Patent classifications
B66C1/44
WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE
A work machine is provided that includes: an attachment attached on an upper rotating body and including at least a boom, an arm attached on an end of the boom, and an end attachment attached on an end of the arm; and a control device, wherein the control device compensates for a torque, which causes the boom to rotate, based on either or both of a centrifugal force on the arm and an inertial force on the arm, and calculates a weight of a conveyance object conveyed by the attachment based on the torque for which the compensation is performed.
Tank car lifting apparatus
A lifting apparatus for lifting a tank car is provided. The lifting apparatus can include a first arm to surround and not contact a tank car jacket and a second arm to surround and not contact the tank car jacket.
Tank car lifting apparatus
A lifting apparatus for lifting a tank car is provided. The lifting apparatus can include a first arm to surround and not contact a tank car jacket and a second arm to surround and not contact the tank car jacket.
Component lifts having support assemblies
A support assembly including a coupler, a first arm having a proximate end movably coupled to the coupler, a distal end opposite the proximate end, and a second arm having a proximate end movably coupled to the coupler, a distal end opposite the proximate end. The support assembly is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. When moving from the disengaged position to the engaged position, the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm move toward each other.
A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTION COMPENSATED PILE GUIDE FOR A FLOATING VESSEL, AND A VESSEL
A system for controlling a motion compensated pile guide for a floating vessel comprises a pile guide for guiding a monopile in its longitudinal direction during driving the monopile into a seabed, an actuator for moving the pile guide in horizontal direction with respect to a vessel to which the pile guide is mounted, a control unit for controlling the actuator, which control unit is configured for compensating motion of the vessel to which the pile guide is mounted so as to maintain the horizontal position of the pile guide during driving a monopile into a seabed, a first sensor for determining an inclination angle of a monopile with respect to the vertical during driving the monopile into a seabed, and a second sensor for determining magnitude and direction of an actual force of a monopile onto the pile guide during driving the monopile into a seabed. The control unit is configured to determine a desired force of the pile guide onto the monopile for minimizing the inclination angle when determined by the first sensor, and to control the actuator for moving the pile guide opposite to the direction of the actual force when the desired force is larger than the actual force and in the same direction as the actual force when the actual force is larger than the desired force.
TANK CAR LIFTING APPARATUS
A lifting apparatus for lifting a tank car is provided. The lifting apparatus can include a first arm to surround and not contact a tank car jacket and a second arm to surround and not contact the tank car jacket.
TANK CAR LIFTING APPARATUS
A lifting apparatus for lifting a tank car is provided. The lifting apparatus can include a first arm to surround and not contact a tank car jacket and a second arm to surround and not contact the tank car jacket.
A LIFTING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF LIFTING A TUBULAR PILE
A lifting device for lifting a tubular pile comprises a hoisting member including a centreline, a plurality of engagement elements which are moveably mounted to the hoisting member at angular distance with respect to each other about the centreline and actuators for moving the respective engagement elements with respect to the hoisting member. The engagement elements are moveable in longitudinal direction of the centreline along respective guides of the hoisting member. The guides are inclined with respect to the centreline such that the engagement elements move in radial direction of the centreline when being moved in longitudinal direction of the centreline. The actuators are functionally interconnected such that under operating conditions the actuators move the engagements elements simultaneously until a first one of the actuators reaches a counterforce which is higher than a counterforce of a second one of the actuators, after which the second one of the actuators is moved further.
POWERED HANDLER
A powered handler for handling a workpiece, comprising: a body extending between a first and a second end; an input device adjacent the first end; a handling implement adjacent the second end, the handling implement operatively connected to the input device and operable to handle the workpiece; and a suspender having a proximate end mounted to the body at at least one pivot of the suspender defining a pitch axis of the powered handler, the body pivotable relative to the suspender about the pitch axis, the at least one pivot disposed between the input device and the handling implement and displaceable relative to the body to a balanced position located between a first and a second position closer to the second end than the first position, the suspender having a distal end spaced upwardly from the body for mounting the suspender to suspend the body from the suspender.