second end piece. The cavity extends at least partially into one or both of the first end piece and the second end piece. A plug is inserted into the cavity such that the plug supports the piston rod and/or the first end piece or second end piece.

A vehicle having a thick matter pump has multiple supporting devices, a rotatable mast assembly with part-mast members, and a hydraulic drive assembly with hydraulic drives for the supporting devices and the mast assembly. A valve assembly is provided for the hydraulic drive assembly. The valve assembly has a group of proportional valves and a group of switching valve devices which are each connected to at least one hydraulic drive of the supporting devices or the part-mast members. The switching valve devices are connected downstream of the proportional valves. Exactly one switching valve device is supplied by exactly one proportional valve and is connected downstream of exactly one proportional valve such that outputs of the proportional valves lead exclusively to inputs of the switching valve devices.

The invention relates to a concrete pump, comprising: —a frame; —a supporting leg, the supporting leg having a supporting foot, the supporting foot being extensible relative to the supporting leg; and—a drive for driving a movement of the supporting leg relative to the frame. A camera image of a hazard zone around the supporting leg is produced by a monitoring sensor. The drive is controlled by means of a remote control. The data information is transferred to the remote control via an interface. The invention also relates to a method for supporting a concrete pump. On the basis of the received data information, it can be determined, by means of the remote control, whether the movement of the supporting leg causes a hazard.

A hose management system for a 3D printing system having a print medium pump and a print nozzle may include a base, a vertical tower extending upward from the base, a vertical pipe rotatably coupled to the vertical tower, a boom pipe extending laterally outward from and rotating with the vertical pipe, a stick connected to the boom pipe for relative rotation about at least two perpendicular axes, and a print hose connected between the boom pipe and the print nozzle so that the vertical pipe, the boom pipe and the print hose place the print medium pump in fluid communication with the print nozzle. The print hose may be suspended from the stick such that the vertical pipe, the boom pipe, the stick and the print hose follow movement of the print nozzle by the 3D printing system to print a 3D object.

A vehicle having a thick matter pump has multiple supporting devices, a rotatable mast assembly with part-mast members, and a hydraulic drive assembly with hydraulic drives for the supporting devices and the mast assembly. A valve assembly is provided for the hydraulic drive assembly. The valve assembly has a group of proportional valves and a group of switching valve devices which are each connected to at least one hydraulic drive of the supporting devices or the part-mast members. The switching valve devices are connected downstream of the proportional valves. Exactly one switching valve device is supplied by exactly one proportional valve and is connected downstream of exactly one proportional valve such that outputs of the proportional valves lead exclusively to inputs of the switching valve devices.

A method controls the movement of a boom, wherein the boom is moved by a plurality of hydraulic drives. Each hydraulic drive is fed with a hydraulic medium, the pressure and/or volume flow of which is adjustable. The method predefines a desired direction of movement and a desired speed of a boom tip; predictively calculates a pressure and/or a volume flow required for each of the hydraulic drives that are required for the desired direction of movement and desired speed; subsequently generates a supply pressure depending on the predictively calculated pressures and/or subsequently generating a supply volume flow as a function of the predictively calculated volume flows; and subsequently feeds the hydraulic drives required for the desired direction of movement and desired speed with the hydraulic medium having a respective feed pressure and/or a respective feed volume flow such that the boom tip moves in the desired direction of movement at the desired speed.

A tower crane includes: a jib provided to extend or retract along the lengthwise direction; a cathead provided to extend or retract in the vertical direction; and a movable balance weight installed under a counter jib to be slidable in the horizontal direction, outwardly moved to be farther away from a mast when the jib is unfolded to have an increased length, and moved toward the mast when the jib retracts to have a decreased length, so that the center of gravity of the tower crane is adjusted according to the length of the jib and thus the balance is adjusted. Moreover, the tower crane comprises a movement guide part installed between the counter jib and the movable balance weight to guide the movement of the movable balance weight in the horizontal direction.

A power supply unit includes inputs for receiving electric energy from multiple electric energy sources. The power supply unit also includes outputs for delivering electric energy for operating working components of a truck-mounted concrete pump. The power supply unit is configured to control consumption of electrical energy from the electric energy sources.

The present disclosure provides a boom, a boom assembly and a work machine. The work machine comprises a boom support structure and the boom assembly connected to the boom support structure, wherein the boom assembly comprises a plurality of first booms hinged to one another, at least one of the first boom is the boom, the boom has a box-type structure and comprises a body comprising a first body portion and a second body portion, the first body portion and the second body portion overlapping each other to enclose and form the box-type structure. The boom can be designed to have a light weight, and a split-type design facilitates simplifying a mold, improving the versatility of a mold, alleviating the inconsistent of thermal deformation of the boom, and facilitating later maintenance.