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these intelligent crane functions in a single machine. Users and partners want to enable communication among these machines and their functionalities in the future. This information, of course, will not just be available for the machine. Every user or service representative can view it – and even control it – online.” In future, Heid says the trend must be
towards raising awareness when dealing with and using data profitably. In the collection and profitable use of machine data, ‘fearlessness is required’. “In addition to today’s data collection and
usage we are also studying in direct and indirect connection on how to decrease our carbon footprint. We as a provider need to maximize the efficiency of the usage of energy, enhance our crane applications and to support with this package the same targets our partners and end-customers have,” he said. GH Cranes has its own real-time digital plans. It started to record operational data locally in 2008, storing all data in the crane’s own dataloggers and over the last five years has progressed in the connectivity and transmission of this data automatically to the cloud, allowing the company to monitor the crane’s performance in real-time, issue automatic alarms, carry out data analysis to obtain behaviour patterns, and offer advanced digital services for crane maintenance. “All this has been possible thanks to GH
Real Time,” explains Eneko Ariznabarreta, head of R&D, GH Cranes & Components. Customers using the technology want to
R GH Cranes has its own real-time digital plans.
know the state of the DWP (Design Working Period), the remaining lifetime of the crane and the way in which it is being consumed. They are also interested in knowing about the live performance of the crane, obtaining failure alarms and possible problems that could arise, to improve safety, as improper use is identified, such as overloads, or excessive inching, etc. And now, customers want to obtain
productivity data on the cranes, on the plants themselves based on the operation of the cranes. All these services are offered by means of the GH Real Time digital plans. Ariznabarreta points out that in regards
to communication and integration of the cranes with other machines and operations, GH Cranes is a member of the working group defining the OPC UA communication specification for the Overhead Cranes sector. In future this will make it possible to establish standardised horizontal communication between machines. “The most technological customers that
have productivity scorecards increasingly ask us for more integration of data originating from the monitoring of cranes in their own information systems. This is a significant technological challenge, bearing in mind the requirements of each customer are specific. This technology is demanded by sectors such as steelworks, paper mills, etc. that want to know their production processes in more detail, identify waste and increase their overall efficiency,” he said. “One of the main trends where GH is a
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leader, is in predictive maintenance based on the statistical analysis of operational and service data, which are obtained by means of our Corebox equipment. Beyond collecting data, what is important is their analysis and processing to generate digital services that provide added value for the customer. GH has worked intensively in this field, even with emerging Artificial Intelligence techniques, and as a result we have the GH Real Time digital maintenance plans. Our system is so versatile that it can be installed in existing cranes, both by GH and by other manufacturers, quickly offering advantages to the end customer.” Earlier this year Tiger Lifting joined the growing network of RiConnect,
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