Method for controlling a hoisting or paying out movement and hoisting frame having tiltable cable shreave for use therein
AssigneeStinis Beheer B.V.
InventorCornelis Stinis
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Abstract
A method for controlling a hoisting or lowering movement of a load, which is suspended from a hoisting mechanism of a crane by means of at least two hoisting cables trained round cable sheaves on the load, by monitoring the position of the load and braking and/or stopping the hoisting mechanism upon detection of an undesirable position, wherein the cable sheaves are each connected to the load for pivoting about a horizontal axis, and the position of the load is monitored by detecting a pivoting movement of at least one of the cable sheaves.
Claims6
A method for controlling a hoisting or lowering movement of a load, which is suspended from a hoisting mechanism of a crane by means of at least two hoisting cables trained round rotatable cable sheaves on the load, wherein each cable sheave rotates around a horizontal rotation axis, comprising of monitoring the position of a load and braking and/or stopping the hoisting mechanism upon detection of an undesirable position, wherein the cable sheaves are each connected to the load for pivoting about a horizontal pivot axis that is perpendicular to the horizontal rotation axis of the cable sheave, and a position of the load is monitored by detecting an individual pivoting movement of at least one of the cable sheaves about the pivot axis that is perpendicular to the horizontal rotation axis.
A hoisting frame, comprising at least two mutually parallel cable sheaves, wherein each cable sheave rotates around a horizontal rotation axis, each placed close to one of two mutually opposite ends of the frame, for connecting the hoisting frame to hoisting cables of a crane, wherein each cable sheave is mounted on the frame for pivoting about a horizontal pivot axis running perpendicularly to the horizontal rotation axis of the cable sheave, and means are present for detecting an individual pivoting movement of each cable sheave about the horizontal pivot axis running perpendicularly to the horizontal rotation axis of the cable sheave.
A hoisting frame, comprising a main frame part extending generally in a horizontal direction and at least two mutually parallel cable sheaves, wherein each cable sheave rotates around a horizontal rotation axis, each cable sheave is placed close to one of two mutually opposite ends of the frame, for connecting the hoisting frame to hoisting cables of a crane, wherein each cable sheave is mounted on the frame for pivoting about a horizontal pivot axis running perpendicularly to the horizontal rotation axis of the cable sheave, and means are present for biasing each cable sheave casing to a position perpendicular to the main frame part of the hoisting frame, said biasing means acting in a direction substantially parallel to the horizontal rotation axis of the cable sheave.
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