crane solutions and models

Introduction
This presentation will help you to sell more easy to crane applications.
Please find attached: - Reference customers & applications - Inverter specific functions - Necessary Options - System solutions

Maincrane crane types Tower

Bridge crane

Gantry / portal crane

Jib crane

Additional crane application information

Following some information which should help to get

a better understanding of the crane market requirements and where has advantages and disadvantages. Critical issues for certain crane types will be mentioned. Feel free to use any of these information for your customers.

Typical Cranes
High overload (Cranes are often overloaded from user side, and used outside the manufacturers specification) Smooth movement Control of mechanical Brake Secure magnetization of sliding rotor

motors (Works good with FR-A700) Hoist speed 5-25m/min Travel speed 15-80m/min Brake resistor need high specification (40-50% power of hoist motor capacity,
for 100% ED, because of long travel distance)

Typical for Cranes

90% of the hoists use an encoder feedback
70% of bigger cranes use

piezo-ceramic load sensor for load management For retrofit you have to take care of insulation class of the motor and shaft voltage ( insulated bearings).

performance
High overload capacity Easy and precise auto tuning High temperature without dreading
(temp. under the roof can be 10-20C higher than on the ground)

No book size inverter, standard cabinets for cranes

have mainly 300mm depth Robust and dirt resistant design Internal structure is built to resist high vibration levels
(which are usual for cranes)

Steady and precise speed control

Things to take care of for tower cranes

Torsion forces due to wind or load movement

-> Independent torque limit for each working quadrant in FR-A700 Instantaneous power failure due to brush contacts -> Instantaneous power failure function in FR-A700 Safe working angles -> Define SW limit switches in inbuilt PLC function

Things to take care of for bridge and portal cranes

Travel motor can be way bigger than hoist motor (Travel
Often two motor are connected to one inverter.
structure can be really heavy. E.g. a bridge crane with 3.6 t nominal load and 28 m wingspan can reach a mass of 25 t)

Combined according to there motor capacity

A700 overload capacityenough for hoist) the requirements (150% 60s is is meeting enough for travel, 150% 60s and 200% 3s is Electrical design of control is more complex

(Combination 1: hoist with boom hoist and trolley with gantry combination 2: hoist with gantry and trolley with boom)

due to safety issues Mainly brushes are used, due to long moving distance and existing rail structure
(Voltage dips/spikes should be avoided by using more than one set of pickups. AC choke and IPF-function helps too)

Hoist drive for cranes bigger 15 t often have a dual drum with a single rope (Problem is to have equal amount of rope on the two drums) For container cranes a teachable positioning is used

Things to take care of for Jib cranes

Easy crane structure,

so only general requirements

Crane Types Categorisation

Due to the wide range of crane types it makes sense to

divide the crane applications into different groups due to the complexity

Crane Types
Low complex
Controlled manually by joystick / push buttons in jog

operation No measurements of speed, position or load Inverter technical features like s-curve acceleration, brake function etc. is enough Inbuilt PLC is used for speed limit switches and pendant control

Crane Types Mid complex without external PLC

Controlled manually by joystick in jog operation,

or easy vertical positioning Encoder feedback Inverter technical features like s-curve acceleration, brake function etc. is enough Adjustment to application by internal PLC Load management with external sensor and inbuilt PLC Inbuilt PLC is used for speed limit switches and pendant control Displaying data on HMI or PU07 Use of regenerative units

Crane Types High complex with external PLC

Control automatically and manually Encoder feedback Network communication (Often Prefabs and Ethernet) Positioning vertical and horizontal High complex functions like safety, load management, synchronising all moving axis are realised in the external PLC Optimised duty cycle, by automates movement Displaying data on HMI Use of regenerative units

FR-A701
FR-A701 is a FR-A700 with active front end, which allows 100% torque continuous regeneration and 150% torque overload regeneration for 60s.

Capacity in kW 5 7.5 11 15 18.5 22 30 37 45 55 A721 3~ 200V o o o o o o o o o o A741 3~ 400V o o o o o o o o o o

x= to be realesed, o=released in Japan

Portal Crane Demo Main Screen

Types of crane models

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The End