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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2020
Manitowoc Crane Group France, Dardilly, FR;
Bruno Roni-Damond, Lyons, FR;
François Lemire, Soucieu en Jarrest, FR;
Olivier Gollion, Caluire et Cuire, FR;
MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE, Dardilly, FR;
Abstract
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.