Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Mannesmann Aktiengesellshcaft

Anton Munzebrock

Heinz Hasselmann

Uwe Lichtenvort

Wolfgang Krebs

Harald Bitsch

Johannes Kluge

Gunter Somborn

Holger Freitag

Roland Staggl

Heinz Pfannkuche

Karl Zacharias

Heinz Flaig

Uwe Schulte

Klaus-Dieter Oemus

Peter Stehr

Walter Voll

Josef Paul Saeftel

Alfred Bernd

Eckerhardt Grieb

Anton Muller

Axel Hauschild

Herbert Dreher

Michael Hulsmann

Dirk Schulte

Bernhard Stanski

Markus H Schmalstieg

Kurt Hoppe

A cost-effective ergonomic shaped suspended control panel for remotely controlling machinery, such as hoists or cranes. The suspended control panel has two curved housing portions and a curved circuit card mounted in the interior of the curved housing. Keys are mounted to the front side of the circuit card and switching devices are mounted to the back side of the circuit card. An electric line, supported by a cable, is electronically connected to the circuit card, the keys and the switching devices. The control panel is easily assembled through use of plug sockets for connecting the switching devices to the circuit board. Each plug socket is mounted with spring clamps which extend through the circuit card for wiring.

Suspended control panel

A process and apparatus for determining a load on a lifting mechanism including a load measuring device and a three-phase induction motor operable for lifting and lowering the load. The effective power consumption of the induction motor is determined by the load measuring device based on a measured current and measured voltage of the induction motor. The measured effective power consumption is then compared with a reference power, which is calculated as the power output of the induction motor driving a nominal load of the lifting mechanism, to calculated an instantaneous load on the lifting mechanism. The inventive apparatus and process advantageously requires no modifications or additions to load carrying parts of a lifting mechanism or carrying gear and provides accurate real time measurement of the load.

Apparatus and process for determining the instantaneous and continuous

A process and a device for monitoring and/or controlling the speed of rotation of an electric drive having an asynchronous motor equipped with a braking device (11) and connected via a frequency adapter (13) to an alternating current system (12), e.g. three-phase system, to provide safe lifting and lowering of a load. The maximum torque (16) produced by the drive for lifting the load is set to be smaller than a holding torque (17) needed by the braking device (11) to hold the load in a stationary position.

Process and device for monitoring and controlling the speed of rotation

An electric hoist with motor-speed-regulated lifting speed, in particular an electric chain hoist, including an electric motor, a gear unit, and a wheel around which the hoisting chain is looped. A load-carrying device is arranged on the hoisting chain. The motor, gear unit and wheel are connected with one another in a drive connection and the lifting speed is provided by an electric control unit for the electric motor, which control unit is connected to a manual control switch. In order to achieve suitable cooling while apportioning the space in an appropriate manner for the arrangement of all required components, the electric control unit, which has control electronics with speed sensing equipment, is arranged in an external protective housing fitted to the gear box.

Electric hoist with speed control, a protective housing and a swivelable

An electric drive with brakes, in particular for hoists, lifting devices or positioning transporting systems, having a brake disk which is movable axially on a motor shaft so as to rotate therewith via a toothing. The brake disk has brake faces at both sides and can be pressed against a stationary counter-brake disk by a spring force. An electromagnetic device is provided which, when connected to current, causes the brake to be released against the spring force. The electromagnetic device has a.c. magnets and E-shaped magnet coil yokes. The counter-pole faces associated with the coil yokes are arranged at magnet yokes which can move angularly on all sides so that the counter-pole faces can be aligned at the end faces of the E-shaped magnet coil yokes located opposite thereto when current is applied to the a.c. magnet.

Electric drive with brakes, in particular for hoists, lifting devices or

A key element for the control of electromotors, especially for cranes and other hoisting equipment. The key element includes a key switch pestle, a permanent magnet attached to the key switch pestle and a Hall sensor. The key switch pestle and permanent magnet are moveable both towards and away from the Hall sensor. As the permanent magnet approaches the Hall sensor, a flux density is sensed which triggers the generation of a control signal. In order to create a key element which can be installed in the smallest possible space, in controls and the like, the electronic circuit which includes a permanent magnet positionable toward the Hall sensor is integrated into the key element housing.

