A planar storage facility is provided with a storage/retrieval device for suspending and transporting storage items between a desired position in a storage item placement plane and a storage conveyor and a retrieval conveyor. A plurality of passage regions dividing the storage item placement plane into small areas are established in the storage item placement plane. At least one end of the passage regions opens to the outside of the periphery of the storage item placement plane. The task of manually unloading the storage items in the small areas can be performed from within the passage regions forming the small areas.

A crane, in particular a loading crane, includes an arm system that has a plurality of arms. The crane also has a crane controller that is configured, in a coordinate control operating mode, to control the coordinates of the arm system. The crane controller has a user interface, and the user interface has at least one function which can be selected by a user and by way of which at least one of the degrees of freedom of the arm system can be restricted or is restricted in the coordinate control operating mode.

The present invention relates to a grapple carriage for uphill, downhill and horizontal cabling of lumber and long goods. The carriage determines its absolute and relative position in space by means of a learning run or measuring run. During this run, a topographic ground profile and/or altitude profile is produced, and the position of the trees or long goods to be transported is analyzed. A central open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit processes all the machine status information which has been recorded and/or transmitted by the winch or yarder.

The present invention relates to a grapple carriage for uphill, downhill and horizontal cabling of lumber and long goods. The carriage determines its absolute and relative position in space by means of a learning run or measuring run. During this run, a topographic ground profile and/or altitude profile is produced, and the position of the trees or long goods to be transported is analyzed. A central open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit processes all the machine status information which has been recorded and/or transmitted by the winch or yarder.

A management system includes: a plurality of machine tools each including a base plate; a plurality of storage plates; an object holder enabling an object to be placed thereon; a conveying unit including a fetching unit that is configured to secure or release said object holder, and a bridge crane that is configured to move the fetching unit among the base plates and the storage plates; and a control unit controlling the bridge crane to move the fetching unit to where the object holder is located, and controlling the fetching unit to secure the object holder, and controlling the bridge crane to move the fetching unit along with the object holder to another location to release the object holder.

An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved on while avoiding a collision with a changed or newly specified obstacle.

An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved further along the movement directions and brought to a newly specified end point.

A method and optical detection equipment for monitoring a container transfer device on lowering a container onto or lifting away from a transport platform. The container, its pin holes' position and the position of the lock pins of the transport platform are determined by the optical detection equipment, which includes a group of optical detection devices measuring obliquely from up the container and the transport platform during lowering or lifting of the container such that positions of the container and the lock pins are determined based on the measurement of the same optical detection devices.

A crane control system for actuating positioners of a crane is configured to receive target position data which describe a predefined target position of at least one positioner, in particular at least one crane superstructure positioner; receive clearance data which describe a user input for clearing a movement of the at least one positioner into the predefined target position; and output control data which describe control signals to be output to the at least one positioner in order to move the at least one positioner into the predefined target position.

The invention relates to a method of weathervaning a work machine in out-of-operation mode, in particular of weathervaning a revolving crane/revolving tower crane or a concrete spreader mast, wherein the work machine comprises at least one slewing part that is rotatable about a substantially vertical axis by means of a slewing gear, and wherein in a first step one or more wind data are measured by means of a measurement system arranged at the work machine; an optimum position of the slewing part is determined for an optimum weathervaning in dependence on the detected wind data; and the slewing gear drive is subsequently correspondingly actuated to bring the slewing part into the determined position.