VEHICLE CRANE COMPRISING A JIB SYSTEM

Abstract

A vehicle crane having a superstructure with a jib system including a main jib mounted in a luffable manner on the superstructure, with a jib head and a luffable additional jib and at least one luffing support supported in the region of a luffing axis of the additional jib. At least one guying support of the jib system is arranged in such a manner that a tensioner starting on the one hand from the superstructure and/or from a counterweight and connected on the other hand to the additional jib is guided via the at least one guying support and the at least one luffing support. A main jib extension is incorporated between the jib head and the additional jib with the at least one guying support supported at the main jib extension to obtain a longer design of the jib system with the highest possible permissible bearing load.

Claims

1. A vehicle crane, said vehicle crane comprising: a superstructure with a jib system that has a main jib, which is mounted in a luffable manner on the superstructure, with a jib head and a luffable additional jib and at least one luffing support supported in the region of a luffing axis of the additional jib; wherein at least one guying support of the jib system is arranged such that a tensioner starting on the one hand from the superstructure and/or from a counterweight and connected on the other hand to the additional jib is guided via the at least one guying support and the at least one luffing support, wherein a main jib extension is incorporated between the jib head and the additional jib, and wherein the at least one guying support is supported at the main jib extension.

2. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main jib extension has at least a length of 6 m.

3. The vehicle crane of claim 2, wherein the main jib extension has at least a length of 12 m.

4. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein a length of an intermediate portion of the tensioner extending at least partially from the at least one guying support to the luffing support can be changed.

5. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 4, wherein the length of the intermediate portion of the tensioner can be changed independently of the rest of the tensioner.

6. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tensioner is formed of one part or multiple parts.

7. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 4, wherein a winch or a tensioner storage device is provided in the region of the at least one guying support, by means of which the length of the intermediate portion of the tensioner can be changed.

8. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 4, wherein an inclination of the luffing support can be changed relative to the main jib extension and/or to the additional jib via a change in length of the intermediate portion of the tensioner.

9. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main jib comprises sections and is telescopic.

10. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main jib extension comprises a lattice girder and/or a box girder.

11. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional jib is connected to the main jib extension by an adapter.

12. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main jib extension and the jib head are connected to one another in a bending-resistant manner.

13. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the tensioner can be changed by via a winch arranged in or on the superstructure or the counterweight.

14. A vehicle crane, said vehicle crane comprising: a superstructure with a jib system that has a main jib, which is mounted in a luffable manner on the superstructure, with a jib head and a luffable additional jib and at least one luffing support supported in the region of a luffing axis of the additional jib; wherein at least one guying support of the jib system is arranged such that a tensioner starting on the one hand from the superstructure and/or from a counterweight and connected on the other hand to the additional jib is guided via the at least one guying support and the at least one luffing support, wherein a main jib extension having a length of at least 6 m is incorporated between the jib head and the additional jib, and wherein the at least one guying support is supported at the main jib extension, and wherein a length of an intermediate portion of the tensioner extending at least partially from the at least one guying support to the luffing support can be changed.

15. The vehicle crane of claim 14, wherein the main jib extension has at least a length of 12 m.

16. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 14, wherein the length of the intermediate portion of the tensioner can be changed independently of the rest of the tensioner.

17. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 14, wherein a winch or a tensioner storage device is provided in the region of the at least one guying support, by means of which the length of the intermediate portion of the tensioner can be changed.

18. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 14, wherein an inclination of the luffing support can be changed relative to the main jib extension and/or to the additional jib via a change in length of the intermediate portion of the tensioner.

19. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 14, wherein the main jib comprises sections and is telescopic, and wherein the main jib extension comprises a lattice girder and/or a box girder.

20. The vehicle crane as claimed in claim 14, wherein the length of the tensioner can be changed by via a winch arranged in or on the superstructure or the counterweight.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] FIG. 1 shows a vehicle crane in accordance with the invention in a side view;

[0031] FIG. 2 shows the inventive vehicle crane of FIG. 1 in a first variant; and

[0032] FIG. 3 shows the inventive vehicle crane of FIG. 2 in a second variant.

[0033] FIG. 1 shows the structure of a vehicle crane 1 in accordance with the invention which is parked on a ground U and has a lower carriage 2 which extends in parallel with a horizontal direction X and has a driver's cabin 2a. In the example shown here, the lower carriage 2 has a wheeled running gear unit 3 having six axles, on which in each case at least two wheels 4 are arranged which are spaced apart from one another in parallel with a transverse direction Y. Seated on the lower carriage 2 is a superstructure 5 which can be rotated relative to the lower carriage 2 about an axis of rotation Z1 extending in parallel with an upwards direction Z. The superstructure 5 carries a jib system 6 which is described in greater detail hereinafter:

[0034] The jib system 6 has a main jib 7 which is configured in a telescopic manner in the present exemplified embodiment. For this purpose, the main jib 7 comprises a basic box 7a which is mounted on the superstructure 5 so as to be luffable about a first luffing axis A1 via a linear drive 5a and has—purely by way of example—two inner boxes 7b, 7c. Owing to their stepped cross-sections matched to each other, the two inner boxes 7b, 7c are arranged one inside the other and within the basic box 7a such that these can be displaced, in particular can be hydraulically retracted and extended, linearly in a longitudinal direction X1 of the main jib 7. The last, in this respect innermost inner box 7c has a jib head 8 located at its free end.

