Lateral stability system
AssigneeManitou Italia S.R.L.
InventorMarco Iotti
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Abstract
A lateral stability system for a telescopic handler (1), whose telescopic boom (11) is fitted with equipment (12) suitable for lateral translation of a load (10), comprising a processing unit which includes at least a first enabling module, configured to enable or inhibit movements of said boom (11), according to one or more safety parameters. The system comprises first sensing means for determining the position of the load (10) relative to a center plane (M) of said equipment (12), connected to the processing unit, wherein a first safety parameter is a function of a value of an imbalance signal produced by the first sensing means.
Claims15
A telescopic handler comprising a frame, a telescopic boom, an equipment, and a lateral stability system, the frame supporting the telescopic boom, the telescopic handler being configured and adapted to lift and lower the telescopic boom in a vertical plane, the telescopic boom being telescopically extendable and retractable, the telescopic boom having a distal end, the equipment being fitted at the distal end, the equipment being configured and adapted to support a load and to laterally translate the load in a first direction perpendicular to said vertical plane and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the lateral stability system comprising:
- (a) a first sensing means configured for determining a position of said load relative to a center plane of said equipment and for producing an imbalance signal as a function of the position of the load;
- (b) a processing unit configured to enable or inhibit movements of said telescopic boom;
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- (c) a fourth sensing means connected to said processing unit and configured for determining the amount of telescopic extension of said telescopic boom, wherein a fourth safety parameter is a function of the value of a signal produced by said fourth sensing means and said movements of said telescopic boom are further enabled or inhibited according to said fourth safety parameter;
- wherein said first sensing means is connected to said processing unit, and
- wherein said movements of said telescopic boom are enabled or inhibited according to a first safety parameter, said first safety parameter being a function of the value of said imbalance signal produced by said first sensing means.
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