DIGITALISATION | TECHNOLOGY REPORT


GETTING CONNECTED


There is enormous potential in machine and personal-related data, however, the industry still needs to take further steps towards IoT and digitalisation, preparing for the new digital and interconnected working environment. Jenny Eagle reports.


core businesses, especially in digitalisation, following news about the cancelled merger between Cargotec and Konecranes, Hoist takes a look at the latest technologies to come to the fore. “Customers have been progressively


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more interested in “smart” technology that allows them to predict and prevent problems like equipment breakdowns or necessary part replacements before they occur and integrate communication technology into their systems,” says Dan Beilfuss, director of sales, Americas, CMCO.


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s Cargotec announces it is refocusing its strategy for higher financial performance through sustainability and its


Columbus McKinnon’s Intelli-Connect Diagnostics and Analytics provides operators with trends, alarms, and alerts to their personal electronic device to monitor the health of a crane or hoist. Using the Intelli-Connect Mobile and Mobile+ apps, users can access detailed Magnetek variable frequency drive (VFD) information right from the plant floor. “With the advent of mobile applications in the industry, available on phones, tablets, or laptops, wireless data collection is now possible. This eliminates the need to halt equipment operation to have a technician climb up to a crane or hoist and manually connect to a drive to get system data. Information is available at their fingertips – reducing equipment downtime and potentially hazardous situations in facilities.”


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