Method for crane assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11142435-B2
Application number	US-201616065092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2016
Priority date	Dec 23, 2015
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for crane configuration and crane assembly on the basis of an online portal, which holds at least one database with a plurality of standard crane configurations or is connected to the same, with an interface for the user access to the online portal, wherein a crane user virtually composes their individual crane configuration from a plurality of standard configurations and the individual crane configuration is stored on the online portal, wherein at least one further database of the online portal, or an externally connected database, holds assembly information about the stored individual crane configuration, the online portal filters the assembly information relevant in relation to the stored crane configuration and provides it for retrieval by an assembly team.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for crane configuration and crane assembly on the basis of an online portal, the online portal holds at least one database with a plurality of standard crane configurations or which is connected to the at least one database, and with an interface for user access to the online portal,
a user of the online portal for a crane configuration virtually composes an individual crane configuration from the plurality of standard crane configurations, and the individual crane configuration is stored on the online portal, and
at least one further database of the online portal, or an externally linked database, holds assembly information about the individual crane configuration that is stored, wherein the online portal filters assembly information relevant in regard to the individual crane configuration that is stored, and provides the assembly information for retrieval by an assembly team,
installing crane components based on the assembly information, and generating an alert responsive to detecting crane component plagiarism via verification of the installed crane components.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a crane operator can compose one or multiple special configurations for a special crane configuration, and wherein the one or more special configurations is transmitted to an entity in an automated manner through the online portal for a static equilibrium check of the one or more special configurations.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one or multiple entities are linked via an interface of the online portal, and a check is performed for a stored crane configuration as to whether a crane having a desired crane configuration is available with at least the one or multiple entities, wherein an offer for the desired crane configuration is generated by the one or multiple entities in an automated manner, and submitted to the user via the online portal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly team can check an availability of one or multiple crane components with at least one crane rental company and/or crane manufacturer, and/or can order required crane components to a construction site through the online portal in an automated manner, and/or request respective delivery dates and/or delivery periods via the online portal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly information provided via the online portal includes operating instructions and/or assembly instructions and/or represents an assistance system for a guided assembly process.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one crane control of a crane composed in accordance with the individual crane configuration that is stored has access to the online portal via a communication interface, and the online portal holds control parameters relevant to the stored individual crane configuration that is stored, which are retrieved by the crane control of the crane.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the control parameters include information on a bearing load curve of the crane, information on a lifting unit, rotary mechanism, trolley, as well as site-specific information.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the crane control monitors a current set-up state of the crane which can be electronically detected by the crane control and forwards the current state to the online portal.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the crane control detects operating periods of the crane components and/or checks their authenticity and transmits corresponding results to the online portal, wherein the online portal manages the operating periods and generates and outputs notes about required maintenance and/or checks of the crane components.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one or multiple assembly tools or tools for operation of the crane can access the online portal via a communication module, in order to request required information for operating the one or multiple assembly tools or tools in regard to the crane configuration.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a crane operator and/or the assembly team can authenticate themselves at the online portal via authorization means of the crane, wherein operation of the crane is enabled responsive to authentication of the crane operator and/or the assembly team, wherein the online portal filters and provides configuration parameters for the operation of the crane in a user-specific manner, and/or approves a user-individual modification of possible crane parameters and allows transmission of the configuration parameters for the operation of the crane and/or the approved user-individual modification of possible crane parameters to the crane control, and/or approves control commands for the operation of the crane in a user-specific manner and/or detects hours of work of the assembly team based upon authentication times and forwards the approved control commands for the operation of the crane and/or the hours of work of the assembly team detected to an entity.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a mobile communication device having positioning means can be connected to the crane and/or the online portal, wherein the mobile communication device is moved through a crane working region and positioning data detected by the mobile communication device is transmitted to the online portal, in order to determine a possible area of restricted operability of the crane and consider the possible area of restricted operability for the crane configuration and/or crane control.

13. An online portal for crane configuration and crane assembly of at least one crane: the portal holds at least one database with a plurality of standard crane configurations or which is connected to this database, and with an interface for user access to the online portal,
a user of the online portal for a crane configuration virtually composes an individual crane configuration from the plurality of standard configurations, and the individual crane configuration is stored on the online portal,
at least one further database of the online portal, or an externally linked database, holds assembly information about the individual crane configuration that is stored, the online portal filters the assembly information relevant in regard to the individual crane configuration that is stored, and provides the assembly information for retrieval by an assembly team, and
installing crane components based on the assembly information, and generating an alert responsive to detecting crane component plagiarism via verification of the installed crane components.

14. The online portal of claim 13 , wherein one or multiple entities are linked via an interface of the online portal by integrating an ERP system of the entities, and a check is performed for a stored crane configuration to determine whether a crane having a desired crane configuration is available with the one or more multiple entities, wherein an offer for the desired crane configuration is generated by the one or multiple entities in an automated manner and submitted to the user via the online portal responsive to determining the desired crane configuration is available, and an order confirmation occurs through the online portal.

15. The online portal of claim 13 , wherein the assembly team can check the availability of one or multiple crane components with at least one entity, order required crane components to a construction site through the online portal in an automated manner, and request respective delivery dates and delivery periods via the online portal.

16. The online portal of cl

Assignees

• Liebherr Werk Biberach Gmbh

Inventors

• Hofmeister Markus
• Schilling Herrmann

Classifications

• B66C13/18 Primary

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• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• B66C13/46

  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements · CPC title

• G06Q50/08

  Construction · CPC title