smart plastics on rail mounted gantry crane | igus

Profile

  • What was needed: Energy chains with condition monitoring systems for the detection of tensile/push force (iSense EC.P) , for monitoring of cable tensile force (iSense CF.P) and for breakage detection (iSense EC.B) as well as a predictive maintenance system
  • Requirements: Safe and failure-free operation of a large number of heavy cables in adverse environmental conditions
  • Industry: cranes
  • Success for the customer: With the installation of smart plastics, the customer now has full control, overview and security for the energy supply on his RMG crane
smart plastics on RMG crane

The challenge

Solution

  • In the event of an incident with an energy chain, be it a bent guide trough, foreign bodies in the guide trough, a blockage or the breakage of a chain link, the crane operator is informed of the incident  and, if desired, the system can also be stopped at once.
  • Incorporates the functions of condition monitoring and sends a
  • Signal regarding maintenance information or replacement of the e-chain®
  • All sensor data can be viewed online or in the company network via a dashboard in real time
  • Retrievable from different end devices/output channels
  • It is possible to set alarms and to respond to increasing force values on the e-chain® or cables and to plan a maintenance intervention on time.
  • Values such as temperature, acceleration, speed can be called up in real time via the dashboard

EC.B Sensor on the floating moving end

smart plastics on RMG crane with EC.B

smart plastics modules in the control cabinet

smart plastics module on RMG crane

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