A health monitoring system for a crane (10) includes a wheel assembly (50, 70) having a wheel (120) with an axle (160) defining an axis (172) of rotation of the wheel. The health monitoring system further includes a plurality of strain gauges (208) coupled to the axle at circumferential locations around the axis of rotation. The strain gauges continuously detect strains experienced at the wheel. The health monitoring system further includes a data acquisition system (200) coupled to the wheel that receives data from the strain gauges corresponding to detected strains. The health monitoring system further includes a main controller (204) coupled to the data acquisition system. The main controller receives data from the data acquisition system corresponding to the detected strains, uses the data to calculate loading applied to the wheel assembly continuous in real-time in both a first direction, a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction

An overhead bridge crane detection system comprising a lidar sensor in communication with a controller, wherein the lidar sensor and the controller are located in a housing and the housing has a means for removable attachment to an overhead bridge crane or to maintenance equipment.

A crane system, a crane, and a mobile unit capable of easily coping with a case where electrical equipment such as an obstacle light fails are to be provided. A crane system includes a crane body and a mobile unit movable around the crane body. The mobile unit includes an obstacle light and functions as an obstacle light for the crane body.

The work machine includes a work machine body, and an assembly component that is attached to the work machine body. The work machine further includes a detection unit that monitors surroundings. The work machine body includes a lower traveling body and a rotating platform that rotates relative to the lower traveling body. The detection unit is attached to the rotating platform without interposing the assembly component.

A crane includes a crane body, a flying body, a route information acquisition unit that acquires route information in transporting a suspended load of the crane body via the flying body, and a support unit that performs steering support for performing a transport operation of the crane body along a movement route indicated by the route information.

A laser positioning system is used in association with a crane within a manufacturing facility. The laser positioning system includes a laser source that is mounted on an immovable or non-moving wall or surface in the manufacturing facility. The laser source on the wall or surface ensures that the laser beam does not skew out of square relative to the movement of the crane to various locations in the facility.

To accurately present guide information which expresses the shape and height of a hoisting load and an object located near the hoisting load. A guide information display device is equipped with: a data acquisition unit provided with a camera for capturing an image of a hoisting load region which includes at least a hoisting load and the ground surface below the hoisting load from above the hoisting load, and a laser scanner for obtaining a data point group in the hoisting load region; a data processing unit for estimating the top surface of the hoisting weight, the ground surface, and the top surfaces of objects, on the basis of the obtained data point group, and generating guide frames which surround the top surfaces of the hoisting weight and objects; and a data display unit which displays guide information obtained by overlapping the generated guide frames and the captured image with one another.

A collision prevention system for lifting machinery including, at least one measurement transceiver (9, 39, 41, 45) mountable on or adjacent the lifting machinery, the measurement transceiver being adapted to transmit a radio signal through an operational area surrounding the lifting machinery, and for measuring reflected radio signals returning from the operational area, the reflected radio signals identifying a position of one or more objects located within the operational area to thereby determine whether or not the detected object(s) within the operational area is within a critical position(s) relative to the lifting machinery.

A securing method for securing a crane on the occurrence of an exceptional event, the crane including a control-command system connected to actuators of the crane and integrated within a processing unit of the crane, the processing unit connected to movement, load and safety sensors placed on elements of the crane and configured to deliver information from events representative of exceptional events, wherein the securing method includes establishing a list of exceptional events detectable by the movement, load and safety sensors, associating levels of severity to each exceptional event, evaluating the level of severity of a detected exceptional event based on corresponding event information, switching from a nominal operating mode to a secure operating mode by applying a safety instruction associated with a severity level for the detected exceptional event, and emitting an alert message informing of the occurrence of the exception event.

To accurately obtain the shapes of a hoisting load and an object located near the hoisting load, and the height of the ground surface, and present an accurate warning display when the hoisting load approaches the object. A guide information display device is equipped with a data processing unit which: estimates the top surface of a hoisting load, the ground surface, and the top surface of the object, on the basis of a data point group obtained by a laser scanner; generates guide frames representing guide frames that surround the top surface of the hoisting load and the top surface of the object, and also generates height information and height information which represent the elevation of the hoisting load and the object; calculates the distance between the hoisting load and the object on the basis of the estimated top surfaces of the hoisting load and object; and outputs a warning display when the distance is equal to or less than a threshold. The guide information display device is also equipped with a data display unit for displaying guide information obtained by overlapping an image captured by a camera with the guide frames, the height information and the height information, and the warning display which were generated by the data processing unit.