Key element for the control of electromotors, especially for cranes and

A hoist, including: load suspension device, a lifting means for raising and lowering the load suspension device; a traction mechanism connecting the suspension device with the lifting device; and a control device for the lifting device and the load suspension device. The control device is connected with the load suspension device and including a housing, a handle for manipulating the load suspension means, switching members arranged in the housing which are actuable for controlling the lifting device, and switching rockers arranged in the housing so as to be able to actuate the switching members. The switching rockers are each inclined toward the handle and are swivable around and connected to one end of a rocker shaft extending horizontally when the control device is considered as vertically suspended from the traction mechanism. The switching members are located so as to be reachable by a thumb of an operator's hand grasping the handle, while the handle is curved so that an imaginary line continuing from an outer surface of the handle intersects each of the switching rockers near supporting surfaces of the switching rockers. The supporting surface of each of the switching rockers includes a central region located opposite the rocker shaft so as to receive the operator's thumb in a neutral position and two edge regions that adjoin a top and a bottom of the central region at an angle in a direction tranverse to the rocker shafts so as to receive the operator's thumb in a switching position.

Hoist with a lifting device

A hoist with a lifting device, by way of which a load suspension device connected with the lifting device via a traction mechanism can be raised and lowered, and with a control device which is arranged between the load suspension device and the traction mechanism and includes a housing with a handle for manipulating the load suspension device. Switching members are arranged in the housing for controlling the lifting device, and a high-strength connecting member is fastened in the housing, with the traction mechanism and the load suspension device being fastened to the connecting member. The housing is divided into a mechanical part with the handle for receiving an actuating mechanism for the switching members and into an electrical part for receiving the switching members with the connecting member being arranged between the mechanical part and the electrical part.

In this method and apparatus for the wireless control of a lift device and, in particular, of a traveling crane, a plurality of transmitting units communicate by infrared transmission of data telegrams to a receiving unit associated with the crane. The data telegrams include an integrated address signal that is unique to each transmitting unit and is stored in a memory module of the transmitting unit. The receiving unit decodes the data telegram and, if the crane is not then in use, stores the address signal in a comparison circuit of the receiving unit. Only subsequently-received data telegrams incorporating the stored address signal are passed to the crane for controlling the crane, thereby assuring that a user not then in control of a crane operation cannot interfere with its operation. Each transmitting unit also includes a user-operable release switch for releasing that user's control of the crane by clearing the address signal then stored in the comparison unit so as to permit control of the crane by other users through other transmitting units.

Method and apparatus for the wireless control of lift devices by

A measurement device is furnished at a lifting means, in particular at a lifting rope, subjected to a load and used in hoisting machines. A support element (5) is disposed at the hoisting device and is attached with at least two force transducers (1) via in each case a support hinge (4). The free ends (3) of the force transducers (1) are joined to each other via a common hinge (9). The lifting means (10) engages at the hinge (9). The force transducers (1) are connected for transferring the force-proportional measurement signals to a signal processing means (12-15). This provides a measurement device and a measurement method which achieves reliable and relevant measurement values with high precision and accuracy. The measurement device is further capable of capturing and determining the forces present at lifting means, and in particular at lifting rope, including the gravity weight force of the load attached to the lifting means, and of the pendulum angle of the lifting means, as well as furnishing a measurement value transducer for a pendulum balancing control system.

Measurement system for loaded lifting rope

A current contact line arrangement includes a plurality of energy and control current contact lines for engagement with current collectors of a movable energy consumer such as a crane, trolley carriage or the like which is not intended to pass beyond a predetermined point and is characterized by the fact that at least one of the energy or control current contact lines (5) is covered by an insulator (9) which is longer than the brake path of the movable energy consumer.

Current contact line arrangement

A guided working device (1) is driven by an operable traction motor (2) for movement along a travel rail (3). The working device carries a driver (4) provided with articulated heads for a measuring carriage (5), which measuring carriage always travels the same distance as the working device (1). The measuring carriage travels on a control rail (11) and includes a measuring device (6). A plurality of sliding conductors (17) are also receivable by the control rail (11). The measuring carriage carries a preferably toothed measuring wheel about at least a circumferential portion of which a preferably toothed measuring belt is wrapped. The measuring wheel (7) is pressed, by guided wheels (8) in front of and behind the measuring wheel, against a toothed belt supporting surface which is associated with the control rail (11).

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Dortmund, Germany

Anton Munzebrock