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| | | (...) Ha! There IS something you don't know about cranes! Basically, they have pressure transducers on the hydraulics that control boom luffing. Then there's a really complicated bit of software that's customised for each and every crane geomoetry (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: All Terrain Crane —John Barnes
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| | | | | Darn it! I felt sure you were going to say there was a gyro or something involved! I've been thinking that an RCX compatible gyro sensor is the logical companion to the latest new sensor idea I've been working on - an accelerometer. Now, if I could (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: All Terrain Crane —Steven Lane
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| | | | | | | (...) Will the first one be toting your shotgun John? Steve (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | RE: All Terrain Crane —Ralph Hempel
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| | | | | | (...) The PAT company also makes weigh-in-motion systems. The bending plate uses a strain-gauge to measure the load. What's interesting about this is that the approach path needs to be pretty level, so I designed a simple accelerometer that fed into (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: All Terrain Crane —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Indeed. Here in Melbourne recently, a tower section was being added when the counterweight detached & fell, killing one worker. (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: All Terrain Crane —Thomas Avery
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| | | | (...) Here are a few good ones: (URL) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: All Terrain Crane —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: All Terrain Crane —Thomas Avery
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| | | | (...) a giant tree falling over. The boom went one way, the superlift went the other. The crane instantly transformed from 10 feet tall, to about 6 inches. I didn't take any pictures, but it certainly made a mess! Dennis had an unfortunate (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Spectacular crane failures (was: All Terrain Crane) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) I also had an accident with my latest mobile crane - trying to do a mod in the superstructure while the boom was up. I didn't get any shots, but I might do it again, just to show how much those 12L axles can bend without breaking! ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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