Provided is an apparatus capable of preventing an auxiliary cylinder attached to a derricking member of a working machine from undesirable rotational movement. The apparatus includes an auxiliary cylinder capable of making expansion and contraction motions, an auxiliary-cylinder angle detector, a fixing device, and an expansion controller. The fixing device fixes the auxiliary cylinder to the derricking member when the expansion length of the auxiliary cylinder is in the fixing allowing range, and releases the fixing of the auxiliary cylinder at other times. The expansion controller judges the posture of the auxiliary cylinder based on the auxiliary-cylinder angle detected by the auxiliary-cylinder angle detector, allows the expansion and contraction motions when the auxiliary cylinder is in the vertical posture, and prohibits the auxiliary expansion and contraction motions when the auxiliary cylinder is in a posture other than the vertical posture and the auxiliary cylinder is fixed to the derricking member.

The present disclosure relates to a crane, in particular an offshore crane, having a slewing gear and a hydraulic slewing gear drive, wherein the slewing gear is held in its position via a holding torque applied by the hydraulic slewing gear drive, and wherein an overload safety device is provided having at least one detection means for detecting the outreach and/or the position of the crane hook and having at least one pressure relief valve, with the system pressure applied to the hydraulic slewing gear drive via at least one pressure relief valve can be regulated in dependence on the outreach and/or on the position of the crane hook.

The present invention provides a work machine in which load shaking of a crane in emergency can be prevented. In the work machine, a turning body is disposed to be turnable relative to a base body. The work machine includes a drive control unit which controls a turning operation of the turning body, and a detection unit which detects an obstacle present around the turning body. The drive control unit does not start turning of the turning body in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit while the turning of the turning body is stopped, and maintains the turning of the turning body for at least a predetermined period in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit during the turning of the turning body.

A reach and placement tool includes an eyepiece, an orientation sensor, a distance sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain a distance value and an orientation from the distance sensor and the orientation sensor when the reach and placement tool is directed towards a point of interest at a particular location. The controller is also configured to determine a coordinate of the point of interest using the distance value and the orientation, and compare the coordinate of the point of interest to a reach envelope to determine if the point of interest is within range of a particular reach apparatus.

A solid-state anemometer mounted to an upper location of a load boom and detecting a wind speed reading at the upper location on the load boom. A wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the solid-state anemometer and obtains the wind speed reading and wirelessly transmits the same to a receiver.

A system includes a hoist drive mechanism that elevates and lowers a load hook from a boom and a detector that provides obstacle location and identification information. A processor receives the obstacle location and identification information from the detector and provides obstacle avoidance data in response thereto.

A lifting and handling device includes a plurality of structural elements, a plurality of operating elements, at least one ballasting element mounted on a structural element, a central monitoring unit, and a plurality of identification components. Each structural, operating and ballasting element is coupled to an identification component, and each identification component includes a radiocommunication module having a radiocommunication range predefined in order to be able to communicate at least with one other identification component. A radiocommunication master unit is connected to the plurality of identification components and intended to receive identification information from each of the components. A method for monitoring an operation of the lifting and handling device is also provided.

This dynamic lift-off control device is mounted in a crane including a boom and a winch that winds a wire rope, the dynamic lift-off control device controlling dynamic lift-off of a suspended load, wherein the dynamic lift-off device comprises a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation speed of the winch, a pressure detection unit that detects a pressure value of a derricking cylinder that raises/lowers the boom, an estimation unit that estimates the derricking angular velocity of the boom on the basis of the respective detection values from the rotation detection unit and the pressure detection unit, and a control unit that controls the derricking operation of the boom on the basis of the estimated value estimated by the estimation unit and a target derricking angular velocity of the boom that is calculated on the basis of the detection value from the pressure detection unit.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for loading and unloading cargo of air mobility, in which cargo loading and unloading may be automated without the aid of human resources, as well as enabling loading and unloading of cargo in a required location without an air mobility landing. The apparatus includes a winch installed in a cargo hold of an air mobility, a multiarticulated robot arm suspended from the winch, and a gripper provided on an end of the multiarticulated robot arm and capable of gripping a container.

A hoist lifting system having planning and monitoring of components. The system monitors one or more components and may have a processing structure and memory storing instructions to configure the processing structure to: receive hoist machine data; determine a rotation speed of a bearing, a travel speed of a rope, a load on the bearing, a friction in the at least one bearing based on the hoist machine data; and store the rotation speed, the travel speed, the load, and the friction in a maintenance database in memory. The hoist lifting system may have the processing structure determine a wear of one or more components.