A lifting column, lifting system and method for lifting a vehicle, such as a rail-car. The lifting column includes a frame having a movable carrier; a drive operably connected to the frame for the lifting or lowering of the carrier; and a lifter attached to the carrier for lifting the vehicle to be lifted. The lifter includes a positioner for moving of the lifter relative to the carrier.

An automatic guided vehicle for the handling of shuttles and/or loading units in automatic warehouses. A telescopic upright integral with a vehicle frame bears a fork holder plate provided with a pair of forks and connected to the telescopic upright with an equipment. The equipment includes actuators and sensors for controlling and commanding the movements of the forks. An actuator controls the global lateral translation of the fork holder plate. A pair of actuators moves the forks closer to and away from each other. A pair of actuators rotates the fork holder plate with respect to a central axis of the equipment. The equipment also includes a pair of fork side sensors, to check the alignment of the fork holder plate to the front side of a rack and fork alignment sensors to check the alignment of the forks with respect to the lateral guides of the tunnel.

A lift truck includes a frame, a pair of laterally spaced apart outriggers extending from the frame, and a load handling assembly secured to the frame adjacent to the outriggers. The load handling assembly includes a mast assembly positioned between the outriggers and a carriage assembly including fork structure for supporting a load on the load handling assembly. The carriage assembly is movable vertically along the mast assembly and laterally with respect to the mast assembly. Optical sensor structure of the truck monitors for conditions wherein movement of the carriage assembly would result in contact between the load and the outrigger(s). A vehicle controller receives a signal from the optical sensor structure and prevents movement of the carriage assembly toward the outrigger(s) if the signal from the optical sensor structure indicates that such movement would result in contact between the load and the outrigger(s).

The invention relates to a method and device for controlling a combined rotary/push movement of a load-receiving means of an industrial truck, in particular a three-way stacker, both the rotary movement and the push movement being brought about by means of respective hydraulic elements (32, 34), which are supplied with hydraulic fluid by a single hydraulic pump (22) which is driven by an associated pump motor (24), and a performance characteristic of the hydraulic pump (22) being controlled according to a predetermined progression over time during the rotary/push movement; the industrial truck comprising a valve assembly (30) which is designed to be operated such that, below a threshold value for the hydraulic pressure provided by the hydraulic pump (22), only the rotary movement of the load-receiving means is brought about, while, above the threshold value, both the rotary movement and the push movement are brought about. Here, sensor means (36a, 36b) are provided which detect a temperature of the pump motor (24) and/or of the hydraulic pump (22), and the predetermined progression over time of the performance characteristic of the hydraulic pump (22) during the rotary/push movement is adapted according to a predetermined relationship depending on the temperature of the pump motor (24) and/or of the pump (22) detected by the sensor means (36a, 36b).

An adjustment head (2) is provided for a hoisting device (1) and intended for releasable connection (7) with the free end (6) of the hoisting device (1), said adjustment head (2) comprising mechanisms (9-13, 15) for three-dimensional adjustment of the adjustment head (2) independently from adjustment means of the hoisting device (1).

Systems and methods for providing a rotatable boom attachment that is rotatable about at least two different axes with respect to an attached boom are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a body portion configured to couple to a distal end of a boom, the body portion coupled with a rotational actuator configured to rotate the body portion about a first rotational axis with respect to the boom; a connecting arm rotatably coupled to the body portion; and a motor configured to drive the connecting arm about a second rotational axis having an orientation differing from the first rotational axis, wherein at least one of the body portion or the connecting arm includes a mounting site configured to removably couple to one or more implements.

The order picker (1) comprising a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); and a control unit, which is configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from a selection pallet (21) positioned in the working range (R_R) onto an order pallet (16) carried in the working range (R_R). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding method for order picking an order pallet (16) comprising load units (59) from a goods warehouse having selection pallets (20) arranged in rows and/or racks (23) using a vehicle (2, 25, 30) and a robot device (3) arranged thereon having a working range (R_R).

A device for picking up and depositing loads including at least one supporting body, at least one carrying body and at least one pickup body configured for picking up and depositing at least one load, wherein the pickup body is movable between a first position in which the pickup body at least mainly extends in or along the carrying body and a second position in which the pickup body at least mainly extends outside or away from the carrying body.

A component moving system may include a cart, and a component support assembly coupled to the cart. The component support assembly may include a component cradle moveable in first linear translational directions, second linear translational directions that are orthogonal to the first linear translational directions, third linear translation directions that are orthogonal to the first and second linear translational directions, and first rotational directions.