Manitowoc Crane Group France

Bruno Roni-Damond

Vincent Veillerot

François Lemire

Olivier Gollion

Simon Bucas

An electric power supply management method is configured to electrically power electrical equipment of a crane, via a conversion circuit, from a primary power supply source capable of providing a primary power and from a rechargeable secondary power supply source capable of providing a secondary power. The electric power supply management method includes monitoring of a requested general power which corresponds to a power demanded by all the electrical equipment, and a monitoring of a charge level of the rechargeable secondary power supply source.

Method for managing the electric power supply of a crane from a primary source and from a rechargeable secondary source

An allocation method for allocating an available maximum power from at least one power supply source to electrical equipment of a crane, in which the electrical equipment are powered with the available maximum power, includes selecting between: a raw mode in which the available maximum power is allocated over predefined actuation equipment and on accessory equipment predefined among the electrical equipment, the actuation equipment being defined according to a configuration of the crane, and an optimized mode in which the available maximum power is allocated over the predefined actuation equipment, and also over the accessory equipment but according to the cut-off conditions of the accessory equipment, so that according to the cut-off conditions the actuation equipment are powered or not.

Method for allocating electrical power to crane equipment

A lifting and handling device includes a plurality of structural elements, a plurality of operating elements, at least one ballasting element mounted on a structural element, a central monitoring unit, and a plurality of identification components. Each structural, operating and ballasting element is coupled to an identification component, and each identification component includes a radiocommunication module having a radiocommunication range predefined in order to be able to communicate at least with one other identification component. A radiocommunication master unit is connected to the plurality of identification components and intended to receive identification information from each of the components. A method for monitoring an operation of the lifting and handling device is also provided.

Lifting and handling device equipped with identification components to establish a configuration and an operating characteristic

A lifting crane having a jib and a lifting device with double reeving configured to distribute and lift a load along the jib, wherein the lifting device is reversibly configurable between two reeving configurations including a single reeving configuration with two lifting strands and a double reeving configuration with four lifting strands. The lifting device includes a reeving change system for performing a reeving change between the single reeving configuration and the double reeving configuration, and vice versa. The lifting crane further includes a system for automated determination of the reeving configured to automatically determine the reeving configuration between the single reeving configuration and the double reeving configuration.

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Lyons, France

Bruno Roni-Damond