Patent classifications
B66C23/905
SIMULATOR FOR TELEHANDLERS
Described is a simulation system for telehandlers (1) equipped with a movable operating arm (12), designed to lift and move loads (C) and stabilisers, comprising a plurality of movable stabilising arms (13, 14, 15, 16), comprising electronic processing means (2) which include:
an acquisition module (21) configured to receive at least functional parameters relating to operating conditions of the stabilising arms (13, 14, 15, 16); and
a calculation module (24) configured for determining a potential stability condition, as a function of the operating parameters; and
an output module (25) configured to provide an operator with information representing the condition of potential stability.
HYDRAULIC CRANE
A hydraulic crane comprising: —a rotatable column (7); —a crane boom system (10) comprising two or more liftable and lowerable crane booms (11, 13); and—an electronic control device (25), which is configured to prevent an execution of crane boom movements that would make the lifting moment of the crane exceed the maximum allowed lifting moment of the crane, and to continuously establish position information as to the prevailing position of the load suspension point (P) of the crane boom system. When the lifting moment of the crane has reached a limit value at a given level below the maximum allowed lifting moment, the electronic control device is configured to prevent the execution of any combination of crane boom movements that would increase the horizontal distance between the load suspension point and said vertical axis of rotation and at the same time allow the execution of any combination of crane boom movements that keeps said horizontal distance unchanged or reduces said horizontal distance.
Crane
There is provided a crane including a front member capable of derricking, a backstop disposed on a rear surface side of the front member so as to limit a standing operation of the front member, an angle sensor that detects an angle of the front member, an operation detection unit that detects whether or not the backstop is operated, and a controller that controls a derricking operation of the front member. In a case where the controller determines that the angle of the front member is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle, based on a detection signal output from the angle sensor, and determines that the backstop is not operated, based on a detection signal output from the operation detection unit, the controller stops the standing operation of the front member.
OPERATION ASSISTANCE MODULE, IMAGE GENERATION APPLICATION, AND WORK MACHINE
An operation assistance module operates in coordination with an operation control unit that controls the actions of a work machine, or with an operation control unit of an image generation application that controls the actions of an image of the work machine displayed on a display unit, wherein the operation assistance module has: a request issuance unit that transmits, to a performance information server, a request including machine type information for a work machine and a performance information request to indicate performance information for the work machine; a response acquisition unit that receives from the performance information server a response including the requested performance information; and an operation assistance unit that reflects the acquired performance information in the control of the operation control unit.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, WORK MACHINE, METHOD FOR ACQUIRING PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
A performance information server comprises: a request acquisition unit that acquires a request including machine-type information for a work machine, and a performance information request to indicate performance information for the work machine; a storage unit that stores specification data for the work machine in association with the type of the work machine; a control unit that acquires the machine type information included in the request and the performance information for the work machine, on the basis of the specification data corresponding to the machine type information; and a response presentation unit that presents a response including the performance information acquired by the control unit.
Crane Risk Logic Apparatus and System and Method for Use of Same
A crane risk logic apparatus and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the crane risk logic apparatus, the crane risk logic apparatus is integral with a crane, such as a crawler crane or a tower crane, and located in communication with a load moment indicator. The crane risk logic apparatus receives crane data from the load moment indicator and determines lift cycle data therefrom. The crane risk logic apparatus determines an area of interest based on locationing data received from a global positioning system (GPS) unit incorporated therewith and receives weather data for this area of interest. The crane risk logic apparatus causes an alert notification at the crane to occur in response to presence of weather issues.
CRANE DEFORMATION STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM
A technology capable of reducing a data amount required for a estimation processing while maintaining accuracy for estimation of a virtual deformation state of an attachment which receives external force in a crane is provided. A deformation state of each of a boom (first attachment element) and a jib (second attachment element) configuring an attachment connected to a crane main body so as to perform a derricking motion is estimated according to a crane model. The crane model is a model indicating a correlation among an “acting force factor” for specifying an acting state of force on the attachment connected to the crane main body so as to perform the derricking motion, a “posture factor” for specifying respective postures of the boom and the jib, and “angle changes (elevation angle deviations Δθ.sub.1 and Δθ.sub.2)” indicating respective deformation states of the boom and the jib.
LIFTING GEAR
The present invention relates to lifting gear, more particularly a crane, such as a rotary tower crane and/or mobile crane, having a supporting structure, a determination device for determining a load state and/or an operating state of the supporting structure, and a control unit for controlling actuators of the lifting gear depending on the determined load state and/or operating state, wherein the actuators are allocated to the supporting structure for the active bracing and/or deformation of the supporting structure in a variable manner during lifting gear operation, and the control unit is configured to temporarily and variably brace and/or deform the supporting structure by means of the actuators depending on the detected load state and/or operating state in order to relieve the load on supporting structure parts which are subject to high load.
ENGINEERING MACHINERY AND DYNAMIC ANTI-COLLISION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATION SPACE OF THE ENGINEERING MACHINERY
The present disclosure relates to engineering machinery and a dynamic anti-collision method, device, and system for operation space thereof. The dynamic anti-collision method for operation space includes: receiving obstacle information of an obstacle around a boom of engineering machinery and boom motion information of the engineering machinery; determining obstacle coordinates according to the obstacle information and the boom motion information; deciding whether the obstacle coordinates are located in a predetermined early warning area or not; and indicating an execution device to send out collision warning information in case where the obstacle coordinates are located in the predetermined early warning area.
MOBILE CRANE
A mobile crane includes: a lower traveling body including a pair of crawlers; an upper slewing body supported on the lower traveling body slewably about a slewing axis; a tiltable attachment including a boom tiltably supported on the upper slewing body; and a physical quantity detector. The lower traveling body has a reaction force receiving part for receiving a reaction force from the ground at a position away from the slewing axis in a boom direction in a state where the pair of crawlers are in contact with the ground, the boom direction coinciding with a horizontal component of a direction in which the boom extends from the upper slewing body, and the physical quantity detector detects a physical quantity which changes in accordance with a change in the reaction force received from the ground by the reaction force receiving part.