[0035] It can be seen that the main jib 7 is extended by a main jib extension 9 which likewise extends in the longitudinal direction X1 of the main jib 7. The main jib extension 9 is connected to the jib head 8 of the main jib 7 in a bending-resistant manner. In the present case, the main jib extension 9 is designed purely by way of example as a lattice girder. An additional jib 10 is arranged at an end of the main jib extension 9 opposite the jib head 8 and is connected to the main jib extension 9 via an adapter 11. In this respect, the main jib extension 9 and the adapter 11 are incorporated in the present case between the jib head 8 and the additional jib 10. The main jib extension 9 is connected to the adapter 11 in a bending-resistant manner. Furthermore, the additional jib 10 is designed to be luffable in that it is mounted via a second luffing axis A2 on a free end portion of the adapter 11 opposite the main jib extension 9.

[0036] The jib system 6 is guyed via a tensile means or tensioner 12, such as a rod, cable, band or chain in a row and combinations thereof, which extends from the superstructure 5 of the vehicle crane 1 to the additional jib 10, where its free end is connected to the additional jib 10 via a connection point 10a in the region of a free end portion of the additional jib. The connection point 10a of the tensioner 12 to the additional jib 10 is located here, purely by way of example, approximately in the center of the second half of the additional jib 10 comprising the free end portion. On its way between the superstructure 5 and the additional jib 10, the tensioner 12 in the embodiment of the jib system 6 shown here is deflected twice in its total extension, in that it is guided via a guying support 13 and a first luffing support 14a. The guying support 13 is supported upright on the main jib extension 9 in the region of the jib head 8, while the first luffing support 14a is supported upright on the additional jib 10 in the region of the second luffing axis A2. In this context, by in the region of the jib head 8 is meant that the at least one guying support 13 is arranged in the region of the jib head 8. By in the region of the jib head 8 it is understood that, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the main jib 7, an area of 1 m behind the jib head 8 is covered. The tensioner 12 is deflected in each case in the region of the free ends of the guying support 13 and the first luffing support 14a. In a manner not shown in greater detail, a winch is arranged in or on the upper carriage 5 and corresponds to the tensioner 12 in such a way that the length of the tensioner 12 can be changed by manipulating the winch accordingly.

[0037] Depending on the configuration, guying support 13 or/and luffing support 14a can be fixed in their upright orientation, and so a change in the length of the tensioner 12 is directly expressed in a change in the inclination of the additional jib 10 with respect to the longitudinal direction X1 of the combination of main jib 7 and main jib extension 9 as well as adapter 11. Alternatively, the guying support 13 or/and the luffing support 14a can be variable in relation to the inclination either via the change in length of the tensioner 12 or/and a suitable drive in order to achieve an always advantageous distribution of the forces within the jib system 6.

[0038] FIG. 2 shows a first variant of the vehicle crane 1 of FIG. 1. Like parts are designated by like reference numerals and so at this juncture, in order to avoid repetition, reference is made initially to the description of FIG. 1. In contrast to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the jib system 6 has a total of two luffing supports 14a, 14b, wherein the now second luffing support 14b is supported on the adapter 11 in the region of the second luffing axis A2. In this way, the tensioner 12 is deflected a total of three times in its extension as well as deflected via the guying support 13 and the two luffing supports 14a, 14b. From this, better angles can sometimes be achieved in relation to the guidance of the tensioner 12 in order to achieve the most advantageous possible distribution of the forces within the jib system 6.

[0039] FIG. 3 shows a second variant of the vehicle crane 1 of FIG. 2. In this case, like parts are also designated by like reference numerals and so at this juncture, in order to avoid repetition, reference is likewise made initially to the description of FIG. 1 as well as to the description of FIG. 2. In contrast to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the jib system 6 shown here has a now multi-part tensioner 12, wherein the length of an intermediate portion of the tensioner 12 (hereinafter referred to as tensioner intermediate portion 12a) extending from the guying support 13 to the second luffing support 14b or/and first luffing support 14a can be changed. This means a change in its length independently of the other parts of the tensioner 12, which extends as a first tensioner portion 12b from the superstructure 5 to the guying support 13 and as a last tensioner portion 12c from the second luffing support 14b or the first luffing support 14a to the connection point 10a of the additional jib 10. The manipulability of the tensioner intermediate portion 12a, which is separate from the further tensioner portions 12b, 12c, is based here purely by way of example upon a winch 15, which in this case is likewise arranged purely by way of example in the region of the guying support 13. This allows the length of the tensioner intermediate portion 12a to be influenced in a quasi-isolated manner. By connecting the tensioner intermediate portion 12a to the guying support 13 and one of the luffing supports 14a, 14b, the inclination of the guying support 13 or/and at least one luffing support 14a, 14b can be changed, for instance, in that they are mounted in an appropriately articulated manner and the distance of their respective end portions from one another is changed in a targeted manner by manipulating the length of the tensioner intermediate portion 12a.

[0040] It is also conceivable that the tensioner 12 does not start from the superstructure 5 of the vehicle crane 1 but instead from a preferably free-floating counterweight, not shown in the figure. It is also conceivable to have tensioner 12 which start next to one another from the superstructure 5 and the counterweight.