When the same move has to come out the same way on every shift, assisted automation does it: position memory, target positioning and anti-sway, with your operator still in control of the crane.
An automated crane system is an overhead crane whose movements are partly handled by the control system rather than entirely by hand. The crane can remember positions, drive itself to a defined target, and damp the swing of the load. In an assisted system the operator selects the move and keeps control of the crane throughout.
We would rather list the four functions than describe a category. Each one exists because a specific thing goes wrong without it.
This is the part we prefer to be plain about, because it is where a lot of automation conversations go wrong.
Our automation is assisted. The operator selects the move, keeps command of the crane and can stop it at any point. The control system takes over the parts that machines are better at — holding a position, damping a swing, repeating a path — and leaves the judgement with the person who can see the load and the floor.
We build it that way deliberately. On a live production floor, the conditions that make a move safe change constantly: a pallet in the wrong place, a maintenance team in the building, a load that is not sitting the way it should. A person reads that in a second. So the scope we build is the scope we can stand behind, and if your process needs something beyond it, we would rather scope that honestly with you than sell a description of it.
Manufacturing
“Built, wired and commissioned by the same team”
A hanging load is a pendulum, and the swing comes from how the crane accelerates and stops rather than from the load itself. Our anti-sway is inverter-based: the drive shapes the acceleration and deceleration profile so the motion it puts into the load is taken back out again before the crane stops. There is no camera or external sensor array to keep calibrated and to fail; the control that already drives the crane is the control that damps it.
What you get from it is practical rather than dramatic. The operator can approach a target and set down without waiting for the load to settle, long travel moves stop being a compromise between speed and control, and the shock that a swinging load puts into the structure and the runway comes down.
Technical data
Assisted automation is built on top of a crane, not sold apart from one, so the crane specification comes first and the automation scope sits on it. (Full tables in §Spec tables.)
| Function | Manual crane | With assisted automation | What it is not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding a position | Located by eye each cycle | Stored point, driven to under control | The operator still selects and commands the move |
| Load swing | Settles in its own time | Damped by the drive profile | No published percentage; confirmed at commissioning |
| Repeating a sequence | Depends on who is on shift | Runs the same way each time it is called | The operator can stop it at any point |
| Long travel | Trade-off between speed and control | Controlled approach to the target | The crane is not left to run unattended |
| Usage and condition data | Not recorded | Available via Crane Tracking | Position tracking (RTLS) is not part of it |
| Parameter | Value | Consequence / note |
|---|---|---|
| Automation scope | Assisted: position memory · target positioning · anti-sway · repeatable movement | Operator selects the move and stays in control |
| Anti-sway method | Inverter-based (drive profile) | No camera or external sensor array to calibrate |
| Motion control | Inverter (VFD) on hoisting and travel | Soft start/stop; the basis for both smooth motion and anti-sway |
| Overload protection | Overload switch + load cell, standard (EN 14492-2) | The crane refuses a lift beyond its rating |
| Control | Radio remote / pendant / operator cab | Automation functions available from the operator's own control |
| Duty class | FEM 1Bm–5m (ISO M3–M8), per project | An automated cycle is usually tighter — the class is sized for it |
| Data layer | ABRA Crane Tracking (option) | Usage, condition and maintenance data from the crane |
| Power supply | 380–415 V / 50 Hz (60 Hz for export) | Matches local and export grids |
| Protection class | IP54 / IP55 (motor + panel) | Dust and moisture protection for industrial environments |
| Ambient temperature | −10 … +50 °C | Cold-store to hot-process ranges |
| Retrofit to an existing crane | Assessed on site | Scope depends on the drives and structure already there |
| Functional safety level | At least PL c to EN ISO 13849-1; PL d or PL e where the project requires it | Stated per safety function; category and SIL are not claimed |
| Standard safety equipment | Emergency stop · hoisting and travel limits · overload switch with load cell · buffers and end stops · audible and visual warning | On every crane we build |
| Options | Inverter-based sway control · anti-collision with a reflective photoelectric sensor | Specified with the cycle |
| Brake | Spring-applied electromagnetic brake — closes when power is cut | Holds the load on power loss; release ≈ 0.3 s |
| Standards | EN 13001 series · EN 15011 · EN 14492-2 · EN ISO 13849-1 / -2 · EN IEC 60204-32 · FEM 9.511 (complementary) · CE · ISO 9001 | Duty class stated per project |
The speeds shown are standard values; other speeds are provided on request. Where a value depends on your site, it is written “per project” and confirmed with you.
Applications
Automation is worth the money where the same move repeats. Packaging and converting lines feed and remove at fixed points across shifts. Steel and metal service handles coil and billet between the same stations. Foundries and process lines move between charge, pour and cooling positions on a cycle. Machine building and automotive load fixtures where hook accuracy decides whether a part seats first time.
Project process
(the points the crane works between, the cycle, the load, who operates and what the building looks like) → 2. Engineering & quotation (we define which functions actually help your process, confirm the duty class for the cycle, and say plainly what is out of scope) → 3. Manufacturing, integration & commissioning (the crane and the control are built in-house, then the stored points and the drive profile are tuned on your floor with your operators) → 4. Maintenance & service (scheduled maintenance under an annual contract, spare parts and modernisation).
After-sales
FAQ
The difference is where the decision sits. In an assisted (semi-automated) system, the operator selects the move and keeps command of the crane while the control handles position, path and swing. In a fully autonomous system the crane would run a work queue on its own. What we build and support is assisted automation, with the operator in control.
No. The operator stays in control of the crane. What changes is the workload: the control system holds positions, damps the swing and repeats defined paths, so the operator is judging the situation rather than fighting the load. On a live floor that judgement is the part that keeps a lift safe.
Sometimes, and it is assessed on site before anything is promised. It depends on the drives, the control system and the structure already in your building — a crane already running on inverter control is a different starting point from one on contactor control. We service and modernise cranes of other makes as well as our own, so the assessment is not limited to cranes we built.
Anti-sway means shaping how the crane accelerates and stops so the load stops when the crane does, instead of swinging on afterwards. Ours is inverter-based: the drive that already moves the crane also damps it, so there is no camera or external sensor array to keep calibrated. How much difference it makes depends on your hook path and cycle, and it is confirmed during commissioning.
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Tell us the points the crane works between, the cycle and the load. An engineer will say which functions actually help your process — and which do not — before anything is quoted.
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