NOVEMBER 2022 Ӏ BELOW THE HOOK


vita Industrial's vision for the Future: “At Vita Industrial, our mission is to be the premiere lifting solutions provider for the crane industry,” says Caleb Carr, Chairman and CEO of Vita Inclinata Technologies, the parent company of Vita Industrial.


”From innovative load stabilisation technology to industry-leading training and education courses and state-of-the-art telematic software, we provide the technology and skills our customers need to succeed today and into the future. Our tools and services increase workforce agility, jobsite safety, and effi ciency, and redefi ne what is possible for the crane industry. "At Vita, we are aware of the daily challenges operators face, and our focus is on developing solutions that contribute to the greater good. With an emphasis on reducing downtime, managing risk, and increasing revenue, we have several strategic mergers and technological innovations on the horizon. As the lifting and construction industries continue to modernise and adapt digital 'Industry 4.0' solutions, Vita Industrial will be at the forefront with solutions that meet the needs of lifting professionals. “Vita Industrial recently announced our merger with Northern Industrial Training, a leading vocational training institute, granting us the ability to offer online and in-person training for lifting professionals. Courses cover practical rigging, signaling, data record management, and OSHA certifi cations. In-person rigger and crane certifi cation training will also be offered from Vita’s Anchorage, Alaska, and Broomfi eld, Colorado, training facilities. Vita also plans to offer training on emerging technologies, including telematics, IoT, predictive maintenance, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in order to provide the crane industry with the ability to train to match new capabilities, retain its workforce, and achieve overall operational excellence. “Later in October, we also plans to unveiling yet another major capability stemming from our


innovative load stabilisation system, the Vita Load Navigator. The new capability aims to further increase operational effi ciency and visibility for the industry. Full details will emerge during our participation in Bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany.”


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tend to rotate the beam and its hanging load. So-called ‘special


awareness sensors’, proprietory to the company, enable precision positioning of the load. “This eliminates the need for taglines, as it stops loads from spinning, automatically repositions loads in controlled increments, and can be manually controlled via a remote down to one degree increments,” says Derek Sikora, co-founder and CTO of Vita Inclinata. “The Navigator captures well over 1,000 data points per second and feeds the motion control engine to dynamically adjust to load sizes, crane movement, and environmental


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conditions. Four independent electric thrusters pulse vectored air to reorient the load either autonomously, or by a user via the single-hand control pendant.” It can continually hold loads with up to one degree of precision. The wireless system has a handshake feature that enables one operator to pass control to another operator in a different position with a clearer line of sight who is better sited to place a load. Remote control response time, says Sikora, is under a second, which allows fast reactivity and reorientation.


“High wind speed exerts a large force on loads” Sikora continues.


“This makes the crane use some of its load capacity to withstand this force and reduce its effective capacity. “Neglecting the effect of high wind could lead to miscalculation of the crane capacity and raise serious safety concerns on the job site. High wind could also cause load spinning, which leads to job site accidents. “The thruster technology enables control in wind gusts as high as 30 knots (55 km/hr). This increase in wind safety envelopes allows the crane to operate on more occasions, which increases crane utilisation and expedites the construction process. “Taglines have been used for thousands of years, really but they are inefficient, unstable, and more importantly, dangerous. With the Navigator, loads remain stable, in a pre-set orientation, despite wind or slew impacts on the load. “Eliminating the need for taglines significantly enhances operational efficiency and safety: crews can place loads exactly where they want without running a tagline at the ground level. This is a much better use of space and labour. It is also much safer. According to MAC Safety Consultants’ research, using stabilization technology can reduce crane-related fatalities by 75% and risk of a crane-related injury by 63%. “The Navigator is being used


for an urban tower crane project in Colorado, and there is one deployed on a wind farm in Texas for tower construction and another helping with construction at an oil refinery. Our customers are happy with the increased efficiency and safety they are seeing so far, and we anticipate widespread adoption of Navigators in the future.” Sarens, too, have a below-the-


hook precision positioning system. Their in-house designed SarSpin system, nicknamed the


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