Hoist apparatus comprising a monitoring device and management system using the hoist apparatus

Hoist apparatus (1) that can be moved, comprising:

• an electric motor (11),
• a control box (14) that can be electrically powered by a power supply, the control box comprising at least an electronic control circuit, an electrical wiring and an external casing forming a box (10) of the control box (14), said external casing comprising at least sidewalls and a removable lid closing the box, the control box (14) controlling the operations of the electric motor thanks to the electrical wiring connected to the electronic control circuit, to the power supply and to the electric motor, the electric motor (11) being outside the control box (14), and
• a monitoring device (2),
• wherein the monitoring device comprises a geo-location system and is an insert of the box, the monitoring device being arranged within an enclosure (20), the enclosure (20) being an added part of the box or being an exchanged part of the box and wherein the monitoring device (2) is connected to the electrical wiring,
• wherein the electrical wiring has an internal part that is located within the control box and the monitoring device is connected to the internal part of the electrical wiring, and
• wherein the monitoring device further comprises:
• a system of communication allowing at least the transmission of information,
• a system for collecting data,
• a system for comparing at least some of the data to reference values, and
• a system for executing actions according to the result of the comparison, said actions being at least to allow the transmission of information.